Australia, Canada and Britain will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, their prime ministers said on Wednesday, as other allies weighed similar moves to protest at China’s human rights record.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a new advisory report to bring light to the “urgent need to address the nation’s youth mental health crisis.”
Another pioneer city that had championed the Black Lives Matter movement reversed course on their mission to defund the police on Tuesday.
The case has moved to court, where earlier this week Smith claimed that he should not be held liable for the murder, thereby taking a plea of insanity. It should be noted that Smith has a lengthy criminal record and has also claimed to have no remembrace of the events of the murder.
France on Wednesday released a Saudi national arrested at a Paris airport over suspected links to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after officials concluded it was a case of mistaken identity.
President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for companies with contracted employees who work for the federal government was shut down by a federal judge on Tuesday.
[elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1″] Hawaii is recouping on Wednesday from torrential downpours that caused flooding, triggered landslide warnings and prompted the state to take emergency action. A stalled “kona low” weather system brought up to 12 inches (30 cm) of rain over three days, although actual amounts varied greatly throughout the islands’ mountainous terrain, the National Weather […]
The House voted 222-212 Tuesday allowing Congress to fast-track legislation that would raise the federal government’s debt limit.
Lauren Moye, FISM NEWS [elfsight_social_share_buttons id=”1”] The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan defense bill that includes new military spending, military justice reform, funding for an independent Afghanistan probe, and protection against the dishonorable discharge of military service members for their vaccination status. The House voted 360-70 in favor of the bill to pass a […]
A bipartisan commission tasked by the White House with exploring Supreme Court reforms voted unanimously Tuesday to send their final report to the president’s desk, without giving any firm opinions.
