[aggregation-styles] Times of Israel Likud ministers on Wednesday refrained from confirming whether Israel was behind a raid in Syria overnight, but said the incoming US administration must not “appease” Iran, and warned Tehran the Jewish state will not tolerate its military presence in Syria or its development of nuclear weapons....
Hundreds Join Detroit Car Rally to Show Solidarity With Farmers in India
[aggregation-styles] The Detroit News Hundreds of drivers made their way around downtown Detroit as snow fell heavily Sunday to show solidarity with farmers in India who are protesting laws they argue could devastate crop prices and reduce their earnings. Thousands of Indian farmers have been demanding the government repeal the...
Biden Starts Staffing a Commission on Supreme Court Reform
[aggregation-styles] Politico The Biden administration is moving forward with the creation of a bipartisan commission to study reforms to the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary. The commission will be housed under the purview of the White House Counsel’s office and filled out with the behind-the-scenes help of the Biden...
Biden Freezes US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE
[aggregation-styles] The Wall Street Journal The Biden administration has imposed a temporary freeze on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as it reviews billions of dollars in weapons transactions approved by former President Donald Trump, according to U.S. officials. The review, the officials said, includes...
Escaped Parrot Pursued by Hawk Swoops To Safety in Socal Police Chief’s Office
[aggregation-styles] NBC Los Angeles The long arm of the law didn't have far to reach to catch this feathered fugitive. A parrot who escaped from a San Bernardino County home swooped to safety when it flew through a window Tuesday and into a police chief’s office. Verde the wayward bird...
An LA Councilman Struggles With the Pledge of Allegiance, and Viewers Pick Sides
[aggregation-styles] Los Angeles Times It was a brief but awkward moment at City Hall, like a piano recital where the performer has suddenly lost track of the notes. Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León had been asked by City Council President Nury Martinez to lead his colleagues in the...
San Francisco to rename 44 schools with ‘racist’ namesakes, including Washington, Lincoln, Feinstein
[aggregation-styles] SF Gate San Francisco will rename 44 schools, including campuses named after former presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein. The near-unanimous Monday vote by the San Francisco Board of Education, with only one dissenter, comes after years of debate — and some...
C.D.C. Urges Return to Classrooms, Citing Evidence of Safety
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Open schools. Close indoor dining. When to keep schools open, and how to do so, has been an issue plaguing the response by the United States to the pandemic since its beginning. President Biden vowed to “teach our children in safe schools” in his inaugural...
Target Giving All Hourly Workers $500 Bonus After ‘a Year Unlike Any Other’
[aggregation-styles] The Hill Target announced on Monday that it will give all of its hourly workers a $500 bonus as a thank-you for their efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic. "To show our gratitude as we wrap a year unlike any other, Target is giving $500 bonuses to all hourly team...
Air Pollution Linked to Higher Risk of Irreversible Sight Loss
[aggregation-styles] The Guardian Small increases in air pollution are linked to an increased risk of irreversible sight loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a large United Kingdom study has found. Previous work had already found a link between dirty air and glaucoma and a link to cataracts is suspected. The...