At International Summit, Biden Urges Global Action on COVID-19
contact@hellonews.website 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…
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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…
US Casinos Had Best Month Ever in March, Winning $5.3 Billion
atlantic city — Though inflation may be soaring, supply chains remain snarled, and the coronavirus won’t go away, America’s casinos are humming right along, recording the best month in their…
Biden Congratulates Marcos on Philippines Election Win
U.S. President Joe Biden has congratulated Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for winning the presidential election in the Philippines. The White House said Wednesday U.S. President Joe Biden called to congratulate Ferdinando…
Lawyers: Nearly $1 Billion Tentative Settlement in Condo Collapse
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA — A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June’s condominium collapse in…
Passenger With 'No Idea How to Fly' Takes Over for Ailing Pilot
WEST PALM BEACH, florida — A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida’s Atlantic…
Women Settle Lawsuit Against Liberty University, Documents Say
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit twelve women brought last summer against Liberty University, accusing the Christian institution of fostering an unsafe environment on its…
Trump Sells Washington Hotel to Miami-Based Investor Group
NEW YORK — The lease to the Washington, D.C., hotel run by Donald Trump’s family company while he was president, a symbol of his power to Republican politicians who gathered…
Biden Pledges Help to US Farmers Offset Ukraine Crop Crisis
washington — President Joe Biden on Wednesday hailed American farmers as the “backbone of freedom,” pledging hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of support and calling on them to offset…
US Lawmakers Fail to Pass Measure to Protect Abortion Rights
Democratic party lawmakers in the U.S. failed Wednesday to pass a measure essentially codifying the right to an abortion. The vote comes after revelations the Supreme Court is poised to…