Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
According to a statement from his daughter, Vernon Jordan, a civil rights activist and former adviser to President Bill Clinton, has died.
Author: Associated Press
Official: Merck to help produce rival J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine
Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly.
South Carolina Senate adds firing squad to execution methods
South Carolina senators have added a firing squad to the electric chair as alternatives if the state can’t kill condemned inmates with lethal injection.
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo acknowledges “unwanted flirtation”
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has acknowledged for the first time that some of his behavior with women had been “misinterpreted as unwanted flirtation,” and said he would cooperate with a sexual harassment investigation led by the state’s attorney general. In a statement released yesterday amid mounting criticism from within his own party, Cuomo, a Democrat,…
Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats’ hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their huge COVID-19 relief bill seem all but dead. That’s become clear as Senate leaders prepare to bring their own version of the House-passed aid package to the chamber’s floor as early as Wednesday. Aides say top Democrats have abandoned a potential amendment threatening tax increases on big…
Senate panel votes to advance Garland’s nomination to be AG
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Monday to advance the nomination of Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general.
NCAA reveals COVID-19 contingency plans for hoops tourneys
Turns out the top four teams left out of March Madness won’t have their bubbles burst quite yet.
Lady Gaga’s dogs recovered safely
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded the dogwalker, have been recovered unharmed. Los Angeles police Capt. Jonathan Tippett says a woman brought the dogs to an LAPD station Friday evening. Lady Gaga’s representatives and detectives went to the station and confirmed they were her dogs. Tippett says it’s…
South Carolina’s biggest hospice piloting homebound vaccines
South Carolina’s largest hospice provider is partnering with state health officials to pilot an effort to vaccinate eligible homebound residents against COVID-19.
House to vote on virus bill; arbiter says wage hike a no-go
Democrats are ready to shove a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through the House on Friday.
