Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution… Read more
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Biden keeps Trump’s record-low cap on refugees
President Joe Biden on Friday stuck with his predecessor’s historically low cap of 15,000 refugees for this year and instead moved to accelerate admissions… Read more
Police ID gunman in FedEx shooting as young male in 20s
Police scoured a Fedex facility in Indianapolis and interviewed scores of witnesses Friday in search of a motive for the latest mass shooting to rock the U.S.… Read more
Kremlin to expel 10 US diplomats in response to US sanctions
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Moscow will order 10 U.S. diplomats to leave Russia in a retaliatory response to the U.S. sanctions… Read more
US setting up $1.7B national network to track virus variants
The U.S. is setting up a $1.7 billion national network to identify and track worrisome coronavirus mutations whose spread could trigger another pandemic wave… Read more
Coast Guard divers hope to reach 12 missing in capsized ship
Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized liftboat prepared to enter the overturned vessel on Friday… Read more
Police: 8 dead in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis
A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport… Read more
Study: 2.5 billion T. rex roamed Earth, but not all at once
One Tyrannosaurus rex seems scary enough. Now picture 2.5 billion of them. That’s how many of the fierce dinosaur king probably roamed Earth over the course of a couple million years, a new study finds… Read more
After union vote, Bezos vows to do better for Amazon workers
After a union battle at an Alabama warehouse, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos acknowledged that Amazon has to do better for its workers and vowed to make Amazon a safer place to work… Read more
Dow crests 34,000 on more proof that economy is recovering
Wall Street notched more milestones Thursday, as a broad market rally pushed the S&P 500 to an all-time high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed above the 34,000 mark for the first time… Read more
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Raul Castro confirms he’s resigning, ending long era in Cuba
Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution… Continue Reading
Biden keeps Trump’s record-low cap on refugees
President Joe Biden on Friday stuck with his predecessor’s historically low cap of 15,000 refugees for this year and instead moved to accelerate admissions… Continue Reading
Police ID gunman in FedEx shooting as young male in 20s
Police scoured a Fedex facility in Indianapolis and interviewed scores of witnesses Friday in search of a motive for the latest mass shooting to rock the U.S.… Continue Reading
Kremlin to expel 10 US diplomats in response to US sanctions
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Moscow will order 10 U.S. diplomats to leave Russia in a retaliatory response to the U.S. sanctions… Continue Reading
US setting up $1.7B national network to track virus variants
The U.S. is setting up a $1.7 billion national network to identify and track worrisome coronavirus mutations whose spread could trigger another pandemic wave… Continue Reading
Coast Guard divers hope to reach 12 missing in capsized ship
Divers searching for oil industry workers on a capsized liftboat prepared to enter the overturned vessel on Friday… Continue Reading
Police: 8 dead in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis
A gunman killed eight people and wounded several others before apparently taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport… Continue Reading
Study: 2.5 billion T. rex roamed Earth, but not all at once
One Tyrannosaurus rex seems scary enough. Now picture 2.5 billion of them. That’s how many of the fierce dinosaur king probably roamed Earth over the course of a couple million years, a new study finds… Continue Reading
After union vote, Bezos vows to do better for Amazon workers
After a union battle at an Alabama warehouse, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos acknowledged that Amazon has to do better for its workers and vowed to make Amazon a safer place to work… Continue Reading
Dow crests 34,000 on more proof that economy is recovering
Wall Street notched more milestones Thursday, as a broad market rally pushed the S&P 500 to an all-time high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed above the 34,000 mark for the first time… Continue Reading