FREDERICK, MARYLAND – U.S. Navy and law enforcement officials in the city of Frederick, Maryland say a Navy Hospital Corpsman shot and critically wounded two people Tuesday at an office park before being shot and killed a short time later at a nearby military base. Frederick is about 77 kilometers northwest of Washington. Frederick Police […]
The U.S. moved a step closer Friday to having another vaccine in its coronavirus arsenal, after an advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously endorsed Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID vaccine. Formal authorization for the vaccine could come in the next few days. The one-dose vaccine would become the third coronavirus inoculation approved […]
The U.S. House of Representatives passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that aims to provide relief to businesses, governments and millions of Americans whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus crisis. Lawmakers voted early Saturday along party lines in the Democratic-controlled House, passing the measure by a vote of 219–212. The […]
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday the United States will return to the U.N. Human Rights Council as an observer. Blinken said in a statement the move is part of the Biden administration’s recommitment “to a foreign policy centered on democracy, human rights, and equality.” The United States left the […]