Before I even start, I’m going to address the gender issue. This column is about benefits available to spouses. However, I don’t want to spend the whole column trying to be gender-neutral and using awkward combined pronouns like “he/she” or “him/her,” or jumbled phrases like “benefits for husbands and/or wives.” Because statistics show that 90…
77 Iowa Prisoners Given Overdoses of COVID-19 Vaccine: Officials
Officials in Iowa said that 77 prisoners received overdoses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, triggering an internal investigation into the matter. They were given the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the virus, authorities with the state’s Department of Corrections said. None of the inmates became ill enough to be hospitalized. Cord Overton, a spokesperson for the Iowa…
California Tourism Receives $45 Million Marketing Boost
April 23, 2021
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California’s travel industry has received a $45 million marketing injection thanks to a senate bill aimed at jump starting its tourism economy when it is deemed safe to travel. While many cities across the state have been conducting their own enhanced marketing programs to stimulate local economies, the funds from the one-time appropriation will go…
French Prosecutors Open Terror Probe in Official’s Killing
RAMBOUILLET, France—French prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation into the fatal stabbing Friday of a French police official inside a police station near the historic Rambouillet chateau outside Paris. Police shot and killed the attacker at the scene, authorities said. Anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard told reporters that his office took over the probe because the attacker…
Members of Congress Question Why CDC Recommends Masks for Children as Young as 2
A bicameral group of legislators is questioning why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends children as young as 2 wear masks. The CDC first recommended that children aged 2 years or older wear masks in March 2020, advice that many states based their masking rules on. In January, President Joe Biden signed…
Here Are the Key Players in the Military’s Sexual Misconduct Scandal
April 23, 2021
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OTTAWA—Two House of Commons committees continue to probe the Liberal government’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations against senior military officers. Here are the key players involved in the scandal: Gen. Jonathan Vance: Former chief of the defence staff who stepped down on Jan. 14. A subordinate at the heart of the sexual misconduct allegations, Maj….
Louisiana Leads 10-State Lawsuit Against Biden’s Climate Order
Ten states are suing President Joe Biden for his executive order directing all federal agencies to commence work on what he describes as “the climate crisis.” Biden on his first day in office signed the order, which says the federal government “must advance environmental justice” and, among other efforts, “reduce greenhouse gas emissions” and “bolster…
Baltic States Join NATO Allies in Kicking out Russians for Spying
PRAGUE/VILNIUS/MOSCOW—Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on Friday joined a fast-growing list of NATO and EU members demanding the removal of Russian diplomats for alleged spying, in actions that have infuriated Moscow and look certain to provoke further retaliation. A spate of tit-for-tat expulsions has plunged ties between Russia and countries of the former Soviet bloc to…
Foster Parent of Ma’Khia Bryant Reveals Argument That Led to Officer-Involved Shooting
The foster mother of a knife-wielding Ohio teenager who was killed during an officer-involved shooting earlier this week revealed that an argument about house cleaning triggered the dispute. Angela Moore, the foster parent of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant of Columbus, said Thursday that the dispute took place when two former foster children were at Moore’s home. “It…
At Least 130 Migrants Feared Drowned in Mediterranean as Capsized Boat, Bodies Found
MILAN—Merchant vessels and a charity ship searching the Mediterranean for boats carrying migrants has found 10 bodies floating near a capsized rubber boat believed to have had 130 people on board, French humanitarian organization SOS Mediterranee said. Another wooden boat was still missing with about 40 migrants aboard, a spokesman for the group said on…
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