Here’s what you need to know: A staff member of the World Health Organization receives a Covid vaccine in March in Gaza City.Credit…Mohammed Salem/Reuters Israel’s airstrikes and shelling of Gaza have stopped all Covid-19 vaccinations and testing in the Palestinian enclave and raise the risk of super-spreading as civilians cram into shelters for safety, United […] More
Here’s what you need to know: Medina Spirit, who is trained by Bob Baffert, at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday morning.Credit…Kenny Holston for The New York Times BALTIMORE — Last year, Swiss Skydiver became the sixth filly to win the Preakness Stakes, which was held in October because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the 146th […] More
Here’s what you need to know: People over 65, who are much more likely than younger people to become seriously ill from Covid, have been a high priority since the U.S. vaccination campaign began. Credit…Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times More than 70 percent of Americans who are 65 or older are fully vaccinated, and […] More
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki got destroyed by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on Friday. Peter Doocy grilled Psaki on Joe Biden’s recent “Neanderthal” comment after the CDC said vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors. In March Joe Biden trashed Texas and Mississippi governors for reopening their states and ending mask […] More
On April 20, a US District Court judge put his foot down. “Here in Los Angeles, how did racism become embedded in the policies and structures of our new city,” he wrote. “What if there was a conscious effort, a deliberate intent, a cowardice of inaction?” In more than 100 pages, Judge David O. Carter […] More
May 13, 2021, 6:30 p.m. ET May 13, 2021, 6:30 p.m. ET Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to spend $3.5 billion of the federal relief funds on education.Credit…Victor J. Blue for The New York Times As much as the candidates fret about New York City’s fiscal picture, the next mayor should in fact have nearly […] More
Fox News breathlessly tried to make a big deal out of President Biden speaking at a White House event maskless after the CDC eased guidelines for vaccinated people. Video: “There he is maskless” pic.twitter.com/RFuTFL6vnz — Acyn (@Acyn) May 13, 2021 As Biden sprinted to the podium, the Fox News voiceover said, “There he is maskless, […] More
In a sight of the screws tightening around Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a federal judge in Florida on Thursday scheduled a hearing for a longtime Gaetz associate to change his previous not guilty plea in a sex trafficking case. The move suggests that Greenberg will likely plead guilty in the case, where federal prosecutors have […] More
The operator of Colonial Pipeline said on Wednesday that it had started to resume pipeline operations. “It will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal,” the company said on its website. “Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during the start-up […] More
Consumer prices leapt higher in April, data released on Wednesday showed, a much-faster-than-expected jump that could resonate on Wall Street as investors try to determine if inflation could alter Federal Reserve policy. The Consumer Price Index climbed 4.2 percent from a year earlier, the Labor Department said, the fastest pace since 2008. From March to […] More
Here’s what you need to know: A closed gas pump in Falls Church, Va. Gas prices have risen in several states as drivers rush to fill their tanks.Credit…Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The operator of the Colonial Pipeline is expected to announce on Wednesday a timetable for resuming service of its vital fuel pipeline, which stretches from Texas […] More
Nicholas Bloom, an economist at Stanford, has a decidedly pessimistic outlook. He told the City Journal in an April 2020 interview: “I fear that the prominence of the city, and particularly city centers, will decline.” In recent decades, he continued, the city has flourished, so that now central New York and San Francisco are the […] More
