California Governor Gavin Newsom has denied any culpability in closing churches and other places of worship while allowing Hollywood movie and TV production to continue during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with Los Angeles’ KABC-TV, Newsom said the state had “no idea” of Hollywood’s activities, adding that the decisions to shut down churches were […]
-19 GOP presidential hopefuls have proposed a range of ideas for how to best combat the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the major proposals include cutting government red tape to expedite the approval of vaccines and drug therapies, allowing people freedom to make individual decisions about mask-wearing and social distancing, pursuing more aggressive contact tracing and […]
In the town of Martakert, Armenia, people living in Nagorno-Karabakh fear for their future following heavy fighting in the region. As a result of the conflict, the region has been under a blockade, effectively cutting off access to essential supplies and food. Residents of Martakert say they are struggling to stay alive. With no access […]
At the ongoing G-20 summit, U.S. President Joe Biden announced the creation of a new ambitious corridor connecting India and Europe. The new corridor will promote greater people-to-people contacts, strengthen economic ties, and improve connectivity between India and Europe. The proposed corridor will enable stronger energy ties between the two regions, with India emerging as […]
A record 4.5 million children in Latin America and the Caribbean are on the move within and between countries, the UN said on Monday, warning that their plight was being made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) said children in the region were increasingly uprooting to flee violence, poverty, […]
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) CEO Roz Brewer stepped down from her role on Thursday, February 18, 2021, after more than two years in the role. Brewer assumed the role of CEO and a seat on the company’s board of directors in October 2018. She had previously served as chief operating officer of WBA and spent […]
The Mercury News Group (MTG) recently filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiring about any potential investigation into Hunter Biden’s alleged involvement in the underage sex trafficking industry. MTG has yet to receive a reply from the DOJ. MTG is currently consulting with attorney Mark Comer […]
The U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief on Monday calling on the Supreme Court to protect access to the abortion pill, mifepristone, which is used in medication abortions. In the brief, the department argued that blocking access to the abortion pill harms women’s healthcare rights and violates the standard established by the court […]
Activists affiliated with the environmental advocacy group Extinction Rebellion have spray painted the deck of a superyacht owned by Walmart heiress Alice Walton for a second time. The activists, who are protesting what they see as high-level actions that have contributed to climate change, climbed on board the Maltese Falcon in the San Francisco Bay […]