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WASHINGTON (AP) — The card tucked in President Joe Biden’s right jacket pocket must weigh a ton. You can see the weight of it on his face when he digs it out, squints and ever-so-slowly reads aloud the latest tally of COVID-19 dead. Sometimes he’ll stumble on a digit — after all, flubs come with … Read more

Dominic Cummings – Hollie Adams /Bloomberg In a blog posted on Friday evening, Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s former de facto chief of staff, fired off an extraordinary salvo in response to a Downing Street briefing that he was the source of a series of leaks that had seriously undermined the Prime Minister. And then he … Read more

First, the good news: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings says the murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd could help rebuild trust between the public and police, even in Charlotte. Now the bad: Jennings, a law enforcement veteran of nearly three decades, says the current level of distrust nationally … Read more

Face masks could be gone by summer Under-40s may get alternative to AstraZeneca jab as clot risk rises Indian hospitals forced to turn away patients as oxygen shortage worsens Lloyd Webber among leading arts figures to back Covid passports Children have been frustratingly “left behind” in the Covid-19 vaccine programme, a member of the Joint … Read more

Patients suffering from COVID-19 receive treatment in the casualty ward of a New Delhi hospital on April 15, 2021. Patients suffering from COVID-19 receive treatment in the casualty ward of a New Delhi hospital on April 15, 2021. Credit – Danish Siddiqui—Reuters Dr. Jalil Parkar, one of India’s leading pulmonologists, wears his exhaustion on his … Read more

Last May, when Mary Ann Vecchio watched the video of George Floyd’s dying moments, she felt herself plummet through time and space — to a day almost exactly 50 years earlier. On that afternoon in 1970, the world was just as riveted by an image that showed the life draining out of a young man … Read more

As Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill read the final guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, George Floyd’s family, close friends and advisors who gathered in Minneapolis on April 20 to watch the verdict in semi private transitioned from cries to cheers. From left in front row: the Rev. Al … Read more

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty When House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) began criticizing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) during House debate on Tuesday, the QAnon-curious lawmaker quickly sought out a nearby ally on the floor: Kevin McCarthy. Greene went over to the House Republican leader, sat down next to him, and the … Read more

Cummings is accused of being “bitter” about the Government’s recent successes – PA Dominic Cummings accused of being ‘Chatty Rat’ leaker Border between England and Scotland could create jobs, claims SNP candidate Cameron repeatedly lobbied Bank for coronavirus cash Coronavirus latest news: PM under mounting pressure to lift lockdown as Wales speeds up roadmap Boris … Read more

Protesters hold up their fists near a chalk drawing of George Floyd and Daunte Wright at the site where George Floyd was killed, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Minneapolis. AP Photo/Julio Cortez Philando Castile, George Floyd, and now Daunte Wright were killed by Minnesota police in the last five years. Family members and friends of … Read more