Category: National
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UN to world leaders: To curtail warming, you must do more
Opening pocketbooks wider to fight climate change? That’s looking slightly more doable. Closing more smokestacks for the same goal? Not yet sold.
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Trump CFO’s lawyer says he suspects more indictments on way
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump’s indicted corporate finance chief told a judge Monday he has “strong reason to believe” more indictments are coming in an ongoing New York investigation into the former president’s real estate empire.
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COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.
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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11
Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.
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‘We were them:’ Vietnamese Americans help Afghan refugees
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — In the faces of Afghans desperate to leave their country after U.S. forces withdrew, Thuy Do sees her own family, decades earlier and thousands of miles away.
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4 famous giant trees unharmed by Sequoia National Park fire
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — Four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park, authorities said.
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AP PHOTOS: Haitian migrants flock to small Texas border city
Thousands of Haitian migrants flocked to a small Texas border city, presenting the Biden administration with a challenge as it tries to manage large numbers of asylum-seekers.
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The Latest: Islamic State militants claim attacks on Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have sacked the executive director of Afghanistan’s cricket board.
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Cleanup of abandoned mines could get boost, relieving rivers
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thousands of abandoned coal mines in the U.S. have been polluting rivers and streams for decades, in some cases harming fish and contaminating drinking water. Now efforts to finally clean up the sites could soon get a big boost.
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The Spodak Dental Group Raises Minimum Wage and Hires Entry-Level Employees at $15 Per Hour
They are the first dental office in Delray Beach, Fla. to pioneer this wage increase