[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Weeks after their dramatic escape from Kabul, tens of thousands of Afghans hoping to be resettled in the United States remain on military bases across the country and abroad as medical and security checks slow the process. A small but worrisome measles outbreak has contributed to the delays, causing evacuation flights to … Read more
[ad_1] COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio Republicans have approved new state legislative maps that should allow them to maintain their veto-proof majority in the Ohio House and Senate, leaving it without Democratic votes, putting in place the cards to be redrawn in four years as part of the new redistribution of the Ohio rules. The new … Read more
[ad_1] Seoul, South Korea – North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the waters off its east coast on Wednesday afternoon, two days after claiming to have tested a new long-range cruise missile in a resumption of its gun shows after a six-month lull. South Korea responded to the latest provocation with its own historic … Read more
[ad_1] The Occupational Health and Safety Administration will likely face difficulties in upholding President Joe Biden’s mandate on the COVID-19 vaccine and may have to rely on public shaming of companies, a tactic popularized in the Obama era. Biden called on OSHA last week to develop a temporary emergency standard that would require employees of … Read more
[ad_1] California and Texas will host the largest numbers of Afghan refugees from participating U.S. states, the Associated Press reported. The Biden administration began contacting governors on Wednesday about the number of Afghan evacuees from the first group of about 37,000 people who will be admitted to their states, according to the AP. California will … Read more
[ad_1] Caitlyn Jenner garnered a lot of attention when she launched her California gubernatorial recall campaign in April. The 1976 Olympic gold-medalist decathlete, transgender rights activist and nationally recognized television personality, made headlines and landed numerous media appearances in the first few months of her career. candidacy to oust and succeed Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. … Read more
[ad_1] Former Afghanistan women’s team captain Khalida Popal said she helped with the evacuation process, tweeting: “I am happy to report that once, with great support, j managed to get over 79 young footballers and their family members out of Afg. “ The players entered Pakistan through the Torkham border post with valid travel documents, … Read more
[ad_1] Oregon’s second-largest high school is temporarily suspending in-person classes due to community spread of COVID-19 requiring large numbers of students to be quarantined at home, school officials said in a Wednesday night ad. Reynolds High School will not have classes for the rest of the week and will return to distance education from September … Read more
[ad_1] Utah Police Release Body Camera Video Linked To Gabby Petito CaseABC Action News Utah investigators ‘rule out’ in double homicide near missing Gabby Petito incidentFox News Gabby Petito and her boyfriend quarreled before disappearing: the policeInterior edition The Petito family say her boyfriend “left Gabby in the wild with grizzly bears and wolves as … Read more
[ad_1] Nicholas first made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in South Texas early Tuesday morning, with winds of 75 mph with higher gusts. The storm also drenched parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle as it weakened into a tropical depression. Located near Marsh Island along the central Louisiana coast and with … Read more