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Month: March 2021

‘Invincible’ takes yet another leap into the dark side of superheroes

Amazon already has a searing satire about out-of-control superheroes, “The Boys,” which has quickly become its signature series. “Invincible,” an animated show with basically the same broad outline, thus feels a tad redundant, though the opening episodes, produced very much for adults, yield some of the same visceral thrills. The series comes from “The Walking

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A body is found after a firefighter goes missing in a fire that killed a resident at an assisted-living center in New York

A residential assisted living center in a suburb of New York City caught fire and partially collapsed early Tuesday, leaving one resident dead and a firefighter missing, officials said. Teams digging through the rubble of Evergreen Court Home for Adults in Spring Valley to find the firefighter recovered a body, officials said Wednesday. Rockland County

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Blinken’s show of unity with NATO and Europe shadowed by disagreement over gas pipeline between Russia and Germany

Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeated his warning Wednesday that the US will consider sanctions if work on a gas pipeline between Russian and Germany is completed and certified — a sole note of discord in an extended display of unity with European allies and NATO states. “The pipeline divides Europe, it exposes Ukraine and

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‘We are trying to live.’ Vaccine hesitancy is decreasing as call for equitable access intensifies

Getting a Covid-19 vaccine appointment was frustrating for Brenda Hong. The 75-year-old said the online registration system was tough to navigate and she waited weeks for an appointment confirmation that never came. Ultimately, Hong’s niece had to schedule her for the shot earlier this month at a community vaccine site. Hong fears the difficult sign-up

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Former Border Patrol chiefs to congressional leaders: ‘The patchwork system in place continues to fail us all’

Nearly a dozen retired Border Patrol chiefs implored congressional leadership Wednesday to provide additional resources and take steps to reform the US immigration system, calling the number of minors arriving at the US-Mexico border “unprecedented,” according to a letter shared with CNN. “The patchwork system in place continues to fail us all,” the chiefs, who

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Bernie Sanders doesn’t ‘feel comfortable’ about Twitter’s permanent ban against Trump despite him being a ‘pathological liar’

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders denounced former President Donald Trump in strong terms in an interview released Tuesday but said Twitter’s permanent suspension of the former Republican president doesn’t sit right with him. “Look, you have a former president in Trump, who is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, a xenophobe, a pathological liar, an authoritarian,

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A man drove through a crosswalk during a ‘Stop Asian Hate’ rally and authorities say they’re investigating the incident as a hate crime

Authorities in Los Angeles County say they are investigating an incident at a “Stop Asian Hate” rally over the weekend as a potential hate crime. As demonstrators marched through a crosswalk in the city of Diamond Bar on Sunday to protest racism and violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a male suspect drove through a red light at

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