2.12pm EST 14:12 Biden signs $1.9tn ‘American Rescue Plan’ With the flick of his pen, Biden signed into law a $1.9tn coronavirus relief package, cementing the first major legislative victory of his presidency. “This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving the people of this nation, working people, the middle…
Joe Biden is set to sign the historic $1.9tn Covid-19 relief package into law on Thursday, hours before he will deliver his first primetime TV address as US president to mark one year since the virus triggered widespread shutdowns across the country.Biden is expected to use his televised speech to hail the stimulus bill known…
Sometimes you don’t forget a face. And all this week, it has been Sarah Everard’s. When she went missing, any woman who has ever walked home alone at night felt that grim, instinctive sense of recognition. Footsteps on a dark street. Keys gripped between your fingers. There but for the grace of God. She was…
After “defund the police” became the rallying cry of protests last summer, Democratic leaders spent months criticizing the slogan and worrying about its impact on elections. While party infighting was dominating headlines, local activists were campaigning to make the catchphrase a reality in cities across the US.Since the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor…
Michelle Obama, the former first lady, hinted at plans for a graceful step out of the limelight and towards retirement, in a recent interview with People Magazine. She shared that the pivot would allow more time for her and husband, Barack, to “be with each other”.Since leaving the White House, the pair has taken on…
LOS ANGELES — With a recall effort increasingly likely, California Gov. Gavin Newsom promises that the state will “roar back” after having suffered devastating setbacks during the coronavirus pandemic.”California won’t come crawling back. We will roar back,” Newsom said in his annual State of the State address Tuesday evening at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.Wednesday,…
“The Pioneer Woman” Ree Drummond’s nephew is in critical condition after a crash Wednesday on the Drummond family ranch in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.Two fire trucks crashed head-on, according to the accident report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and one of the drivers, 21-year-old Caleb G. Drummond, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The report…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened Wednesday to sue the city of Austin and surrounding Travis County after officials there, citing the continued threat of Covid-19, said they would continue to require residents to wear masks even “when outside of their residence.”Paxton’s threat came on the same day the state’s mask mandate, which Texas Gov.…
World10 Mar, 2021 05:48 PM3 minutes to readDNA test uncovers grim family secret. Photo / FBIFor decades, Kathy Gillcrist never quite understood why she wasn’t more like her quiet and reserved parents, who had adopted her when she was a baby.In contrast Gillcrist, from the US state of North Carolina, was loud and extroverted as…
Wayne Couzens has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Sarah Everard. Photo / Supplied / Met PoliceA British police officer who works in the Diplomatic Protection Command in Westminster has been arrested on suspicion of murdering missing marketing executive Sarah Everard.Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens, 49, a father of two from Deal in Kent, was…
