• What you need to know about Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake

    What you need to know about Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake

    Jan 28, 2025 08:12 PM EDT

    ... the festival is known as Tết, there is the preparation of various local dishes, along with the holding of parades and public performances. In the U.S. and Australia, where there are substantial ethnically Chinese populations in cities such as San Francisco, New York and Sydney, Chinese New Year festivals ...

  • Eric Adams called this Palestinian activist and retired teacher an ‘outside agitator.’ She saw inspiration at protests

    Eric Adams called this Palestinian activist and retired teacher an ‘outside agitator.’ She saw inspiration at protests

    May 02, 2024 01:04 AM EDT

    ... Palestine,” she recalled. “Then I was tired, so I left.” EXPLAINER: A look at the protests of the war in Gaza that have emerged at U.S. colleges It was a photo of her kneeling alone beside a tent, taken by her daughter and shared on X by her husband ...

  • Philippines say Chinese boats rammed vessels in disputed waters

    Philippines say Chinese boats rammed vessels in disputed waters

    Oct 22, 2023 02:06 PM EDT

    ... Sierra Madre, the task force said. The South China Sea is one of the world’s busiest trade routes. The disputes involve China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei, and are regarded as a flashpoint in a delicate fault line in U.S.-China rivalry in the region. In ...

  • 2 Philippine supply boats breach Chinese coast guard blockade in hotly contested South China Sea

    2 Philippine supply boats breach Chinese coast guard blockade in hotly contested South China Sea

    Aug 23, 2023 02:36 PM EDT

    ... Thomas Shoal. The dangerous encounter is the latest flare-up from the long-seething territorial disputes in the busy sea that involve China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei. It's regarded as an Asian flashpoint and has become a delicate fault line in the U.S.-China rivalry ...

  • Why 1 million dead from COVID is so hard for our brains to understand

    Why 1 million dead from COVID is so hard for our brains to understand

    May 12, 2022 09:24 PM EDT

    ... one against questions implying that they somehow invited their own sickness and death. Since the death of Charonda Johnson’s father, Kevin Taylor, a Vietnam War-era veteran and church leader in Dover, Delaware, she has lost count of how many times people have asked her about his age ...

  • Parkland victim's dad scales crane near White House in push for gun violence prevention

    Parkland victim's dad scales crane near White House in push for gun violence prevention

    Feb 14, 2022 11:24 PM EDT

    ... they must pass legislation requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers. The U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center studied school attacks nationwide from 2006-18 and reported that most attackers were bullied and that ...

  • Memorial Day even more poignant as veterans die from virus

    Memorial Day even more poignant as veterans die from virus

    May 24, 2020 07:20 PM EDT

    ... planning a specific observance to mark the death of his step-grandfather. Ben Davis Jr. was the first of 11 brothers to enlist in the U.S. military when he joined the Navy in 1944 during World War II. Combined, the brothers would go on to serve 158 years in ...

  • Michael Cohen to testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Thursday

    Michael Cohen to testify behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Thursday

    Feb 28, 2019 02:50 PM EDT

    ... that "within a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton's campaign," Cohen said. Damaging emails U.S. officials say were hacked by Russia were later released by WikiLeaks. Trump responded by saying "wouldn't that be great," Cohen said. Stone ...

  • WATCH: Michael Cohen testifies before Congress

    WATCH: Michael Cohen testifies before Congress

    Feb 27, 2019 12:48 AM EDT

    ... a couple of days, there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clinton's campaign," according to Cohen. Damaging emails that U.S. officials say were hacked by Russia were later released by WikiLeaks. Trump responded by saying "wouldn't that be great," Cohen said. Stone ...

  • Briefing papers warned Trump: 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE' Putin

    Briefing papers warned Trump: 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE' Putin

    Mar 21, 2018 03:56 PM EDT

    ... arms race and other matters. What they didn't discuss on Tuesday was noteworthy as well: Trump did not raise Russia's meddling in the U.S. elections or its suspected involvement in the recent poisoning of a former spy in Britain. "An American president does not lead the free ...