NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 16: A train conductor stands next to an Amtrak train at New York’s Pennsylvania Station on February 16, 2018 in New York City. Amtrak gave a media tour on Friday to show the progress made on the train service’s ongoing infrastructure renewal work at Penn Station, one of the nation’s […]
The blockbuster weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are arguably as omnipresent in the American zeitgeist as Taylor Swift or the iPhone. The drugs and others in its class are associated with the sparkle of Hollywood, on the lips of Oprah and considered transformative by doctors. But the giant market for drugs like Wegovy, including not […]
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines put an unspecified number of employees on leave for their involvement in an incident in which several Black passengers were removed from a flight in Phoenix, allegedly over a complaint about body odor. American CEO Robert Isom wrote in a note to staff that the incident was unacceptable. “I am […]
A 7-year-old boy was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon as he walked to a neighbor’s home on the city’s Near West Side. The boy, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, was shot in the chest as he walked from his family’s home in an apartment complex in the 2300 block of West Jackson Boulevard to the […]
OAKLAND — A photo caption in this year’s Indian Hills High School yearbook has generated fresh parent criticism that the district’s administration is inadequately overseeing the prevention of bias incidents in the 2,000-student district. An apology was issued by the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District’s Acting Superintendent Melissa Quackenbush on Thursday for an […]
Israel’s reprimand of Ireland’s ambassador was “totally unacceptable”, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said. He made the remarks after Ambassador Sonya McGuinness was summoned to the Israeli foreign affairs ministry and reprimanded over Ireland’s decision to recognise the State of Palestine. As proceedings started, Ms McGuinness was shown footage of Hamas that Israel claimed was filmed […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday called a special session for the state’s Legislature to get President Joe Biden on the ballot this November, saying his patience has “run out” with his fellow Republicans who appear less than inclined to offer a legislative fix for a timing problem with the Democratic convention. “The Legislature had […]
Exposing unacceptable barriers to disability services in Oklahoma The disability status report conducted by Cornell University showed the prevalence of disability in Oklahoma was a staggering 16.1% of individuals of all ages, which means that out of 3,880,800 individuals, 625,800 are affected. It’s inconceivable that the process of obtaining federal disability benefits and services in […]
PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) is struggling, and one doesn’t have to go far to find examples. For starters, for years PayPal’s top line increased at a double-digit percentage rate. But for the past couple of years its growth rate has been much more pedestrian, with the company’s revenue only increasing by 9% in the most […]
Days after Gisele Bündchen broke down in tears over an alleged stalker during a traffic stop, the mayor of Surfside, Florida, is showing his support for the supermodel and calling on police to do better when it comes to showing empathy. “I was dismayed yesterday to watch a video interaction of one of our residents […]
Following the deaths of rescue workers in a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticized the West’s hesitation in providing military aid to the country as completely unacceptable. “A new air defence system could fundamentally change the situation,” Zelensky said in his evening video message broadcast in Kiev on Thursday. He said […]
A Missouri House committee approved a bill Tuesday that critics say would unravel a 3-year-old law that implemented regulations on Christian boarding schools. The Children and Families Committee voted 6-2 along party lines, with Democrats in opposition, to approve House Bill 2307. The measure now goes to the full House for possible debate. Tuesday’s discussion […]