Twitter Closes Seattle Office, Tells Employees to Work From Home
Twitter has reportedly closed its office doors in Seattle, asking employees there to work from home.
CDC Raises Alert on China, Urges Americans to Reconsider Travel
Read More U.S. health officials are telling Americans to “reconsider travel” to Chinese territory due to the soaring infections in the country. In a travel alert released on Dec. 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) flagged China’s mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao as regions where U.S. travelers need to “practice enhanced precaution.” […]
Biden Signs $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Before Friday Deadline
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023, and provide tens of billions of dollars in new aid to Ukraine for its fight against Russia.
More Southwest Woes: Airport Cop Threatens to Arrest Stranded Passengers
A Southwest Airlines passenger stranded in Tennessee posted a video showing a police officer threatening to arrest him, his family and other passengers if they did not leave an area of Nashville International Airport. “I thought that it would be best to start recording cause …
Dem Rep. Escobar: There’s a ‘Refugee Crisis of Historic Proportions’
Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, said Thursday on CNN’s “At This Hour” that the surge of migrants at the southern border is a “Western Hemispheric refugee crisis of historic proportions.
Dem Rep. Escobar: There’s a ‘Refugee Crisis of Historic Proportions’
Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, said Thursday on CNN’s “At This Hour” that the surge of migrants at the southern border is a “Western Hemispheric refugee crisis of historic proportions.”
Dame Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer, dies aged 81
Read More Dame Vivienne Westwood died peacefully surrounded by her family in Clapham, South London, today, her representatives said in a statement. The 81-year-old’s husband and creative partner, Andreas Kronthaler, said: “I will continue with Vivienne in my heart. “We have been working until the end and she has given me plenty of things to […]
US Bankruptcy Court Approves $121M Clergy Abuse Settlement
A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a $121 million reorganization plan for one of the oldest Roman Catholic dioceses in the U.S. as it tries to stem financial losses from clergy abuse claims that date back decades.
House GOP takes aim at White House for ignoring oversight requests
Post Content House Republicans fired back at the White House on Thursday after the counsel’s office rejected GOP oversight requests. On Thursday morning, White House Special Counsel Richard Sauber sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and House Oversight Committee ranking member James Comer, R-Ky., to say that the administration […]
End of Year to Bring Rain, Fog for Eastern US
A fast-moving storm accompanied by a major warmup in the eastern United States will help usher out 2022 and ring in 2023, according to AccuWeather meteorologists.