Tag: aftershocks

Redacted versions of documents relating to Blue Origin's federal lawsuit against the federal government and SpaceX provide additional details about the dispute over a...

Pharmaceutical giant Merck will help make Johnson & Johnson single shot coronavirus vaccine — an unusual pact between fierce competitors that could sharply boost...

On Sunday, February 14th, President Biden called upon Congress to take steps to pass comprehensive gun control legislation. This proclamation fell on the anniversary...

Newly elected President Biden signed a total of four different executive orders early on Tuesday aimed at racial equity, one of his major stances...

Stores in two South African provinces were ransacked for the fifth day in a row on Tuesday, just hours after President Cyril Ramaphosa dispatched...

The middle-aged patient had been battling coronavirus for months. Doctors had provided the antivirus needed to fight Covid-19, medications to alleviate blood clots, immune...

Pick-up truck drivers pull up to a white trailer in a parking lot on Fallon Paiute-Shoshone land in Nevada's high desert and are handed...

Women's health clinics in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and elsewhere are reporting an influx of out-of-state patients from Texas seeking abortions and other services, just weeks...

Rep. Ilhan Omar is strongly condemning "harassment and silencing" from her Democratic colleagues after a dozen of them issued a late-night statement criticizing her...

Google is facing a $5 billion lawsuit over complaints that its Chrome browser tracks users even when using "Incognito" mode. A U.S. District judge ruled last...

Cadell Walker rushed to get her 9-year-old daughter Solome immunized against COVID-19, not only to protect her, but also to help prevent the coronavirus...

Investors in retirement have never had it so good. Individual retirement accounts and company 401(k) plans have been booming for a decade now, thanks...

Cuba has named one of its homegrown vaccines Abdala, after a famous dramatic verse by independence hero and national icon Jose Marti, as a...

Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro declared victory in the election on Sunday, as supporters danced outside her offices to celebrate the left's return to...

Charges against police officers, public safety workers and military veterans in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol have reignited concerns among lawmakers and...

Colonial Williamsburg, a living history museum in Virginia that continues to reckon with its past storytelling about the country's origins and the role of...

Former President Trump’s deceit and insistence that the Presidential election was rigged may have have gone too far for the attorneys who were suppose...

As temperatures in the Pacific Northwest approach 115 degrees this weekend, a second regime of top-tier heat will scorch Europe in the midst of...

As he arrived at an EU summit dominated by growing controversy over the issue, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended a new law in...

Millions of people will lose their unemployment benefits this weekend, as federal pandemic-era policies come to an end. In March 2020, Congress authorized a historic...

"No Mandate Monday" may be making its way to a school near you. Some students and teachers at a California high school took part in...

On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected yet another major challenge to the Affordable Care Act, allowing the 2010 law to stand despite Republican objections...

When it comes to extreme sports and outdoor adventure, few companies match Blizzard. Since 1974 they have built upon their reputation for providing the...

The government got a judge to authorize the effort to remove malicious code from the Exchange Server hack. Early this year, a group of hackers...

Larry Elder, a black conservative radio host and politician, is advocating for reparations for slavers who had their "legal property" taken away after the...

The European Union's disease control agency has called for more rapid vaccination in Europe, as the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid is expected...

Nordstrom was hit harder than most retailers by the pandemic. Its product assortment has traditionally been skewed toward fashion apparel and footwear, but with...

A World Health Organization (WHO) collaborator who reviewed a coronavirus research grant application discovered last month confirmed that the language of the documents indicates...

Planning for your retirement is an important part of long term financial security. You need to set aside money for your retirement plan now,...

Prince George may be third in line to the British throne, but his parents are said to be determined to provide him with a...

Tesla was ordered to pay more than $1 million to a Black former employee who claimed two supervisors at the company's Fremont factory in...

As questions about safety protocols on the "Rust" movie set linger, where Alec Baldwin killed a cinematographer with a prop gun he was told...

Dozens of women have protested the formation of an all-male interim Taliban government to rule Afghanistan in Kabul and the north-eastern Afghan province of...

On Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki defended the Biden administration's decision to remove a handful of Trump appointees from military academy advisory...

Google announced today that it will postpone plans to phase out third-party cookies in the Chrome browser until 2023, a year or so later...

Mussa al-Nahas sat outside his fragrance and spice shop overlooking the Red Sea, beaming at the sight of Russian tourists returning to Sharm el-Sheikh...

South Africa, with its rolling vineyards, abundant big game, the iconic Table Mountain, endless sandy beaches, and vast cultural riches, would have expected to...

Waterloo, Iowa's first Black police chief is facing fierce opposition from some current and former officers as he works with city leaders to reform...

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared Monday that the world’s failure to unite on tackling COVID-19 created wide inequalities, and he called for urgent action including...

Disclosed on Joe Rogan’s podcast, the Joe Rogan Experience, Elon Musk claims to have submitted his idea of a carbon tax to President Biden...

Russia has issued a warning against a repeat of the NATO Western military alliance's bombing campaign of Yugoslavia on its 22nd anniversary, as Washington's...

Europe reported its first case of the rapidly spreading new coronavirus variant, and dozens of countries restricted travel to and from southern Africa, where...

In 2014 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote that a "dreamy business offering" holds at minimum four elements: "Customers love it, it can grow to...

On the eve of a hearing for three men accused in Ahmaud Arbery's death, his family witnessed the repeal of a Civil War-era law...

Tax season is still months away, but knowing what to expect in terms of potential refunds is never too early — especially when inflation...

For the third straight week the United States has seen a drop in coronavirus infections, marking a significant improvement from prior months. Nevertheless, the US...

In Washington, a heated debate is raging over President Biden's choice to lead a typically low-profile agency that regulates the banking industry. Saule Omarova, 55,...

Democratic leaders will reveal legislation on Monday that will give millions of families at least $3,000 per child, advocating a key arrangement in Biden’s...

Thousands of people have reportedly fled across the border from Myanmar into neighboring Thailand after the bloodiest weekend the country has seen since the February 1...

Annual reports are compiled by the American Library Association to track efforts by parents and political groups to ban books from libraries and schools...

Meghan Markle filed a formal complaint with British broadcaster ITV following Piers Morgan’s critical comments about her, according to multiple newspapers. The Guardian and The Telegraph...

This year's stimulus checks and child tax credit payments have provided much-needed cash to millions of families during the pandemic. A fourth stimulus check,...

According to Barclays rates strategist Joseph Abate, record demand for the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repo program could reach a new high of $1.4...

The Rover “Perseverance” is expected to land on Mars on Thursday. This has been the riskiest step towards the legendary quest to bring back...

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act for the second time in two years. The first time around the bill was...

The number of unaccompanied migrant children in US Border Patrol facilities, which are akin to jail cells and not intended for kids, has reached...

A rapid increase in coronavirus cases in the United States and elsewhere is fueling fears of a pandemic resurgence, sending shockwaves through the stock...

The aviation industry appears to have recovered from the worst of the coronavirus crisis, but Boeing's to-do list remains lengthy following a rocky start...

Experts have warned that unless the international community acts quickly, Afghanistan's economy will collapse. The country's cash-based economy was already struggling prior to the Taliban's...

Nvidia (NVDA) unveiled a slew of new technologies this week at its GTC conference, ranging from an AI-powered chauffeur who can park your car...

The Democratic Party has been tearing itself apart over whether to spend $3.5 trillion, $2 trillion, or even $1.5 trillion on its latest reconciliation...

The “vast majority” of the almost 550,000 coronavirus deaths in the US could have been prevented if Donald Trump’s administration had acted earlier and...

According to Emin Gün Sirer, the founder of Avalanche, Bitcoin will eventually be outpaced by other coins as their faster, cheaper networks digitize more...

A senior Republican senator said he and his colleagues could support an infrastructure bill of around $800 billion, underscoring GOP interest in a bipartisan...

Developing nations are faced with the gradual erosion of their foreign trade tax revenues, which subsequently reduces their overall tax income. In light of...

As he’s reeled from twin scandals over his treatment of women and COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has had...

President Joe Biden insists that his $3.5 trillion ($5 trillion if the budget gimmicks are removed) "human infrastructure" bill "costs zero dollars." While every president...

Roger Federer's comeback after 14 months out with a knee injury ended in the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open after he was beaten by...

An unusual security breach of an election system in a rural Colorado county has triggered a criminal investigation and prompted state authorities to suspend...

Hockey is one of the most popular sports in the United States. It is a fast-paced, contact sport that requires a lot of skill...

From Australia to South Korea and across Asia Pacific, the last "zero-Covid" bastions are relaxing restrictions and opening borders as the region prepares to...

Nepal underestimated its second wave of Covid-19 infections and needs to ramp up its response, Nepali billionaire Binod Chaudhary said last week. He also...

Donald Trump claims that his endorsement is the most valuable commodity in Republican politics, but some Republican candidates appear willing to put that claim...

Having long been at loggerheads over trade, technology and capital markets, the world's foremost economic superpowers are turning their attention to climate change as...

A video of a group of teenage students chanting the n-word at a private party in Southlake, Texas, went viral three years ago. A...

The Biden Administration will be launching a new program on February 19 that processes asylum-seekers. According to the program, around 25,000 people will be...

America’s top spies say they are looking for ways to declassify and release more intelligence about adversaries’ bad behavior, after a group of four-star...

When the US State Department announced the new International Anticorruption Champions Award last month, it set off ripples of media coverage across the world. The...

Chrissy Teigen is reflecting on herself following her cyberbullying scandal. During an appearance on the Today show on Tuesday morning, the 35-year-old author of Cravings:...

It was never the intention to become a millionaire. Michele Venton had moved to Bournemouth from London, hoping to get away from corporate life,...