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Beijing 2022 Olympics: Tickets won’t be sold to public due to COVID-19
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images (BEIJING) — No public tickets will be sold to next month’s Beijing Olympics due to COVID-19, the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee said. Instead, groups of spectators will be invited to the games, [Read More…]
Djokovic leaves Australia after losing appeal to reinstate visa
STR/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images (MELBOURNE) — Novak Djokovic left Australia on Sunday after three federal judges upheld the decision to revoke his visa for the second time. “I can confirm that Mr. Djokovic has now [Read More…]
SCOTUS blocking of vaccine mandate ‘a setback for public health’: Vivek Murthy
Oliver Contreras/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s decision to block the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test requirement for large private businesses is a “setback for public health,” United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told [Read More…]
Clyburn asks senators ‘which side are you on?’ for voting rights
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., on Sunday asked his colleagues in the Senate who are set to vote on voting rights legislation Tuesday: “Which side are you on?” referencing [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Italian police arrest nurse accused of faking shots for anti-vaxxers
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 850,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
Passenger fatally shot on Amtrak train, search underway for suspect
Mario Tama/Getty Images (LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo.) — An assailant in the fatal shooting of a passenger on an Amtrak train in Missouri remained on the run Sunday as investigators worked to determine why the train [Read More…]
Tsunami advisory issued for American Samoa after another volcano eruption in Tonga
Tonga Geological Services (NEW YORK) — The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa after another undersea volcano eruption near the island of Tonga. While the volcano has been erupting for [Read More…]
Texas rabbi ‘grateful to be alive’ as synagogue hostage-taking suspect ID’d
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (COLLEYVILLE, Texas) — A Texas rabbi taken hostage with three members of his congregation by an armed man demanding the release of a convicted terrorist, posted a message on social media Sunday [Read More…]
East Coast bracing for snow, ice from widespread winter system
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans on the East Coast are bracing for severe winter weather as a widespread storm system continues to march east. The storm that brought dangerous [Read More…]
British police arrest two teens in probe of hostage-taking incident at Texas synagogue
PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of an ongoing investigation into Saturday’s hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in the United States, British authorities said. The [Read More…]
North Korea launches fourth missile test in two weeks
JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Monday morning, its fourth test in less than a month. “South Korea’s military detected two [Read More…]
Senior citizens go digital as Korea moves toward contact-free culture
ABC News (SEOUL, South Korea) — Jae-Yeol Tae recalls the time he broke into a cold sweat after noticing a long line behind him as he struggled to order a hamburger on a local fast-food [Read More…]
Dogecoin rallies after Elon Musk tweet
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dogecoin rallied Friday after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted the carmaker would now accept the cryptocurrency as payment for merchandise. Originally started as joke poking fun at [Read More…]
How sky-high inflation is evaporating Americans’ savings, imposing ‘cruelest tax’ on the poor
Guido Mieth/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The sneaky sting of inflation is catching many Americans by surprise as soaring prices erode their savings and prompt major sticker shock at the supermarket, gas pump and seemingly [Read More…]
Migrant’s arrest under ‘Operation Lone Star’ ruled unconstitutional
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The arrest of an Ecuadorian migrant under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s initiative “Operation Lone Star” was ruled unconstitutional by a Texas county judge Thursday. Some immigration advocates are hopeful [Read More…]
Oath Keepers leader makes 1st court appearance following arrest on seditious conspiracy charge
Aaron C. Davis/The Washington Post via Getty Images/FILE (WASHINGTON) — The leader of the Oath Keepers militia group, who was indicted Thursday on a series of charges including seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. [Read More…]
Hamse Warfa makes US history as 1st Somali American presidential appointee
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House announced this week that Hamse Warfa will join the Biden administration, making him the first Somali American presidential appointee in U.S. history. He is currently a deputy [Read More…]
Advocates launch hunger strikes, hold events throughout US to push for voting rights
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Un-PAC (WASHINGTON) — Advocates are taking action across the country as they hope to pressure members of Congress to pass voting rights legislation by Martin Luther King Jr. Day. One of [Read More…]
Some states move to protect abortion rights in face of challenge at Supreme Court
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade, some states are enacting or discussing protections for reproductive rights. This week, New Jersey Gov. [Read More…]
Woman killed after pushed onto NYC subway tracks in unprovoked attack, police say
Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A woman died after she was pushed onto the New York City subway tracks and struck by an oncoming train, police said. The incident occurred [Read More…]