U.S. Announces Restoration Of Relations With Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday it was restoring relations with the Palestinians and renewing aid to Palestinian refugees, a rever...
Widespread Internet Outages Hit Northeast U.S.
BROOKLYN (AP) - Users across the northeast U.S. reported widespread internet outages Tuesday.
Verizon reported a fiber cut in Brooklyn via Twitter, although it’s not clear if th...
Home Prices Rise At Fastest Pace In More Than 6 Years
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices jumped in November at the fastest pace in more than six years, fueled by demand for more living space as Americans stick closer to home during th...
Elderly Woman Killed, 5 Others Hurt In Portland Car Rampage
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A motorist repeatedly drove into people along streets and sidewalks in Portland, Oregon, on Monday, killing an elderly woman who was dragged beneath the wheel...
South African Safari Picnic Joined By Local Lion
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A lion from the Kruger national reserve in South Africa surprised a picnic party by taking his place at one of the tables. The guests had been hoping to get cl...
Report: Portland Mayor Pepper-Sprayed Man Who Confronted Him
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed a man who confronted him and a former mayor as they left a restaurant Sunday evening, according to a police...
Jill Biden Signals She’ll Be More Active As First Lady
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five days into her new role, Jill Biden signaled Monday that she'll be a more active first lady, with a trio of virtual appearances before governors' spouses, you...
Trump Impeachment Goes To Senate, Setting Stage For Trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats marched the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate Monday night for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing of...
Janet Yellen Wins Senate Approval As Treasury Secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th treasury secretary, making her the first woman to hold the ...
Trump Agreements Seek To Tie Biden’s Hands On Immigration
SAN DIEGO (AP) — During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily...
Biden Orders COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, Adds South Africa
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions on most non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European co...
Top Biden Nominee Previously Called US Recognition Of Golan Heights A ‘Blatant Political Move’
WASHINGTON (JNS) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) called the March 2019 U.S. recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan H...
Twitter Launches Crowd-Sourced Fact-Checking Project
CALIFORNIA (AP) — Twitter is enlisting its users to help combat misinformation on its service by flagging and notating misleading and false tweets.
The pilot program unveiled Mo...
Smaller Investors Face Down Hedge Funds, As Gamestop Soars
NEW YORK (AP) — A head-scratching David and Goliath story is playing out on Wall Street over the stock price of a money-losing videogame retailer.
An army of smaller-pocketed, o...
Republican Sen. Rob Portman Of Ohio Won’t Seek Reelection
CINCINNATI (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, of Ohio, said Monday that he won’t seek reelection due in part to how it's gotten “harder to break through the partisan gridlock...
Winter Storm Expected To Bring More Than Foot Of Snow
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A major winter storm is expected to blanket a large swath of the middle of the country with snow Monday and disrupt travel as more than a foot of snow falls in s...
California Lifts Virus Stay-At-Home Orders, Curfew Statewide
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lifted regional stay-at-home orders across the state Monday in response to improving coronavirus conditions, returning the state to a system of...
NYC Vaccination Megasites Stalled Without Supply
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City could administer 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses a week if it had enough supply, but instead has been forced to put off openi...
Watchdog Probes If DOJ Officials Tried To Overturn Election
WASHINGTON (AP/VINnews) — The Justice Department’s inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials “engaged in an impr...
Supreme Court Ends Trump Emoluments Lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday brought an end to lawsuits over whether Donald Trump illegally profited off his presidency.
The justices threw out Trump’s challeng...