March 2021

Lawmakers advance legislation to go further than Biden administration in punishing Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi murder

March 25, 2021 2:56 PM CNN Newsource

A House committee on Thursday two bills taking aim at Saudi Arabia in the wake of last month’s intelligence report implicating the…

UK variant of coronavirus detected on UofA campus

March 25, 2021 2:56 PM Lisa Sturgis, Brandon Mejia

The University of Arizona announced Thursday the UK variant of coronavirus has been detected on…

What Jim Crow looks like in 2021

March 25, 2021 2:55 PM CNN

“It’s a redux of Jim Crow in a suit and tie.” That’s how Stacey Abrams, who spearheaded efforts to organize Black voters in…

Speed read Biden’s news conference

March 25, 2021 2:51 PM CNN

President Joe Biden opened his first presidential news conference Thursday with a new promise to get 200 million Covid vaccine shots in American arms…

Facebook, Twitter and Google CEOs grilled by Congress on misinformation

March 25, 2021 2:45 PM CNN

The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter faced withering criticism from members of Congress on Thursday about their handling of…

Body of firefighter is found in rubble of an assisted-living center in New York

March 25, 2021 2:43 PM CNN Newsource

A residential assisted living center in a suburb of New York City caught fire and partially collapsed early Tuesday, leaving a resident and a…

Sackler family members agree to pay $4.2 billion as part of plan to dissolve OxyContin maker Purdue

March 25, 2021 2:24 PM CNN Newsource

Purdue Pharma has filed a restructuring plan to dissolve itself and establish a new company dedicated to programs designed to combat the opioid…

Biden says he agrees with Obama that filibuster is ‘a relic of the Jim Crow era’

March 25, 2021 1:54 PM CNN

President Joe Biden said Thursday during the first formal news conference of his presidency that he agreed with former President Barack Obama that…

Biden warns North Korea of ‘responses’ if they continue to test ballistic missiles

March 25, 2021 1:51 PM CNN

President Joe Biden warned that there would be “responses” if North Korea continues to fire ballistic missiles following the hermit…

Olive Garden is raising its wages. That’s not the full story

March 25, 2021 1:42 PM CNN Newsource

The company that owns Olive Garden is raising wages in a bid to attract workers. But the move doesn’t go far enough to satisfy critics of a practice…

‘One mistake after the other.’ How AstraZeneca went from pandemic hero to villain

March 25, 2021 1:38 PM CNN Newsource

After teaming up with Oxford University, AstraZeneca produced a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine in just nine months, a huge achievement that will…

Comienzan a registrarse Vacunas contra el COVID-19 Falsas en México

March 25, 2021 1:14 PM Oswaldo Rivas

Comienzan a registrarse Vacunas contra el COVID-19 Falsas en…

Sigue el dolor por los asesinados en Tiroteo de Boulder Colorado

March 25, 2021 1:10 PM Oswaldo Rivas

Sigue el dolor por los asesinados en Tiroteo de Boulder…

Wyoming Senate kills bill backed by Donald Trump Jr. in attempt to defeat Liz Cheney

March 25, 2021 1:09 PM CNN Newsource

A Wyoming Senate bill to create election runoffs failed on Wednesday, despite Donald Trump Jr.’s campaign to pass it in an attempt to defeat…

Key takeaways from Biden’s first White House news conference

March 25, 2021 1:08 PM CNN Newsource

Convening his first formal news conference Thursday, President Joe Biden stepped into a swirl of issues that have bubbled up at the two-month mark of…