Russian planes breached the Alaskan air defense zone on Tuesday night and came within 32 miles of Alaskan shores, the Pentagon said, and the U.S. military scrambled F-22 Raptors to intercept two separate Russian formations before they reached sovereign American airspace. In a statement Wednesday morning, North American Aerospace Defense Command said the Russian incursion…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed the new Senate GOP policing package Wednesday, saying it doesn’t offer any real change. “The Senate proposal of studies and reporting without transparency and accountability is inadequate. The Senate’s so-called Justice Act is not action,” she said in a statement. “In contrast, Democrats’ George Floyd Justice in Policing Act contains…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Unlisted German biotech firm CureVac will become the second company after rival BioNTech 22UAy to launch human trials of an experimental coronavirus vaccine in the country, eyeing a potential approval in mid-2021. The trial launch, first reported by Reuters on Tuesday, will see 144 participants in Germany and Belgium receive different dosages…
As states across the nation continue to ease coronavirus-induced lockdown restrictions, more and more Americans are venturing out of the safety of their homes. But meeting up with friends or family, going to the office, and carrying on with daily life overall will look much different as the novel disease still presents a risk.The reopenings…
In a meeting last month with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar — who is overseeing the effort called Operation Warp Speed, along with Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper — Trump pushed Azar repeatedly to speed up the already unprecedented timeline, according to two senior White House officials familiar with the meeting who spoke…