The teachers’ union wants schools to shut again if the rate of positive virus tests keeps rising. The city is determined to keep them open. Source: New York Times
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Democrat Raphael Warnock was declared the victor in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections, defeating incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler. Warnock, a pastor at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached, became the first…
Hong Kong police arrested about 50 former lawmakers and pro-democracy activists Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for the territory’s legislature last year. The mass arrests, including of former lawmakers, were…
American Sam Querrey, who was sanctioned by the ATP for breaching COVID-19 protocols at the St Petersburg Open in October, has defended his actions, saying he did what he felt was right as a father and a husband. Querrey left…
America’s last known Civil War widow has died at age 101. Helen Viola Jackson, who had been living in Webco Manor Nursing Home in Marshfield, Missouri, died on Dec. 16, the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War said…
Rev. Raphael Warnock declared victory Wednesday morning in Georgia’s Senate runoff election as his Republican opponent Sen. Kelly Loeffler vowed to fight on. Warnock celebrated his apparent win in the Peach State, as NBC projected that he would be victorious…
Supporters of President Donald Trump mocked Sen. Mitt Romney at a Utah airport for not supporting the President ahead of Congress counting the presidential election’s electoral vote results. In a video posted to Twitter, Romney appears to be waiting for…
A man suspected in a string of random assaults on women at a Brooklyn subway station was arrested Tuesday and charged with a slew of hate crimes, authorities said. Khari Covington, 29, is accused of attacking nine women in separate…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Anthony Davis and LeBron James each scored 26 points, rallying the Los Angeles Lakers to a 94-92 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. James added 11 rebounds and seven assists, and Dennis Schroder finished…
A Texas pet store employee clung onto the hood of a woman’s car after chasing her for allegedly stealing a bulldog from the shop, authorities said. Alize James, 21, was working at Bully Kamp in Harris County on Nov. 4…
Protesters clashed with police in Washington, D.C. Tuesday night as tensions flared on the eve of planned rallies by supporters of President Trump to contest the scheduled certification of the president’s election loss. Videos posted on Twitter show police holding…
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Aaron Henry had 20 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, helping No. 23 Michigan State pull away to beat No. 15 Rutgers 68-45 on Tuesday night. The Spartans (8-3, 2-3 Big Ten) had a 17-point scoring…