Politics Apr 05 WATCH: HHS budget pays for education and health, including preparation for next pandemic, says Becerra The proposed 2023 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services will allow the government to make needed investments in education and health, including for the next pandemic to come after COVID-19, Secretary Xavier Becerra said on Tuesday.
World Apr 05 'Extremely grim' COVID outbreak prompts Shanghai to extend lockdown A city official says the COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest metropolis of Shanghai remains "extremely grim" amid an ongoing lockdown confining 26 million people to their homes.
Politics Apr 04 WATCH: Pentagon press secretary John Kirby says Russia is responsible for Bucha atrocities Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from Bucha revealed streets strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some of whom had seemingly been killed at close range.
Politics Apr 04 WATCH: White House says Russia is revising invasion plans in face of resistence U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Monday that Russia was shifting its focus in its war in Ukraine to the country's east and south, after experiencing a stronger-than-expected defense by Ukrainians supported by Western allies.
Politics Apr 04 WATCH: State Department confirms accusations of atrocities in Ukraine The U.S. State Department joined other nations in expressing revulsion coupled with accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses.
Arts Apr 03 'Fill the silence with your music,' Zelenskyy says in Grammys message Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared in a video message at the Grammy Awards to ask for support in telling the story of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia.
Nation Apr 03 States clash over rental assistance as the federal government reallocates funds The debate is playing out across the country as the Treasury Department begins reallocating some of the $46.5 billion in rental assistance from places slow to spend to others that are running out of funds.
Arts Apr 03 Elton John credits Ryan White's family with saving his life The singer told the crowd at his concert at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Friday that spending time around White’s family caused him to make changes in his life. White was from Indiana.
World Apr 02 Head of Russia's space program says sanctions could imperil future of space station Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, told reporters that the state agency is preparing a report on the prospects of international cooperation at the station, to be presented to federal authorities “after Roscosmos has completed its analysis.”…
World Apr 02 U.S. repatriates Algerian held for nearly 20 years at Guantanamo The Department of Defense announced Saturday that Sufiyan Barhoumi was repatriated with assurances from the Algerian government that he would be treated humanely there and that security measures would be imposed to reduce the risk that he could pose a…