A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed – for now – to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the next pandemic. Source link
In several parts of New York City, the first response to a shooting or other serious crime reported to 911 will soon be to launch a drone. The “Drone as First Responder” program will be tested in five NPYD precincts, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry told the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security […]
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is “ready to rumble” after President Joe Biden publicly challenged him to two debates — even as Biden is shying away from three others. “Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate. Now he’s acting like he wants […]
Triggering a vehement protest from Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, the U.N. General Assembly on Friday approved a resolution to give new “rights and privileges” to “Palestine.” The resolution also called on the Security Council to give “favorable consideration” to a request for the nonexistent Palestinian state to become a full member of the […]
Mitch Landrieu, the national co-chair of President Biden’s reelection campaign, on Sunday defended the president’s response to the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, despite some criticizing him for taking too long. CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Mr. Landrieu why it took Mr. Biden more than a week to address the nation about the protests, even […]
Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are calling on District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith to testify at a hearing next week in the response to pro-Palestinian encampments at George Washington University. The hearing, first reported by The GW Hatchet, is scheduled for next Wednesday. Several Republicans […]
The American media has been brimming over with hot takes regarding the anti-Israel protests erupting at college campuses all over the country. With reactions ranging from bemusement to incredulity to full-throated support, suffice to say these protests have sparked a passionate, national conversation, if they’ve done nothing else. And, obviously, the ladies of “The View” […]
A substitute teacher was behind bars on Friday after a video that went viral on social media showed him and a high school student fighting in a Las Vegas school hallway a day earlier. According to one report, the fight between the adult and the teen broke out after a racial slur was used against […]
Last week, former Attorney General Bill Barr, a frequent critic of Donald Trump, essentially endorsed Trump for president, acknowledging that reelecting Joe Biden would be worse for our country. “The Biden administration is in fact the greater threat to democracy,” Barr said. “I think that they have a totalitarian […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests. So when the city reopened Wadsworth last year to shelter hundreds of migrants, without seeking community input, it added insult to injury. Across Chicago, Black residents […]
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