End of the Road Trip: A 23-year-old Florida man is refusing to cooperate with the police about what happened to his fiancée who went missing on a cross country trip. The search for Gabrielle Petito, 22, by FBI agents and National …

Abused and Ignored: Four US Olympic gymnasts delivered stunning testimony before Congress yesterday, describing sexual abuse at the hands of team doctor Larry Nassar and how their complaints were ignored then misrepresented by investigating FBI agents.   Simone Biles, the winner of …

Newsom Survives: California Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to have beaten back a recall effort, winning more than 64 percent of the vote.   The election had been portrayed as a “life and death” battle against “Trumpism” and far-right anti-vaccine activists.   About two-thirds of …

Real Money: Democratic congressional leaders revealed a plan to raise taxes on the rich and corporations to raise $2.9 trillion for financing President Biden’s social safety net.    The Democrats ultimately are pushing toward a $3.5 trillion bill yet facing some opposition …

Covid Nation: Across the country, Covid deaths are up 27 percent over the past two weeks as the US struggles to recover from a resurgence of the pandemic. The US will hit the mark of 660,000 deaths today.    Some cities and …

Have At It: Unvaccinated Americans are 11 times more likely to die of Covid-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control.   The CDC also says the unvaccinated are 4.5 times more likely to contract Covid-19 and 10 times more likely to …

To Your Health: In a major move to quash the resurging coronavirus pandemic, President Biden announced yesterday that he will use executive orders and federal rules to require or push two-thirds of the American work force to get vaccinated. The administration also …

  Biden and his administration plan to put pressure on private business, federal agencies, and schools to enact stricter vaccination mandates and testing policies. “We know that increasing vaccinations will stop the spread of the pandemic, will get the pandemic under control, …

Code Red: Touring the damage from Hurricane Ida yesterday in New York and New Jersey, President Biden declared a “Cod Red” for climate change. “The nation and the world are in peril,” the president said in New York City. “And that’s …

Getting Warmer: Climatologists in New Zealand say the country has recorded its warmest winter ever, about 1.3 C warmer than average. That’s 2.34 degrees Fahrenheit.   Scientists have measured an increased level of carbon dioxide in the air down there. Snowfall at lower …