Contrary to previous assertions that an outbreak of omicron led to flight cancellations, recently fired pilots who refused to receive the vaccine said they would have been able to prevent the disruptions after normal flight crews called in sick over the Christmas holiday.
Sunday saw a total of 5,936 delays...
Democrats are responding in typical fashion to the promise from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to vote "no" on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act: They are foaming at the mouth.
According to Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-NY, “It’s an example of Joe Manchin, as a white man, showing that he...
(Headline USA) Sarah Weddington, a Texas lawyer who as a 26-year-old successfully argued the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, died Sunday. She was 76.
Susan Hays, Weddington's former student and colleague, said she died in her sleep early Sunday morning at her Austin...
(Headline USA) When Wanda Olson's son-in-law died in March after contracting COVID-19, she and her daughter had to come up with money for a cremation.
Even without a funeral, the bill came to nearly $2,000, a hefty sum that Olson initially covered. She and her daughter then learned of a...
(Headline USA) Defense attorneys want to dismiss the indictment against five men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer because of "egregious overreaching" by federal agents and informants, according to a court filing.
In the 20-page motion, which was filed Saturday night, defense attorneys allege FBI agents and...
(Headline USA) So long eggnog, shrimp cocktail and pet-shaped sugar cookies.
It's been a less merry holiday scene at the White House this year under COVID-19's shadow.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have replaced the packed parties and overflowing buffet tables of the past with food-free open houses,...
(Headline USA) Airlines continued to cancel hundreds of flights Saturday because of staffing issues that they claimed were tied to COVID-19, disrupting holiday celebrations during one of the busiest travel times of the year.
FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, noted nearly 1,000 canceled flights entering, leaving or inside the U.S. Saturday,...
(Headline USA) A New York judge has upheld an order preventing the New York Times from publishing documents between conservative group Project Veritas and its lawyer and ruled that the newspaper must immediately relinquish confidential legal memos it obtained.
The decision Thursday by State Supreme Court Justice Charles D. Wood...
(Associated Press) The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope rocketed away Saturday on a high-stakes quest to behold light from the first stars and galaxies and scour the universe for hints of life.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a...
(Associated Press) Hundreds gathered on both sides of the Delaware River to watch an annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washington’s 1776 crossing, a year after pandemic restrictions forced viewers to watch it online.
Reenactors in three boats completed the crossing in about an hour Saturday afternoon under overcast skies...
If there’s a way to tarnish a Christmas tradition, the holiday buzz kills at MSNBC are sure to find it.
The dubious honor this time goes to Hayes Brown, who proclaimed that it’s time to abolish the decades-long custom of kids tracking Santa’s flight around the globe on Christmas Eve.
As...
(Headline USA) A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly $100 million fine and also fined Facebook's parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law, as Russia seeks to step up pressure on technology giants.
The Tagansky District Court ruled that...