The Community Gyms Coalition and the Global Health and Fitness Association sent a letter to congressional leaders Thursday urging them to provide pandemic relief to fitness facilities before the end of the year.The groups said that the emergence of...
A North Carolina couple who brought their 14-year-old child into the U.S. Capitol amid the Jan. 6 riot is being slammed by prosecutors, who recommend the child's mother receive a prison sentence, according to The Associated Press. Virginia...
A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of public health recently published a study claiming the Moderna vaccine is slightly better than Pfizer.
President Biden on Thursday laid out a multi-pronged plan to confront the delta and emerging omicron variants of the coronavirus that includes an expansion of at-home diagnostic tests, stricter testing rules for international travelers and new...
President Biden on Thursday said he doesn’t think a government shutdown will happen amid objections from Capitol Hill conservatives on a deal to fund the government.“Look, I don't believe that will happen. We have everything in place to be...
Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Thursday blocked a request to proceed to legislation passed by the House in March to expand background checks for gun sales, a priority that has languished in...
A new law limiting access to abortion pills in Texas went into effect on Thursday, worrying supporters of the right to abortion who fear the law will further restrict access in an already restrictive state.SB4 bans abortion providers from providing...
A record high of $2.7 billion was raised on GivingTuesday this week, ABC News reports.This annual day of generosity, held the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, saw a 9 percent rise in donations, even as Black Friday and Cyber Monday experienced...
NBA star Kevin Love has been honored by a Boston-based foundation for his work to remove the stigma associated with mental illness.The Ruderman Family Foundation honored the Cleveland Cavaliers star with its annual Morton E....
A group of Senate conservatives are demanding a simple-majority vote on their push to defund President Biden's vaccine mandate for larger businesses in exchange for agreeing to expedite a short-term government funding deal. The push by...
A group of five Democratic Caucus chairs penned an official statement calling for the removal of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) from her committee assignments in the wake of her "repeated anti-Muslim attacks."The letter comes as tension has...
President Biden on Thursday afternoon will deliver remarks on COVID-19 following confirmation of the first two U.S. cases of the omicron variant.The event is scheduled to begin at 1:40 p.m. ET.Watch the live...
The assistant director for "Rust" is backing Alec Baldwin's claim that the Academy Award winner didn't pull the trigger in a shooting on the movie's set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins."Dave has told me since the very first day I met him...
The White House on Thursday said there is no timetable for lifting travel restrictions on southern African countries, even as a new case of the omicron variant was identified in the U.S.Press secretary Jen Psaki defended the ban to reporters, saying...
The White House does not have plans to adjust President Biden’s travel schedule due to concerns about the omicron coronavirus variant, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday.Psaki told reporters that the Biden administration’s health...
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that will expedite financial disclosures from judges.The chamber passed the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act in a 422-4 vote, with just four Republicans voting against the legislation...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday ripped into the Republican lawmakers threatening a government shutdown over President Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandate, accusing them of promoting a dual crisis of the economy and public health."It is,...
A group of House Democrats, some of whom are expected to face challenging reelection races next year, on Thursday called for the chamber to take up legislation to address supply chain disruptions, amid concerns from Ameri...
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In my previous column in this space (“Ethics Wars Redux?,” Nov. 15), I looked at charges pending against Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) for posting on his official account an animated cartoon of him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking...
The United Nations headquarters in New York City was locked down on Thursday after police said officers were responding to several reports of a man holding a gun outside the office, ...
A pair of election workers in Georgia are suing a conservative website for defamation, according to a new report.Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a voter registration officer in the Fulton County, and her mother, Ruby Freeman...
An Ohio sheriff's deputy has been charged with murder after he fatally shot a Black man in the back five times last year. Jason Meade, a 17-year Franklin County Sheriff's Office veteran who has s...
Two teachers at Oxford High School in Oakland County, Mich., reported concerns over Ethan Crumbley's behavior in the days before the 15-year-old went on a shooting spree, killing four of his classmates and leaving seven o...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is facing pressure from a coalition in his state to preserve paid family leave in the Democrats’ massive social spending and climate package, an endeavor that appears unlikely due to...
