The U.S. charges a former Colombian soldier in Haitian president’s assassination
The U.S. government announced that it charged Mario Antonio Palacios, a 43-year-old former Colombian soldier who is one of the main suspects in the July killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse.
The case for COVID optimism, despite sky-high infection rates
In the face of rising COVID cases, Dr. Bob Wachter of the University of California San Francisco offers reasons to be hopeful about the pandemic’s outlook in the months ahead.
A loophole in federal marijuana law has led to the creation of new THC product
Even in states where marijuana is outlawed, a loophole in federal drug law is allowing the sale of “Delta 8” products, a substance made by isolating a type of THC in the hemp plant that isn’t illegal.
Democrats revisit voting rights legislation around Jan. 6 anniversary
Democrats are making a fresh push on voting rights legislation around the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, while also trying to revive President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.
What U.S. Capitol security looks like a year after the Jan. 6 insurrection
A year after the Jan. 6 riot, a new team of Capitol security leaders are in place, and congressional probes are investigating what went wrong that day. The partisan divide in Congress has intensified.
Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush, a Democrat, is retiring after 30 years in the U.S. House
Longtime Illinois Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush announced on Tuesday that he is leaving Congress. The former Black Panther has represented the South Side of Chicago in Congress since 1993.
The number of kids being admitted to hospitals for COVID continues to rise
COVID hospitalizations among children have increased 97% over the last week to 575 admissions per day. Infectious disease experts talk about treating children with omicron and who is most at-risk.
This new, low-cost COVID-19 vaccine could be a game changer for low-income countries
A low cost vaccine called Corbevax may help solve the problem of getting safe and effective COVID vaccines to poor and middle-income countries.
Why is the ‘Big Lie’ proving so hard to dispel?
One year after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows many Americans still buy into the “Big Lie”: the baseless claim that the 2020 election was stolen.
In coastal areas, rising seas can also mean failing septic tanks
In rural, coastal areas, rising groundwater is flooding people’s properties from underneath, causing septic tanks to fail. States are responding, but it could be a losing battle in some places.
NASA has successfully deployed the sunshield on the James Webb Space Telescope
NASA mission managers successfully completed the most complicated part of the unfolding process of James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshield — a critical stage in the powerful observatory’s deployment.
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