TALKEETNA, Alaska – Denali National Park and Preserve mountaineering rangers received an InReach communication on Monday, May 3 at 3:30 PM reporting that a ski mountaineer had fallen into a crevasse in the southeastern sector of the park near the Eldridge Glacier. The reporting partner could not see or communicate with the fallen skier and was […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday barred local media outlets from covering his signing of S.B. 90, the latest state-level voter suppression law which makes voting by mail—which millions of Floridians have done for years—more difficult and discourages voters from waiting in long lines at the polls. The Republican governor, a close ally of former […]
The Biden administration has agreed to support waiving intellectual property (IP) restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a breakthrough in the global fight against the pandemic that can empower governments to tackle vaccine scarcity and inequity. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the administration’s position in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “This is a […]
Still, as long as Senate Republicans refuse to support the bill, passing electoral reforms depends on eliminating the filibuster, which conservative Democrats have yet to endorse. Zero GOP lawmakers have backed the For the People Act, congressional Democrats’ comprehensive plan to strengthen U.S. democracy by making it easier to vote, curbing partisan gerrymandering, and limiting […]