September 2021 - Page 16

Sep 1, 2021; Flushing, NY, USA; Rain falls into Louis Armstrong Stadium from the openings along the side as Diego Schwartzman of Argentina faces Kevin Anderson of South Africa on day three of the 2021 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports/Sipa USA

US Open match suspended amid heavy rainfall despite stadium roof

By George Ramsay The US Open tennis championship was battered by remnants of Hurricane Ida on Wednesday, causing one match to be suspended as rain poured through the stadium roof. Kevin Anderson and Diego Schwartzman’s second-round singles match was halted early in the second set as water came through multiple openings of the roof on Louis Armstrong Stadium. The

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US President Biden delivers remarks about the federal government's response to Hurricane Ida in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on September 2, 2021 in Washington, DC. - The remnants of Hurricane Ida triggered spectacular flash flooding and a rare state of emergency in New York City overnight into Thursday, killing at least 14 people in what was called a historic weather event. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden set to travel to Louisiana to survey damage from Hurricane Ida

By Maegan Vazquez President Joe Biden is headed to Louisiana on Friday to survey damage from Hurricane Ida, after almost a week of the deadly storm ravaging the eastern half of the United States. The White House has said Biden would survey storm damage and meet with state and local officials. White House press secretary Jen

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 06: A 'Now Hiring' sign is posted at a 7-Eleven store on August 06, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The U.S. economy added over 900,000 jobs in July, the biggest monthly gain since August of last year. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The Delta variant threatens to slow the jobs recovery

By Anneken Tappe, The US jobs recovery is about to get a reality check. It was a strong summer, with nearly 2.5 million jobs added back between May and July even as the Delta variant started to increase Covid-19 infections — but economists are now growing cautious that August may not have been as strong. Economists polled by Refinitiv still predict 728,000 jobs

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Black Americans are being priced out of the pandemic housing boom

By Chauncey Alcorn Everett Benyard thought he was finally in a strong enough financial position to purchase his first home earlier this year. He’d saved money by living with his parents for a time and secured a higher-paying job in 2020. But the 30-year-old San Diego corrections officer has struggled to compete in one of the country’s hottest real estate

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A nurse marks a coronavirus vaccination card with a third "booster" dose of Pfizer, at a vaccine clinic hosted by The Tournament of Roses and the Pasadena Public Health Department, August 19, 2021 at Tournament House in Pasadena, California. - The clinic is one of the first in the city to offer "supplemental" third Covid-19 shots to people with immunological conditions, according to organizers. President Joe Biden said August 18 he will make Covid-19 booster shots available to all American adults beginning next month, as his administration warned that vaccines are showing a declining effectiveness against infection. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Three doses of Covid-19 vaccine are likely needed for full protection, Fauci says

By Travis Caldwell, With the latest Covid-19 surge upending American life yet again, an official rollout of booster doses could begin within weeks pending FDA authorization. And it’s likely that three doses of the vaccine are needed for full protection, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. He cited two Israeli-based studies that showed a decrease in infections among people who got a third

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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2021 file photo, women protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. Even before a strict abortion ban took effect in Texas this week, clinics in neighboring states were fielding more and more calls from women desperate for options. The Texas law, allowed to stand in a decision Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 by the U.S. Supreme Court, bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, typically around six weeks. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP File)

Texans fear the dire consequences of new laws targeting people of color

By Nicole Chavez, An abortion fund that helps hundreds of women in the southernmost region of Texas each year has stopped answering its hotline after one of the strictest bans in the nation went into effect this week. “Our very existence is a risk. The fact that we exist as an organization puts us at

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What the Supreme Court’s order means for the future of Roe v. Wade

By Ariane de Vogue In a midnight order, a 5-4 Supreme Court green-lit Texas’ six-week abortion ban despite the fact that it violates Roe v. Wade, the landmark opinion — still on the books — that legalized abortion nationwide prior to viability, which can occur at around 24 weeks of pregnancy. The court’s majority said that the abortion

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"The Talk," Friday, July 16th, 2021 on the CBS Television Network. From left: Elaine Welteroth, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood, guest host Victor Cruz and Amanda Kloots, shown. Guests: Tom Cavanagh and Darren Barnet. Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS @2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Elaine Welteroth leaving ‘The Talk’

By Chloe Melas, Elaine Welteroth announced that she is leaving “The Talk” after just one season on the show. “It is an absolute honor for anyone, but especially a young Black woman, to occupy space on-air where our perspectives are largely underrepresented,” Welteroth said in a statement shared on Instagram. “It was gratifying to be able to show up

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