USA Today: Nation
- Pelosi: We have strong argument for $15 min wage
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 12:56 PMHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats have a strong argument on why there is a need for hiking the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. (Feb. 25)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Caution, excitement as NYC middle schools reopen
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 02:01 PMTens of thousands of New York City middle school students are returning to their school buildings for the first time since city schools were closed in November amid a rise in coronavirus infections.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Lawmaker: Capitol Police didn't grasp riot threat
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 02:41 PMThe House lawmaker who is chairing a hearing on the Jan. 6 riot says the U.S. Capitol Police's acting chief failed to understand the threat facing lawmakers that day. (Feb.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ex-US gymnastics coach with Nassar ties is charged
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 03:17 PMFormer U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach John Geddert has been charged in Michigan with two-dozen crimes (Feb. 25)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bicameral group push for LGBTQ protections bill
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 04:06 PMBicameral Democratic group join forces on Capitol Hill to push through a bill that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation's labor and civil rights laws, a top priority of President Joe Biden.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day celebrated
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 04:46 PMCollins Aerospace in Charlotte, North Carolina is celebrating its 20th anniversary of supporting Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, hosting more than 55 events in 13 countries. (Feb. 25)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Water woes linger in Mississippi
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 05:06 PMMississippi's capital of Jackson is struggling to repair its water grid. The city is under a boil-water advisory, and city workers are delivering drinking water to older and homebound residents.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ad campaign launches to build trust in vaccine
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 06:06 PMA public service ad campaign unveiled Thursday aims to convince Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19, telling them "It's Up to You." The campaign by the Ad Council and its partners is focused on those who may be hesitant to get the shots.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- After losing job, woman leads pantry feeding thousands
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 08:07 AMDespite their own personal struggles due to the pandemic, Sofia Moncayo and several volunteers are helping feed over 1,000 families twice a week through a food distribution program run by Mosaic West Queens Church.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- No charges in Daniel Prude's death, but grand jury records approved for release: Why that matters
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 10:56 AMWhile the death of Daniel Prude has received national attention, the possible disclosure of grand jury records could be seismic in its own way.
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- Chief: Capitol Police prepared, but not for a riot
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 01:21 PMThe acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police is testifying before Congress as lawmakers press for answers about intelligence failures that allowed thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump to storm the Capitol last month.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Chief says Capitol response not based on race
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 02:11 PMActing Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman denies law enforcement failed to take warnings of violence prior to Jan. 6 seriously because many of the people traveling to Washington before the Capitol insurrection were white.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- What are hate crimes? An informative look at what they are and why they are on the rise
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 04:14 PMHate crimes are on the rise against communities of color. In 2019, they reached their highest level in more than a decade. Here's why.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WH: Biden call with Saudi King expected 'very soon'
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 03:21 PMWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says President Joe Biden's call with Saudi King Salman regarding the intelligence report on journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder will happen "very soon," adding Biden is considering "a range of actions." (Feb.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Video: Police pull people from fiery Georgia crash
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 04:36 PMPolice officers in Georgia pulled two people from a fiery wreck early Sunday in a dramatic scene captured on body-camera video. It shows the passenger on fire as a Fayetteville police officer puts out flames on their clothes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Georgia gov. allows teachers to get virus vaccine
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 04:46 PMGov. Brian Kemp says child care workers and K-12 school employees in Georgia can start getting COVID-19 vaccines starting March 8, an effort that aims to get students across the state back to in-person schooling every day of the week.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- House votes to pass Equality Act
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 05:56 PMThe Democratic-led House has voted to pass a bill that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation's labor and civil rights laws, a top priority of President Joe Biden. (Feb.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Car data recorder will aid in Woods crash probe
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 06:10 PMThe event data recorder, sometimes known as a 'black box', will help investigators determine what happened when Tiger Woods crashed his car.
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(Feb. 25) - Texas woman whose electric bill soared over $9,000 files class-action lawsuit seeking $1 billion from Griddy
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 10:23 AMThe lawsuit was filed on behalf of Griddy customers who allegedly faced price gouging amid the historic winter storm in Texas last week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kamala Harris visits Washington vaccination site
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 11:02 AMVice President Kamala Harris visits a local pharmacy in Washington DC to highlight the need for residents to get the vaccine when its their turn. (Feb. 25)
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- Louisiana murder-for-hire plot goes horribly wrong
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 01:08 PMPolice say a man hired two of his friends to kill a rape victim. Instead, investigators say the suspects killed the man's sister.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lady Gaga's dogwalker shot, dogs stolen
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 02:31 PMA dog walker working for Lady Gaga was shot and two of the singer's French bulldogs were stolen in an armed robbery in Hollywood Wednesday night. (Feb. 25)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WH says it's 'continuing to fight' for Tanden
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 02:56 PMPress secretary Jen Psaki insisted Thursday the White House is "continuing to fight" for the confirmation of Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's embattled nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- AP Top Stories February 25 P
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 03:52 PMHere are the top stories for Thursday, Feb. 25: Medical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America; Chief: Capitol Police prepared, but not for a riot; Caution, excitement as NYC middle schools reopen; India, Pakistan move to defuse Kashmir tensions.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Blasio: don't 'assume the worst' about new variant
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 04:06 PMNew York Mayor Bill de Blasio tried to quell fears about a new "New York variant" of the coronavirus on Thursday. De Blasio emphasized that a lot more research needed to be done before it is known whether the new variant is any more or less dangerous.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Did the polar vortex cause Niagara Falls to freeze over?
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 05:30 PMThe optics make it look like Niagara Falls are frozen, but the water continues to flow.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Texas energy CEO apologizes after blackout
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 05:16 PMThe head of a major Texas energy corporation appeared before lawmakers and apologized for a blackout during a deadly winter freeze. "We could not solve the riddle of a winter storm.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Khashoggi report to make US-Saudi relations tense
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 06:14 PMJoe Biden had his first known conversation as president with the Saudi king at a time of tensions over the expected release of a declassified U.S. intelligence report examining any role the king's son played in the killing of a journalist.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Gone to the dogs: Robert Irwin voices character on 'Bluey'
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 08:56 AMRobert Irwin has long acted as a voice for animals. Now he's actually voicing an animal - playing a dog on the popular animated children's TV show "Bluey." (Feb. 25)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Get ready for the full February 'snow moon' this weekend
Thursday - 02/25/2021 - 11:20 AMGet ready for the full snow moon on this final weekend of February. Interesting fact: About once every 19 years, February has no full moon at all.
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