APRIL 23, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci. - AP/Pool
Anthony Fauci, the government's leading infectious disease expert, rebuked Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) over his comments questioning the "big push to make sure everybody gets the vaccine," explaining that the vaccination effort is key to bringing the coronavirus under control.
"There's a pretty good reason. We have 567,000 people who've died so far...
APRIL 23, 2021
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When the Transportation Security Administration announced in January that it would require people to wear a mask at airports and on planes, trains and other forms of public transportation, the announcement included a sunset date: May 11.
With that deadline rapidly approaching and the pandemic still not under control, airline industry leaders are urging the agency...
APRIL 22, 2021
A hacker gang has stolen files from a company that manufactures Apple products and is openly trying to extort the tech giant in exchange for not leaking them.
Apple declined to comment on whether it intended to pay. The hackers' extortion letter to the company remained online Thursday night.
The Taiwanese company that was hacked, Quanta, makes a range...
APRIL 22, 2021
Tesla's new electric Cybertruck pickup. - Getty Images
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Thursday that it has opened over two dozen investigations into Tesla crashes, according to a report from Reuters.
Twenty-seven investigations have been opened into Tesla crashes, 23 of which remain active, according to the wire service.
Four of the probes into the electric...
APRIL 22, 2021
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Biden laid out an ambitious agenda for his first 100 days in office, promising swift action on everything from climate change to immigration reform to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci,...
APRIL 20, 2021
Sophisticated Chinese government hackers are believed to have compromised dozens of U.S. government agencies, defense contractors, financial institutions and other critical sectors, according to a private cybersecurity firm working with the federal government.
The intrusions are ongoing, the FireEye security company said, and are the latest in a series of disturbing compromises of government agencies and private companies.
The...
APRIL 20, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts in the killing of George Floyd, a Black man whose death last May in police custody was captured on video that went viral and set off a summer of unrest over law enforcement’s treatment of people of color.
Mr. Chauvin sat impassively as Judge Peter Cahill read out the...
APRIL 18, 2021
File Photo: The US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, is seen at sunset. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that 63% of Americans back term limits for Supreme Court justices.
Only 22% of respondents indicated opposition to any sort of term limits.
President Biden has assembled a commission to study...
APRIL 18, 2021
Representational image. - Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
India’s Covid-19 cases hit another grim record on Sunday, and local administration and doctors who are involved in fighting the outbreak at the moment are overworked.
Healthcare workers on the frontline are experiencing burnout of another kind when it comes to battling the virus – one entire year after...
APRIL 18, 2021
Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, with Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2015. - Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images
For decades, India was a poster child for democratic development: a poor, sprawling, ethnically diverse country that nevertheless had regular elections and peaceful transfers of power – the hallmarks of a functioning democracy – albeit with the flaws inherent in...
