As President Joe Biden prepares to travel to Rome and Glasgow for his first G20 leader’s summit and a crucial climate conference he’s in the challenging position of only having a handful of ambassadors confirmed nine months into his administration. Lawmakers and diplomats say the lack of confirmed ambassadors will handicap Biden in his ability…… MORE
President Joe Biden is expected to attend a House Democratic Caucus meeting Thursday morning, according to a source familiar with the plans, as leaders press progressives to vote for a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Democratic congressional leaders have been trying to secure a framework deal on Biden’s social safety net plan this week, ahead…… MORE
A Covid-19 vaccine could be available for little kids soon, and public health leaders say vaccinating them could help end the pandemic — but only if parents actually get them vaccinated. A new survey suggests that’s uncertain at best. The majority of parents say they will not get their younger children vaccinated right away, according…… MORE
Amirite, or amirite? As the world evolves, words follow, which is why Merriam-Webster has added 455 new ones to the dictionary this month. TBH, many have emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic that has shaped so much of people’s lives over the past 20 months. In 2020, the English word of the year was not surprisingly…… MORE
The family of an 8-year-old girl who was fatally shot by police officers outside a suburban Philadelphia high school football game in August filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging the officers willfully and maliciously caused her death and injured her sister. The mother and siblings of Fanta Bility are suing the borough of Sharon…… MORE
Is it a bones or no bones kind of day? One small pug is influencing how millions of people live their lives with his adorable morning routine. Meet Noodle, a 13-year-old rescue dog whose owner, Jonathan Graziano, records and posts waking his pug up nearly every morning on TikTok. Graziano, a social media manager in…… MORE
When a US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended Tuesday that the agency grant emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 for children between the ages of 5 and 11, it was based on data gathered during clinical trials conducted around the United States. One of those clinical trials was conducted by Dr. Emanuel “Chip”…… MORE
Nearly 1,000 of Florida’s beloved manatees have died since the beginning of this year, mostly due to starvation, wildlife officials said. The 984 manatee deaths recorded so far his year more than doubles last year’s total of 483 deaths, according to mortality statistics provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Most mortalities…… MORE
Three teenagers from Miramar, Florida, will be charged as adults in the death of a fellow high school student who police say was found badly beaten, stabbed, and hidden in some bushes in his apartment complex. The Broward County State Attorney’s Office said Tuesday it will charge the suspects — a boy and two girls…… MORE
A Marine who died in World War II was finally laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday after his remains had been unaccounted for since his death at 19. Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Harold W. Hayden of Norwood, Ohio, died on the third day of the Battle of Tarawa on November 22, 1943, according…… MORE
