DNY59/iStock (WATERBURY, Vt.) — Three Vermont state troopers are under federal investigation for their alleged involvement in a fake COVID-19 vaccination card scheme, the Vermont State Police said in a statement Tuesday. The men, who have been identified as Shawn Sommers, Raymond Witkowski and David Pfindel, are suspected of having […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Pittsburgh 3, Detroit 2 Texas 3, Arizona 1 LA Angels 2, San Diego 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 3, Cleveland 0 Baltimore 7, Kansas City 3 Toronto 5, NY Yankees 1 Tampa Bay 12, Boston […]
Kuzma/iStock (GUANTANAMO BAY) — After over 560 days of delay, the drawn-out pretrial proceedings of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other detainees accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks got underway again on Tuesday. But it took only a matter of hours for the hearing to run into yet another speed bump. […]
carmengabriela/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 649,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems […]
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — There are a “small number” of U.S. citizens in the northern Afghan city Mazar-e-Sharif who have been unable to evacuate on chartered flights, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Tuesday, but he said the Taliban had grounded the aircraft because others manifested for these flights did not […]
Zenobillis/iStock (LA.) — The nation is still grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall Aug. 29 and knocked out power to more than 1 million in Louisiana. At least 69 people have died due to the storm — which hit Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane — as […]
Zenobillis/iStock (LA.) — The nation is still grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall Aug. 29 and knocked out power to more than 1 million in Louisiana. At least 71 people have died due to the storm — which hit Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane — as […]
anyaberkut/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Howard University canceled classes on Tuesday after it was hit with a ransomware attack, the Washington, D.C., the school said in a statement. The HBCU said it has been working to fully address the incident and restore operations “but please consider that remediation, after an incident of this kind, […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued his tour of damage caused by Hurricane Ida, traveling to New York and New Jersey to see first-hand the devastation the massive storm inflicted on the Northeast. The president will reprise his role as consoler in chief, meeting with […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued his tour of damage caused by Hurricane Ida, traveling to New York and New Jersey to see first-hand the devastation the massive storm inflicted on the Northeast. The president was reprising his role as consoler in chief, meeting with […]
