Trump administration officials withheld information about carcinogenic pollution from Illinois communities, according to a report released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general. Bill Wehrum, who served as assistant administrator of the office of Air and Radiation until 2019, …
The U.S. Could Have Left Afghanistan Years Ago, Sparing Many Lives
An Afghan man and children, suffering hardships from suicide bombings and war, pose for a portrait in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 19, 2021.
Photo: Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw most U.S. troops from …
Pressão sobre Biden contra vacinas genéricas de covid-19 para outros países vem até de ex-governador democrata
HOWARD DEAN, grande ex-defensor de pautas progressistas, está tentando convencer o presidente Joe Biden a rejeitar uma renúncia de propriedade intelectual especial que permitiria a produção de vacinas genéricas de baixo custo contra o coronavírus para atender às necessidades dos …
Oklahoma Lawmaker Calls Abortion Worse Than Slavery
Sitting at a conference table with a contingent of colleagues, almost all of them unmasked, state Rep. Jim Olsen laid out a bill that would end abortion in Oklahoma.
Under Senate Bill 612, anyone who provided or “attempted” to provide …
The New Mexico Spring
When Michelle Lujan Grisham, now governor of New Mexico, defeated Eric Griego in the race for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District in 2012, it put the left wing of the state’s Democratic Party on the back foot. Nine years later, …
Haiti: único país sem vacinas contra a covid-19 na América Latina
Ser o único país latino-americano sem sequer uma dose de vacina contra a covid-19 aplicada até o início de maio é só mais um dos elementos que compõem a crise no Haiti hoje. Com números obscuros sobre o real estado …
Averting another Walter Wallace Jr. tragedy: $13 million boost for mental health crisis response
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Six months after police killed Walter Wallace Jr. in West Philadelphia during a mental health breakdown, Mayor …
Illinois health officials report 3,866 cases of COVID-19, 21 deaths
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday reported 3,866 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 21 additional deaths.
The deaths were reported in the following counties:
Bureau County: 1 female 80sCook County: 1 …
Police ID killer in FedEx shooting as 19-year-old man
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police scoured a Fedex facility in Indianapolis and searched the suspected gunman’s home Friday looking for a motive for the latest mass shooting to rock the U.S., as family members of the eight victims spent agonizing hours …
17-year-old girl fatally shot in Little Village
CHICAGO — A 17-year-old girl was shot and killed Thursday night in the city’s Little Village neighborhood.
The shooting happened at 7:45 p.m. on the 4100 block of West 25th Place on Thursday. The teen, identified as Lydia Jimenez, was …