Nation Mar 22 Police chief says partying in Miami 'couldn't go on any longer' After days of partying, including several confrontations with police, Miami Beach officials enacted a highly unorthodox curfew Saturday from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m.
Nation Mar 22 Police officers' posts to private Facebook group show hostility and hate Over the group’s almost four-year existence, a few dozen members became vocal with posts that shifted toward pro-Donald Trump memes and harsh criticism of anyone perceived to support so-called “demoncrats,” Black Lives Matter or coronavirus safety measures.
World Mar 21 Republic of Congo polls open; candidate sick with COVID-19 Republic of Congo pressed ahead Sunday with an election in which President Denis Sassou N’Guesso is widely expected to extend his 36 years in power, while the leading opposition candidate was flown to France after suffering COVID-19 complications.
World Mar 21 Pope decries shame of racism, like 'virus' lurking in wait Pope Francis has denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in waiting and continues to be shameful. Francis in a tweet on Sunday called racism “a virus that quickly mutates and, instead of disappearing, goes into hiding, and…
Arts Mar 19 Stone tablet marking First Amendment freedoms finds new home The National Constitution Center, which sits in an area of the city billed as America's most historic square mile, will erect the tablet in an atrium overlooking Independence Hall, the UNESCO World Heritage Site where both the Declaration of Independence…
World Mar 19 Palestinians say West Bank protester killed by Israeli fire The ministry says the man died after being shot in the head on Friday in the village of Beit Dagan, near the northern city of Nablus.
Nation Mar 19 Now vaccinated, justices gather privately at Supreme Court The Supreme Court is returning to a little bit of normal following a year disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Health Mar 19 WATCH: Schumer says New York will get 1.65 million vaccines a week Schumer said the increase amounts to a 33% increase in supply from yesterday.
Politics Mar 19 WATCH: Biden visits CDC, declares 'science is back' Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chorus practice, the CDC said…
Politics Mar 18 WATCH: IRS commissioner testifies before House about 2021 filing season Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rettig will testify Thursday before the House Ways and Means Committee about the 2021 tax filing season.