Atlanta spa attacks shine a light on anti-Asian hate crimes around the world
The outpouring of grief and anger over the news that six Asian women were among those killed in the shootings at three Atlanta area massage parlors…
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Some experts are split on whether US could see another Covid-19 surge
More than a million passengers have traveled through US airports daily for at least 10 days in a row, according to data from the Transportation…
Continue ReadingIncreased traveling and spring break crowds are making US health experts nervous. Here’s why
More than a million passengers have traveled through US airports daily for at least 10 days in a row, according to data from the Transportation…
Continue ReadingBiden vows to ease border surge as Republicans sense a political opening
Joe Biden is pledging to take new steps to ease a surge of child migrants at the southern border as his White House parries Republican attacks over a…
Continue ReadingChurch removes Atlanta shooting suspect from its membership
A suburban Georgia church removed suspected Atlanta spa shooter Robert Aaron Long from its membership ranks on Sunday morning, according to a…
Continue ReadingJulia Letlow makes history in Louisiana’s 5th District special election while 2nd District goes to runoff
Republican Julia Letlow won the special election in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District Saturday night, becoming the first Republican woman…
Continue ReadingA company will pay you $2,400 to stay away from screens for 24 hours
Doom-scrolling getting you down? Put the phone away for an hour. Or, better yet, make it 24 hours — you might just get $2,400 out of it.…
Continue Reading‘This was a massacre.’ Family of Atlanta shooting victim calls for justice
Jami Webb was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday last week. But Xiaojie Tan, the owner of Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth,…
Continue ReadingFencing around Capitol comes down more than 2 months after insurrection
The outer fencing put up to protect the US Capitol following the January 6 insurrection has started to come down, allowing the public to regain…
Continue ReadingDHS chief says border closed, won’t give timeline for facilities capable of handling surge of unaccompanied children
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declined Sunday to provide a timeline for when the Biden administration will open new facilities…
Continue Reading‘This was a massacre.’ Family of Atlanta shooting victim calling for justice
Jami Webb was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday last week. But Xiaojie Tan, the owner of Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth,…
Continue ReadingBiden seeks tenuous balance on school reopening and variant threats
When officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that they were relaxing the physical distancing guidelines for…
Continue ReadingTop Senate Republican says Americans don’t need ‘alternative versions’ of January 6 Capitol attack
Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of GOP leadership, argued on Sunday that Americans don’t need “alternative versions” of what occurred the…
Continue ReadingAnother coronavirus surge is unlikely but the pandemic isn’t going away, former FDA chief says
Mass vaccinations and natural protection from those already infected are likely to prevent a fourth wave of Covid-19 in the United States, Dr. Scott…
Continue ReadingProfit tumbled at Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil company
Saudi Aramco had a rough 2020, just like every other oil company. But Aramco isn’t any ordinary oil company — it’s the…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump is creating his own social media network that will go live in a few months
Former President Donald Trump is coming back to social media — but this time with his own network, a Trump spokesperson told Fox News on…
Continue ReadingJulia Letlow wins Louisiana’s 5th District special election while 2nd District goes to runoff, CNN projects
Republican Julia Letlow will win the special election in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District, CNN projects. Letlow will take the seat that…
Continue ReadingArkansas governor says he signed near-total abortion ban so Supreme Court can decide if it’s a ‘direct challenge’ to Roe
Arkansas’ Republican governor said Sunday that he signed a near-total abortion ban into law earlier this month because he wants the Supreme…
Continue ReadingReplacing husband who died from Covid-19, Julia Letlow hopes to bring her own experience to Congress
Julia Letlow, who is projected to make history Saturday as the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Louisiana, didn’t expect to be…
Continue ReadingDefense secretary visits Afghanistan as US considers troop extension
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Afghanistan Sunday on his first visit to the country as the United States’ top defense official,…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court conservatives want to topple abortion rights — but can’t seem to agree on how
Conservative Supreme Court justices have demonstrated a desire to reverse prior decisions on abortion rights. The question, with Chief Justice John…
Continue ReadingDurbin: ‘I think I’m close’ to getting Senate votes needed to advance DREAM Act
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin said Sunday that he thinks he is “close” to securing the Republican votes needed to overcome a Senate…
Continue ReadingIgnoring CDC warnings, more than 1 million passengers have flown from US airports for 10 straight days
Spring break is here and people suffering from a year of cabin fever are throwing caution to the wind. Saturday marked the 10th straight day on which…
Continue Reading‘Don’t mess with us’: history-making Korean American congresswomen fight back against racial bias
Reps. Young Kim and Michelle Steel never imagined that the first time they would testify before Congress as new lawmakers it would be to call out…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 claims first game of NCAA men’s basketball tournament
The scheduled first-round game between Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Oregon in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament…
Continue ReadingWho’s teaching us to hate
Where does the hate come from? That was the question on many people’s minds after the killing of women at three spas in Georgia on Tuesday drew…
Continue ReadingMiami Beach declares a state of emergency and curfew as spring break crowds spark safety concerns
Miami Beach Police fired pepper balls into crowds of partiers and arrested at least a dozen people as the city took extraordinary measures to crack…
Continue ReadingKent Taylor, Texas Roadhouse founder and CEO, dies at 65
Texas Roadhouse founder and CEO Kent Taylor died Thursday, according to a post on the restaurant chain’s Facebook page. He was 65. “Our…
Continue Reading‘This was a massacre.’ Family of Atlanta shooting victim are calling for justice
Jami Webb says she was planning to celebrate her mother’s 50th birthday this week. But Xiaojie Tan, who owned Youngs Asian Massage in Acworth,…
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