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DA: NY Hospital, Nursing Home Workers Bought Bogus Vax Cards
A New Jersey woman advertising herself on Instagram as the AntiVaxMomma sold several hundred fake COVID19 vaccination cards at $200 a pop to New York Cityarea jab dodgers, including people working in hospitals and nursing homes, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Starbucks Unionization Effort Brews At 3 Buffalo-area Cafes
Workers at three Starbucks coffee shops in the Buffalo area filed petitions Monday with the National Labor Relations Board asking for a vote on union representation, the latest development in a nationwide, pandemicera reckoning on wages and working condit...
New Orleans Levees Pass Ida's Test While Some Suburbs Flood
The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida's fury, passing their toughest test since the federal government spent billions of dollars to upgrade a system that catastrophically failed when Hurricane Katrina...
With UNSC Set to Adopt Resolution on Afghanistan, Here's What the Document Mentions and Doesn't
The resolution -- drafted by the United States, Britain and France -- says the council expects the Taliban to allow a "safe, secure, and orderly departure from Afghanistan of Afghans and all foreign nationals."
Russia Beats Germany 3-2 To Advance To 5th-place Game
Veronika Korzhakova and Oxana Bratisheva scored in a 3:08 span early in the third period and Russia beat shorthanded Germany 32 on Sunday to advance to the fifthplace game in the women's world hockey championship.
Taliban Say Afghan Women Will be Allowed to Study at University, But Ban on Co-ed Classes
The hardline Islamist group have vowed to rule differently compared to their 1990s stint when girls and women were banned from education.
Slain Marine Who Cradled Baby At Kabul Airport Loved Her Job
A woman who cradled a baby in her arms at the airport and posted on social media that she loved her job. A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriffs deputy when his d...
In Letter to Biden, US Congress Blames Complete Withdrawal of Forces for Afghanistan's Situation
Congress also questioned the delay of the evacuation of US personnel and Afghan partners.
India Mulling Alternative Ways to Rescue People After Kabul Blasts
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has also asked the Indian missions in the neighboring countries to be on alert.
Marine From Omaha Among Those Killed In Afghanistan
The family of a 23yearold Marine from Omaha said Friday he was among 13 U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
Warship To Be Named For LBJ Heads To Ocean For Sea Trials
The last of a new class of stealth destroyers left the Maine coast for sea trials Friday.
Milwaukee Suburban School Won't Offer Students Free Lunch
A suburban Milwaukee school district is meeting to possibly reconsider opting out of a federally funded free meal program, a move that met with widespread criticism from parents after school board members said they were concerned participating students wo...
Storm Ida, Heading for Cuba and US, is Now a Hurricane: Forecasters
Cuba is already experiencing tropical storm conditions.
'We will Find & Kill Them': After Taliban Takeover, Kabul Airport Blasts Anger Biden, World Leaders
The death toll from Kabul Airport explosions has risen to 90 with more than 150 others wounded
Pakistan Orchestrated? Sources Say Neighbour's ISIS Face Mawalawi Farooqi Behind Deadly Kabul Blasts
Pakistan's ISIS face Emir Mawalawi Abdullah Farooqi was also part of the Gurudwara attack in Kabul that killed 27 people.
Jussie Smollett Attorneys Cannot Call Prosecutor To Testify
Jussie Smolletts attorneys cannot call as a witness the Chicago prosecutor whose office dropped initial charges accusing the actor of staging a racist, antigay attack on himself in 2019, a judge ruled Thursday.