New York City vaccine mandate rollback prompts concerns of double standard
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — Big Apple athletes and performers who haven’t received their COVID-19 vaccine shots now won’t be barred from taking the court or stage. But some New Yorkers who are still required to show…
Alaska Air’s ‘single fleet’ plan includes huge vote of confidence in Boeing 737-Max
PHOTO: “The anchor of our fleet.” At Alaska’s Investor Day event Senior Vice President Nat Pieper outlines plans to acquire dozens more 737-Max jets in the coming 2 years.
Accused Michigan school shooter must stay in adult jail, but can resume education
Oakland County Sheriff’s Office(OXFORD, Mich.) — The 15-year-old boy charged with multiple counts of murder stemming from a November mass shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School must remain in an adult jail, a judge ordered Thursday as the teen’s co…
US, NATO ‘would respond’ if Putin used chemical weapons in Ukraine, Biden says
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(BRUSSELS) — President Joe Biden took questions at a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, addressing warnings of a possible chemical weapons attack by Russia in Ukraine, after meeting with European l…
Brittney Griner meets with US officials amid concerns over her well-being in Russian detention
Christian Petersen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — WNBA star Brittney Griner met with U.S. officials on Thursday for the first time since being held in pre-trial detention in Russia for over a month, according to the U.S. State Department.
“The consular o…
North Korea may have tested its biggest long-range missile yet in another foreign policy crisis for Biden
STR/AFP via Getty Images(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea launched a long-range missile with its highest peak yet on Thursday, marking a full return to its dark days of saber-rattling and a critical step in its mission to perfect the nuclear weap…
Biden admin move to expedite asylum processing gets mixed feedback
Miami Herald / Contributor/ Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is gradually moving forward with new changes that would increase the speed at which the U.S. government evaluates requests for asylum – a frequent plea from migrants at th…
Prince William describes ‘profound sorrow’ over slavery in Jamaica speech
Samir Hussein – Pool/WireImage(KINGSTON, Jamaica) — Prince William delivered a speech Wednesday in Jamaica expressing his “profound sorrow” over the history of slavery, as he and his wife, Duchess Kate, have faced protests on their Caribbean tour.
“I…
US says it will accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
Ukrainians Anatoli Boreiko, 64, and his wife, 59-year-old Natalia, recently arrived in New Jersey to stay with their daughter and son-in-law, Luda Boreiko and Yeugeniy Pakkel. – (WPVI)(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce that t…
School cafeterias, already on the brink of collapse, brace for end of COVID-era free meals
Michael Loccisano / Staff / Getty Images(NE WYORK) — For some kids, it was the chocolate chip cookies. For others, the sloppy Joes. For Thresa Thomas, daydreams of lunch centered around coffee cake.
Thomas says she would hustle as soon as the bell ra…