December 16, 2021 - Page 2

NYPD top cop pick highlights the slow rise of female police chiefs nationwide

By Emma Tucker, For the first time in the New York Police Department’s 176-year history, a woman will become police commissioner of the nation’s largest police force — leading an agency tasked with combating police misconduct and the recent rise in violent crime, while raising the stakes for departments around the country. New York City Mayor-elect Eric

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 13: A sign on the door of a coffee shop in Manhattan ask for proof of vaccination and the wearing of a mask on the day that a mask mandate went into effect in New York on December 13, 2021 in New York City. As parts of New York are seeing a surge in Covid cases, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has enacted a new mask mandate with fines up to $1,000 per violation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A year after the first vaccinations, coronavirus restrictions are back

By Theresa Waldrop, It has been exactly a year since the first Covid-19 vaccination shots, but rising case numbers and hospitalizations are leading cities and states to introduce new mandates and restrictions. In California, masks will be required in indoor public settings for a month starting Wednesday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last week announced a new,

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US President Joe Biden (C) tours Mayfield, Kentucky, devastated by the December 10-11 tornadoes, on December 15, 2021. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

A single Kentucky Republican travels with Biden to survey tornado and storm damage

By Maegan Vazquez, On nearly any other day in Washington, Republican Congressman James Comer would likely be calling for oversight investigations into the Biden administration. But on Wednesday, Comer — who represents Kentucky’s 1st District and is the top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform — accompanied President Joe Biden throughout his trip to

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