The breaking news comes shortly after President Biden decided not to extend his deadline of Aug. 31 to withdraw. “Things have departed,” an official said about the beginning of the withdrawal. “We can still defend the airport,” the official said. There are fewer American troops at the airport in Kabul today than there were yesterday. […]
A Taliban fighting unit called the Badri 313 Battalion was spotted patrolling Afghanistan with U.S.-made gear, and posting one photo appearing to mock the iconic World War II photo, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Propaganda videos posted this week on channels affiliated with the Taliban show soldiers in the little-known Badri 313 Battalion carrying […]
Fully vaccinated Americans and permanent residents will be allowed to enter Canada for non-essential travel beginning Aug. 9, Canadian government ministers announced Monday. The announcement marked the first step toward opening the country’s border for all international tourists. Non-essential travel to Canada has been banned since March 2020, and Canada’s public safety minister announced last […]
American pride resonates with most segments of the population, though not with young adults, according to a new poll. Only 36% of respondents aged 18 to 24 said they were very or extremely proud to be American, a new Issues & Insights/TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics survey found. That made the age group the […]
1.) Independence Was Not Declared on July Fourth: July 4, 1776 is significant because that is the day Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence document. However, the second Continental Congress actually voted for independence on July 2. In a letter to his wife, Abigail, John Adams predicted that future generations would celebrate July 2 […]
The U.S. economy gained 850,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate rose to 5.9 percent, from 5.8 percent, a sign that the recovery of the world’s largest economy is building momentum after misses in April and May. Economists had expected gains of roughly 700,000 jobs and a drop of 0.1 to 0.2 percent in […]
U.S. track sensation Sha’Carri Richardson, who punched her ticket to the Tokyo Games after winning the women’s 100-meter race last month, has been suspended from the Olympic team after testing positive for THC, the chemical in marijuana. Richardson failed a drug test following her Olympic qualifying 100-meter race victory at the U.S. Olympic Track and […]
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say that racism is a serious problem in the United States, according to a poll from The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs released Friday. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said that racism is either an “extremely” or “very serious” problem in the U.S. Of this, 30 percent said […]
Frank Shankwitz, an Arizona Highway Patrol officer who, after helping a terminally ill boy realize his dream of becoming a motorcycle cop, co-founded the Make-a-Wish Foundation and served as its first president, died on Jan. 24 at his home in Prescott, Ariz. He was 77. His wife, Kitty Shankwitz, said the cause was esophageal cancer. […]
A majority of voters say President Trump should resign from office for stirring up the mob of supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers gathered to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, according to a new poll. The latest Quinnipiac University survey finds that 56 percent of voters polled hold Trump directly responsible […]
President-elect Joe Biden said during an interview Thursday that he plans to ask the American public to wear masks for 100 days, starting the day he is inaugurated, in order to drive down the number of coronavirus cases. Biden, during an interview with CNN, said he will ask Americans to mask up, but only for […]
A 102-year-old woman living in New York has contracted the coronavirus — and beaten it — twice. Angelina Friedman, who survived the 1918 Spanish Flu and cancer, first tested positive for COVID-19 in March. During her first bout with the disease she had a relatively mild experience. “She was never really symptomatic the first time […]