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Read More »Chicago teachers agree to resume in-person lessons
Chicago public schools are set to continue in-person classes after the city’s teachers union backed a plan with the local school district to establish new pandemic safety measures, ending a standoff that lasted nearly a week. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) House of Delegates voted to resume face-to-face learning on …
Read More »Man whose call made Biden agree with ‘Let’s go Brandon’ gets threats
While noting that he “stood 100% behind what I did and what I said,” Jared Schmeck, a 35-year-old former police officer, said he has been receiving “vague but threatening” phone calls after video clips of the conversation were widely reported and shared. “At the end of the day, I have …
Read More »Biden: ‘Let’s go Brandon, I agree’ (VIDEO)
Biden was wishing children a Merry Christmas during an annual phone call as he was following the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa tracker together with his wife, Jill. Things went awry when a dad, identified as Jared from Oregon, closed his call by wishing Biden a “wonderful Christmas” …
Read More »White House says US will ‘never’ agree to some Russian proposals
However, a senior official in President Joe Biden’s government used a background briefing to reveal others might be explored at a meeting sometime in January. Washington was ready for diplomacy with Moscow as early as after the winter holidays, but no specific date or location for a meeting had yet been …
Read More »Can we gamers all agree Bobby Kotick should be fired?
The company has long drawn the ire of gamers for its anti-consumer practices, but amid a seemingly never-ending torrent of harassment and sexual abuse scandals, the once impenetrable company is now taking on too much water, and it would benefit everyone if its captain was thrown overboard. During the summer …
Read More »Biden & Xi agree to avoid conflict
Biden, who smiled and waved to Xi as he appeared on screen, said that the responsibility of the two was to ensure that “the competition between our countries does not veer into conflict, whether intended or unintended.” There should be “simple, straightforward competition” between Washington and Beijing, he added. Xi …
Read More »G20 squabbles show Western leaders can’t agree on much, which doesn’t bode well for COP26
The leaders of the Western world met for the G20 summit in Rome over the weekend. And if that was the prelude to what is going to happen at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, then they’d better rename it FLOP26, because it will end in failure. All the weekend’s G20 …
Read More »Kremlin says US & Russia agree Ukraine must give Donbass special autonomous status as Nuland hails productive meeting in Moscow
That’s according to Dmitry Kozak, the Kremlin’s deputy chief of staff, who spoke to the media after a meeting in Moscow with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland. Nuland is in Moscow for a three-day working visit and has already met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister …
Read More »Johnson & Johnson, leading US drug distributors agree to $26-billion settlement with states over their roles in opioid epidemic
Attorneys general from seven states announced the deal on Wednesday, saying that Johnson & Johnson will pay $5 billion and distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen will pay about $21 billion combined. The money will be paid out over time – nine years for Johnson & Johnson and 18 years …
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