DOJ charges Russian officials over hacking campaigns that targeted critical infrastructure
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department unsealed two indictments Thursday charging four Russian government employees with two separate conspiracies — outlining their alleged involvement in hacking campaigns that t…
Scathing evaluation of Sweden’s COVID response reveals ‘failures’ to control the virus
Cris Canton/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A scathing review has been released evaluating the “failures” of the policies that guided Sweden’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The review, published in the journal Humanities & Social Sciences Communication…
Search goes on for 2nd black box in China Eastern Airlines crash
Wang Yizhao/China News Service via Getty Image(NEW YORK) — The commercial passenger jet that crashed Monday in southern China plunged into a mountainside with such force it created a 66-foot deep crater and shattered into pieces, officials said Thursd…
Cory Booker delivers impassioned speech at Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing
Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker delivered an impassioned speech on the third day of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings Wednesday.
As Jackson wiped away tears, Booker applau…
New York City vaccine mandate rollback prompts concerns of double standard
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — Big Apple athletes and performers who haven’t received their COVID-19 vaccine shots now won’t be barred from taking the court or stage. But some New Yorkers who are still required to show…
Alaska Air’s ‘single fleet’ plan includes huge vote of confidence in Boeing 737-Max
PHOTO: “The anchor of our fleet.” At Alaska’s Investor Day event Senior Vice President Nat Pieper outlines plans to acquire dozens more 737-Max jets in the coming 2 years.
Accused Michigan school shooter must stay in adult jail, but can resume education
Oakland County Sheriff’s Office(OXFORD, Mich.) — The 15-year-old boy charged with multiple counts of murder stemming from a November mass shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School must remain in an adult jail, a judge ordered Thursday as the teen’s co…
US, NATO ‘would respond’ if Putin used chemical weapons in Ukraine, Biden says
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(BRUSSELS) — President Joe Biden took questions at a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, addressing warnings of a possible chemical weapons attack by Russia in Ukraine, after meeting with European l…
Brittney Griner meets with US officials amid concerns over her well-being in Russian detention
Christian Petersen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — WNBA star Brittney Griner met with U.S. officials on Thursday for the first time since being held in pre-trial detention in Russia for over a month, according to the U.S. State Department.
“The consular o…
North Korea may have tested its biggest long-range missile yet in another foreign policy crisis for Biden
STR/AFP via Getty Images(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea launched a long-range missile with its highest peak yet on Thursday, marking a full return to its dark days of saber-rattling and a critical step in its mission to perfect the nuclear weap…