BRUSSELS — Police fired water cannons and tear gas in Brussels on Sunday to disperse protesters marching against COVID-19 vaccinations and restrictions. The march followed demonstrations in other European capitals on Saturday that also drew thousands of people protesting vaccine passports and other requirements that European governments have imposed in hopes of ending the coronavirus…Continue Reading
The way Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kremlin propaganda talk about the countries Russia threatens—with Ukraine front and center—to invade, occupy, coerce and control tells the story of perhaps the unhappiest family in the world. Reading Putin’s mind is in many ways a mug’s game, but can we parse something more fundamental about the deeper…Continue Reading
Orko Manna, KCRAJan. 23, 2022 Elk Grove police officer Ty Lenehan was killed by a suspected DUI driver on Highway 99.KCRA/Screenshot This story originally appeared on KCRA. ELK GROVE, Calif. — Tributes continue to come in for the fallen Elk Grove Police Officer Ty Lenehan and his family. Police say Officer Lenehan, a beloved member of…Continue Reading
At the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ meeting in D.C. this week, there’s buzz around the idea of giving cryptocurrency accounts to low-income people.Why it matters: Cities have been experimenting with newfangled ways to address income inequality — like guaranteed income programs — and the latest wave of trials could involve paying benefits or dividends in…Continue Reading
The nation’s 6.6 million teacher workforce has grown more racially and ethnically diverse over the past three decades — but not nearly fast enough to keep pace with a student population that’s nearing majority-minority in public schools, two new reports show.Why it matters: The disparities are especially acute between Hispanic students and teachers, and in…Continue Reading
Sofia Goggia is going to need to recover in a hurry from a series of injuries following another crash on Sunday if she’s going to be able to defend her Olympic downhill title next month.Goggia would have been an overwhelming favorite for another gold — or two: she’s also a force in super-G.But she sprained…Continue Reading
CHICAGO (AP) — A gunman targeting someone else on Chicago’s southwest side instead shot an 8-year-old girl in the head, killing her, police said.The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the victim Sunday as Melissa Ortega, a local girl. Police said she was walking on the street with her guardian on Saturday afternoon when someone…Continue Reading
BEIJING (AP) — People in a Beijing district with some 2 million residents were ordered Sunday to undergo mass coronavirus testing following a series of infections as China tightened anti-disease controls ahead of the Winter Olympics.The government told people in areas of the Chinese capital deemed at high risk for infection not to leave the…Continue Reading
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