By Christina Maxouris In its gradual return to normal, the US took another step forward this week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance Tuesday on the activities fully vaccinated Americans can safely enjoy without a mask. The agency
By Alec Snyder The late rapper DMX was honored at a “Celebration of Life Memorial” in Brooklyn on Saturday in a tribute attended by his fiancée, children and his Ruff Ryders Entertainment collaborators. Fans lined the streets as the red casket carrying
by Scottie Andrew On the red carpet, the directors of the Oscar-winning short film “Two Distant Strangers” honored the Black Americans killed by police who inspired their film. Directors Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe won Best Live Action Short for the
By Matt Villano A reckoning with the deaths resulting from institutionalized racism, a resurgence of almost-daily gun violence and 3.1 million pandemic deaths worldwide, there has been trauma piled upon trauma upon trauma. It turns out these collective traumas are taking a
By Clare Duffy Although 2020 was rough for most companies — to say the least — some bucked the trend. The pandemic forced consumers to learn, workout, socialize and more in new ways. That boosted businesses using technology to improve remote access
By Dr. Tom Frieden As the United States and the world continue to struggle in the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, one truth has emerged — it didn’t have to be nearly this bad. Preparedness can prevent epidemics. Covid started as
By Tami Luhby Two months after his effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour ran into the Senate parliamentarian buzz saw, President Joe Biden is set to use his executive powers to hike the pay of hundreds of
By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole The Supreme Court announced Monday it will consider the scope of the Second Amendment next term in a case concerning a New York law that restricts an individual from carrying a concealed handgun in public.
By Kevin Liptak and Jasmine Wright Vice President Kamala Harris was huddled with other White House officials in President Joe Biden’s private dining room last week when the room let out a “collective exhale.” A Minnesota jury had found Derek Chauvin guilty
By Ashley Semler For the last 100 days, President Joe Biden and his top advisers have mounted an urgent, wartime effort to get millions of coronavirus vaccines into the arms of Americans in order to beat back a pandemic that has upended
