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Month: April 2021

Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel memorialized with bust at Washington National Cathedral

The Washington National Cathedral has unveiled a stone carving of Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel to recognize his legacy as a human rights defender “dedicated to combating indifference and intolerance.” The bust was carved in the DC landmark’s Human Rights Porch alongside Rosa Parks, Mother Teresa, civil rights activist Jonathan Daniels and Eleanor

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L.A. County, once California’s pandemic epicenter, could enter the final reopening phase May 5

Los Angeles County, the first county in the US to have recorded more than one million coronavirus cases, is set to enter its least restrictive reopening phase as early as next week, public health officials announced. The nation’s most populous county was once California’s pandemic epicenter — recording one Covid-19 death every 10 minutes in

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Pfizer and Moderna vaccines reduce Covid-19 hospitalization risk by 94% among older adults, CDC study says

The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines were found in the real world to be 94% effective against Covid-19 hospitalization among fully vaccinated adults ages 65 and older in the United States, according to a new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. The study also found that the vaccines were 64% effective among those

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Harris and Pelosi to make history as the first women to lead Senate and House during presidential address to Congress

The imagery of President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress will be notable Wednesday evening for what it will not include, with attendance dramatically scaled back to ensure social distancing amid the pandemic. But it will also be historic for what it will: two women will be sitting behind the President for

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Fed leaves rates near zero

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday the US economy is growing stronger, but it left interest rates unchanged near zero. Interest rates will stay the range of zero to a quarter of a percent until the Fed’s goal of maximum employment and inflation of about 2% over the longer term. To ensure the economy stays on

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When a school principal married a Minneapolis cop, it shifted their perspectives — and gave them hope

Mauri Friestleben won’t watch the video of George Floyd’s final moments. She leans on her husband — a retired Minneapolis Police lieutenant — to view viral videos of police killings. She trusts his perspective. “I’ve never been able to watch any of them,” Friestleben said. “He’ll tell me honestly that, ‘It might be hard to

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