QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine be a ‘red line’ for the U.S.?
Ukrainian officials said Tuesday that their forces might have been attacked by Russian chemical weapons.
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Investigators identify suspect of Brooklyn subway shooting after finding a credit card at the scene
A male train passenger put on a gas mask, deployed a gas canister and then opened fire, shooting 10 commuters as a Manhattan-bound subway train headed into a station in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday morning, authorities said.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should oil companies boost supplies?
President Joe Biden urged oil companies Thursday to loosen up on their supply in a bid to lower market prices that have pushed record-high prices at the gas pump.
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Biden announces historic oil reserve release, along with other steps, to reduce gas prices
(CNN) — President Joe Biden is announcing an unprecedented release of oil from US reserves and taking steps to punish oil companies for not increasing production from unused leases on federal land, the White House says.
Continue ReadingBiden gets his 2nd booster shot and urges Congress to spend more on pandemic: ‘We can’t wait’
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will receive his second Covid-19 booster shot and is set to urge lawmakers to secure more funding for his administration’s Covid-19 response in an afternoon speech from the White House.
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Snow squall causes mass pileup on Pennsylvania highway and sends about 20 to hospitals
Heavy fog and precipitation from a snow squall caused a mass pileup Monday on a Pennsylvania highway and sent about 20 people to area hospitals, authorities said.
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Biden announces hundreds of millions in new security aid for Ukraine following Zelensky’s speech
President Joe Biden is expected to announce an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday, a White House official told CNN, bringing the total to $1 billion announced in just the last week.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should outside countries intervene militarily in Ukraine?
Some have called for NATO, the United States and the European Union to pit their troops against President Vladimir Putin’s Russian invasion force in Ukraine.
Continue ReadingOver a dozen injured, 5 seriously, in a Maryland residential building fire, explosion, officials say
An explosion that wrought “catastrophic damage” Thursday to a garden-style four-story building in Silver Spring, Maryland, has left over a dozen injured, five seriously, a Montgomery County Fire Department public information officer said.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you keeping up with events in Ukraine?
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military forces across the border with Ukraine last week, drawing worldwide condemnation.
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Will the CDC’s new mask guidance change your behavior?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidance Friday in a way that means masks are no longer recommended for a large number of Americans.
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Russian troops enter Ukraine’s second largest city, as fighting continues
Citizens of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv saw fighting break out in the streets Sunday, as Russian troops continue to advance and put pressure on the country’s ports.
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3 former Minneapolis police officers found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights
Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights by a federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday.
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Supreme Court appears poised to block Biden’s vaccine and testing rules for businesses
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of President Joe Biden’s most aggressive attempts so far to combat the spread of Covid-19 — a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses.
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Betty White, beloved and trailblazing actress, dies at 99
(CNN) — Betty White, the self-described “lucky old broad” whose sweetly sarcastic senior citizen characters were a beloved fixture on TV shows and movies such as “The Golden Girls,” “Boston Legal” and “Hot in Cleveland,” died Friday, her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told People magazine in a statement. At 99, she was just weeks away from
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CDC shortens recommended Covid-19 isolation and quarantine time
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shortened the recommended times that people should isolate when they’ve tested positive for Covid-19 from 10 days to five days if they don’t have symptoms — and if they wear a mask around others for at least five more days.
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FDA authorizes second antiviral pill to treat Covid-19
This is the second Covid-19 antiviral pill authorized for ill people to take at home, before they get sick enough to be hospitalized. Merck has an agreement with the US government for the company to supply 3.1 million courses of molnupiravir upon this authorization.
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FDA authorizes first pill to treat Covid-19
This is the first antiviral Covid-19 pill authorized for ill people to take at home, before they get sick enough to be hospitalized.
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Biden assures Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 that they can go ahead with holiday plans despite Omicron surge
Conversely, he warned those who have not yet received shots of the potential for severe illness or death in the coming months.
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Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of US COVID-19 cases
Federal health officials said Monday that omicron accounted for an estimated 73% of new infections last week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers show nearly a six-fold increase in the proportion of infections in only one week. Since the end of June, the delta variant has been the main version causing U.S. infections.
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