Stop – the crazy world
As the COVID-19 pandemic has stretched on, the American health care system has depended on the tireless efforts of nurses to care for the ill, tend to the dying, and stop the illness from seeping outside hospital doors. But despite all of these nurses’ dedication, they themselves have been let down—not only by state and…
Early last week, as wildfires approached her neighborhood in Rogue Valley, Ore., Virginia Camberos evacuated her home. After a brief stay at her son’s residence, about an hour’s drive up the mountains, authorities gave the all-clear to return two days later. “I’m fortunate I have a home to come back to,” says Camberos, a regional…
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. The morning was meant to be a celebration of the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pioneer whose 27 years on the Supreme Court protected and expanded the…
I’m not sure how much grown adults should aim to do for their parents as they get older, but I’m pretty confident that I have undershot. I’m their only daughter, and I’ve lived in the U.S. for about 28 years longer than I said I would. So, during the pandemic, with no office to report…
Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S., Charlene D’Cruz and a group of other volunteer immigration attorneys traveled several days a week across the U.S. Southern border from Brownsville, Texas, to the Mexican city of Matamoros to give advice to some of the thousands of asylum seekers desperately attempting to enter the U.S.…
El Salvador’s next ambassador to Washington is someone President Donald Trump might remember from his days as a beauty pageant bossBy MARCOS ALEMAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated PressSeptember 25, 2020, 7:52 PM• 4 min readSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s next ambassador to Washington is someone President Donald Trump might remember from his days…
The magazine’s offices had already been the target of a terror attack in 2015.September 25, 2020, 8:06 PM• 5 min readParis — France’s counterterror police opened an investigation after a stabbing attack left two wounded in front of the former offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.The offices underwent a terror attack in January 2015…
Ukraine’s emergency services say a military plane carrying aviation school students crashed and burst into flames while landing, killing 22 peopleSeptember 25, 2020, 7:59 PM• 1 min readMOSCOW — A Ukrainian military plane carrying aviation school students crashed and burst into flames Friday while landing, killing 22 people, the country’s emergencies service said.Two other people…
A federal judge has ordered the White House to begin providing sign-language interpretation at White House coronavirus briefings starting ThursdaySeptember 25, 2020, 7:18 PM• 2 min readWASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered the White House to begin providing sign-language interpretation at White House coronavirus briefings starting Thursday.The order, issued by U.S. District Judge James…
Google’s parent company has reached a $310 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit over its treatment of allegations of sexual misconduct by executivesBy MAE ANDERSON AP Technology WriterSeptember 25, 2020, 7:39 PM• 2 min readNEW YORK — Google’s parent company has reached a $310 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit over its treatment of allegations…