Nations Pledge Over $3B to Fight Pandemic
contact@hellonews.website World leaders pledged more than $3 billion on Thursday for the global fight against the pandemic, as the United States marked a grim point in its own COVID-19 battle –…
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California's Minimum Wage Projected to Rise to $15.50 Under Inflation Trigger
LOS ANGELES — California’s minimum wage will rise to $15.50 an hour for workers at all businesses, large and small, on Jan. 1, 2023, under an automatic inflation trigger built…
Illinois Predominantly Black College Closing After 157 Years
CHICAGO — A predominantly Black college in central Illinois named after Abraham Lincoln and founded the year the former president was assassinated will close this week, months after a cyberattack…
11 Dead, 31 Rescued After Boat Capsizes Near Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A boat loaded with suspected migrants capsized north of an uninhabited island near Puerto Rico and 11 people had been confirmed dead while 31 others…
Washington Struggles to Solve Infant Formula Shortage
An infant formula shortage that began several months ago is reaching crisis proportions in the United States, as a combination of supply chain problems and a major recall are making…
Empty Chair for Myanmar in US-ASEAN Special Summit
White House — The Biden administration and ASEAN leaders have agreed to put out an empty chair to represent Myanmar’s overthrown civilian government during the two-day U.S.-ASEAN (Association of Southeast…
First Look at Black Hole in Center of Our Galaxy
An image once thought impossible becomes reality. Plus, the International Space Station has four fewer passengers. And you might have heard of the company that was trying to catch a…
US Senate Confirms Powell for Second Term as Central Bank Chief
Washington — The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Jerome Powell to a second term as head of the Federal Reserve, as the central bank fights to crush soaring inflation. The…
At International Summit, Biden Urges Global Action on COVID-19
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday appealed to world leaders to step up efforts to respond to the next phase in the global pandemic, as the United States itself reaches…
Afghan Interpreter Eludes Taliban Checkpoints to Escape into Pakistan
Even though the US evacuated some 116-thousand Afghans last August when the Taliban took over the country, tens of thousands of Afghans who had worked for the US military or…
Four Supreme Court Rulings That Could Be Impacted by Reversal of Abortion Decision
washington — In his draft opinion overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion, conservative U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito stressed that his ruling was limited…
Biden Mourns 1 Million US COVID-19 Deaths
As the U.S. nears 1 million COVID-19 deaths, U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that those who died left behind “a family, a community, and a nation forever changed because…
CDC Report: US Gun Homicides Spiked 35% From 2019 to 2020
The U.S. firearm homicide rate spiked 35% in 2020, the first full year of the coronavirus pandemic, rising to the highest level in almost three decades of record-keeping, according to…
Biden Pledges Help to US Farmers to Offset Ukraine Crop Crisis
Calling US farms the ‘breadbasket of democracy,’ president vows to do more to offset food supply issues amid Russian invasion
Justices to Meet for 1st Time Since Leak of Draft Roe Ruling
washington — The Supreme Court’s nine justices will gather in private Thursday for their first scheduled meeting since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v. Wade…