Mar 15 AP Report: U.S. to house up to 3,000 immigrant teens at Dallas site By Nomaan Merchant, Jake Bleiberg, Associated Press The memo says federal agencies will use the facility to house boys ages 15 to 17. The memo describes the soon-to-open site as a "decompression center."… Continue reading
Mar 15 Security officials to scale back fencing around U.S. Capitol By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The fencing will be scaled back in two phases, Timothy Blodgett, the acting House sergeant-at-arms, said Monday in a memo to members of Congress and their staff. Continue reading
Mar 15 FBI says Nashville bomber driven by conspiracies, paranoia By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The man who blew himself up inside his recreational vehicle in a Christmas Day bombing in Nashville was grappling with paranoia and eccentric conspiracy theories, but there are no indications he was motivated by social or political ideology. Continue reading
Mar 15 2 charged in assault of Capitol officer who died after riot By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press U.S. officials have arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot, but they do not know yet whether it caused the officer's death. Continue reading
Mar 15 Chicago parish fiercely backs priest after sex abuse claims By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Michael Pfleger's initial accusers were two brothers in their 60s who haven't publicly identified themselves. They allege that Pfleger groomed them as children and abused them at Chicago-area rectories. Continue reading
Mar 14 Pelosi pledges swift work on major infrastructure package By Hope Yen, Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday pledged swift work by Congress on a job and infrastructure package that will be “fiscally sound,” but said she isn’t sure whether the next major item on President Joe Biden’s agenda will attract Republican… Continue reading
Mar 14 Cuomo vaccine czar's calls to gauge loyalty raise concerns By Associated Press A longtime adviser to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo leading the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been calling county executives to gauge their loyalty to the Democratic governor amid a sexual harassment investigation, according to reports in The Washington Post and The… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch 7:44 Will workers return to re-imagined offices post-pandemic? By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo For about a year, many Americans have been forced to work from home due to COVID-19 safety concerns. Now, architects and designers are thinking about the future of the workspace for when workers return. As we look to the future,… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch 7:05 Extra space, flexibility, luck: For restaurants that survived the pandemic, it could take all three By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber Pre-pandemic, 10% of Connecticut's workforce was in restaurants. Since COVID-19 at least 600 of the state’s restaurants have closed and tens of thousands remain unemployed. For those still open, the road ahead is still uncertain. In our “Roads to Recovery”… Continue watching
Mar 14 Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66 By Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died Saturday at the age of 66. He was the undisputed middleweight champion from 1980 to his… Continue reading