As leaders reconvene at UN, climate and COVID top the list
UNITED NATIONS — Last year, no leaders came at all. This year will be quite different — sort of. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging in many parts of the…
California firefighters scramble to protect sequoia groves
Hot, dry weather added to the challenges facing California firefighters who are battling to keep flames from driving further into a grove of ancient sequoias, where the base of the…
US closes part of Texas border, begins flying Haitians home
DEL RIO, Texas — Hoping to stop the flow of migrants, the United States on Sunday tried to block the Mexican border at an isolated Texas town where thousands of…
With Abortion Rights Under Threat, Democrats Hope to Go on Offense – The New York Times
VIRGINIA BEACH — Kenzie Smith is “not big into politics,” she said, and while she votes faithfully in presidential elections, for Democrats, she is less interested in off-year races, such…
Volcano Erupts On Spanish Island Near Morocco – NPR
This image taken from video shows the volcanic eruption in La Palma filmed by a resident. The volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a…
Three shot as family fight over gifts at Pa. baby shower erupts into gunfire
Three people were shot on Saturday during a baby shower in Pennsylvania after a fight about gifts, police said. Police in Lower Burrell, a small city 30 minutes northeast of…
John Shelby Spong, 90, Dies; Sought to Open Up the Episcopal Church
That year he ordained Robert Williams, an openly gay man, as a priest. (Ellen Barrett, a lesbian, had been ordained about a decade before.) Bishop Spong understood the controversy he…
Cruz slams Biden’s ‘unconstitutional’ vaccine mandate: ‘They want to change the topic from Afghanistan’ – Fox News
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Sunday that President Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses is designed to fail and being used only as a distraction from his “catastrophe” in Afghanistan.…
Palestinians admit capture of prisoners shows Israeli intel prowess – The Jerusalem Post
The recapture of the last two prisoners who escaped from Gilboa Prison on Saturday night shows that Israel has very good intelligence sources in the West Bank, residents of Jenin…
Collins, Fauci endorse and explain FDA’s recommendation for limited use of boosters – POLITICO
The administration announced in August that a rollout plan was being put in place for booster shots that would be initiated Sept. 20, but also specified that the plan itself…