JANUARY 31, 2021
Bruce Castor is famous for declining to prosecute the disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby while he was the district attorney in Montgomery County, Pa., in 2005. - Dan Gleiter/PennLive.com, via AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday named two lawyers who will represent him in his coming impeachment trial in the Senate, a day after...
JANUARY 31, 2021
More infectious Covid-19 variants have emerged around the world, and experts are saying the United States must adapt to a changed pandemic playing field.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these variants spread more easily, and it’s unknown whether the illness caused is more severe. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was found to be only slightly...
JANUARY 31, 2021
Jo Joel Berman uses a snowblower to clear snow from his driveway Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 in Bayside, Wis. Mike De Sisti / The Milwaukee
ARLINGTON, Virginia – A powerful winter storm that hammered the West last week roared into the East on Sunday, with blizzard conditions and up to two feet of snow possible for some...
JANUARY 31, 2021
A newly established State Department bureau focused on cybersecurity and emerging technologies could give the Biden administration a launch pad for strengthening ties with allies after a massive Russian hack on the federal government.
Yet the office is also facing pushback from both sides of the aisle amid concerns that it was rushed into creation by the Trump...
JANUARY 30, 2021
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan holds a press conference to address COVID-19 concerns in Annapolis, MD on November 17.
The case involves an adult resident living in the Baltimore region with no history of international travel, Maryland health officials and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed.
The first two U.S. cases of the...
JANUARY 29, 2021
A section of Highway 1 is missing, because it's in the ocean. - Photo provided by Caltrans
A landslide carried part of California’s picturesque Highway 1 into the ocean Thursday.
The collapse occurred about 15 miles south of Big Sur, which itself sits 90 miles south of San Jose, during heavy rains in the central coast region.
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JANUARY 29, 2021
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. - Getty Images
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday unveiled new restrictions on international travel to the country.
Trudeau said in a news conference that Canada's main airlines - Air Canada, West Jet, Sunwing, and Air Transit - are suspending flights to all Caribbean destinations and Mexico from Sunday until April 30.
The airlines...
JANUARY 27, 2021
White clouds float over an empty field in Upper River Breaks National Monument in Montana. Hundreds of different birds, mammals, and fish exist in their natural state in this wilderness area spanning more than 375,000 acres. - Photograph by Amy Toensing, Nat Geo Image Collection
In an executive order issued on January 27 to address the climate crisis,...
JANUARY 27, 2021
Jeff Zients, coordinator of the White House’s covid-19 response, is expected to inform governors of the increase on a call Tuesday afternoon. (Jabin Botsford/TWP)
The week-old Biden White House acknowledged Wednesday that most Americans will need to wait months to get vaccinated, as top officials launched regular briefings on their coronavirus response by seeking to illustrate their...
JANUARY 27, 2021
Technology companies led a broad sell-off in stocks Wednesday, knocking more than 600 points off the Dow Jones Industrial Average and handing the market its worst day in nearly three months.
The S&P 500 fell 2.6%, its biggest single-day drop since it lost 3.5% on October 28. It had set a record high just two days earlier. The...
