United States
Politics
Eric Adams Elected Mayor of New York City
Eric Adams won New York City's mayoral election on Tuesday. The former police officer and Borough President of Brooklyn will be the city's 110th mayor.
Adams is the second black person to be elected mayor of New York City. His...
Medicine
New York City Puts 9,000 Unvaccinated Employees on Unpaid Leave
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday that 9,000 municipal workers have been put on unpaid leave after refusing to comply with the city's new vaccine mandate.
The mandate, which went into effect on Monday, requires municipal...
Medicine
CDC Expected to Approve COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids 5 to 11 This Week
The White House announced on Monday that they are expecting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to approve Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine this week in what will be the final approval before the vaccine receives its rollout for...
Politics
Biden Apologizes for Trump’s Exit from Paris Accords at COP26
President Joe Biden came under fire on Monday after closing his eyes and appearing to nap during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Biden, who was attending the crucial climate conference along with over 100 other world leaders, eventually...
Politics
Biden Admits US was “Clumsy” in Australia Submarine Deal AUKUS
Joe Biden met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, their first meeting since Biden scorned France with the US-Australia security alliance. The deal, which was also made with the United Kingdom, supplies Australia with state-of-the-art submarines, negating a...
Politics
Andrew Cuomo Charged in Sexual Misconduct Case
Former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo was charged on Thursday for sexual misconduct. The criminal complaint says that Cuomo groped one of his aides inside the Executive Mansion "for the purposes of degrading and gratifying his sexual desires."
The...
Celebrities
Criminal Charges are on the Table in Alec Baldwin Accidental Shooting
The Santa Fe district attorney said on Tuesday that criminal charges are still a possibility in the shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin's film "Rust."
The 63-year-old actor was rehearsing a scene with a gun that Baldwin was told...
Diplomacy
Erdogan Backs Off From Expulsion of 10 Western Diplomats
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed off on Monday from his decision to expel 10 Western ambassadors. Erdogan's plans were widely perceived as cataclysmic for Turkey and its relationship to the NATO alliance.
The 10 embassies of which the ambassadors...
Europe
“Chinese Digital Silk Road” Dominates the Western Balkans
China has made inroads in the Balkans by providing security cameras for personal surveillance, thus establishing its digital presence in the region
Celebrities
Alec Baldwin Accidentally Kills Cinematographer by Firing Prop Gun on Set of “Rust”
Actor Alec Baldwin accidentally killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on Thursday after firing a prop gun on the set of his movie "Rust."
Hutchins and Souza were both working on the film with Baldwin, who was...