Public school districts facing decision over face mask wearing, as BA.5 creates high levels of community transmission
A growing number of public school districts across the U.S. are reinstating face-mask mandates, or considering doing so, as they...
Month: July 2022
Montgomery Co. reopens COVID-19 rent relief program
Montgomery County, Maryland, has relaunched its COVID-19 rent relief program, which aims to help people who are behind on rent...
Egyptian activist: ‘I am disappointed with German politicians’
Sanaa Seif, sister of Alaa Abdel-Fattah, one of Egypt's best-known dissidents, was recently in Berlin. She spoke to DW about...
Biden, Xi speak by phone for more than two hours
President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping held the fifth conversation of their presidencies on Thursday, speaking for more than...
Post Politics Now: ‘No surprise’ that the economy is slowing, country on ‘right path,’ Biden says
Today, President Biden said that it’s “no surprise” that the economy is slowing but that the country is on the...
Should you still be wearing a mask? As COVID rates climb, health experts say the answer is yes
About four months have passed since Washington’s statewide indoor mask mandate ended, but some local infectious disease experts and state...
Class Notes: The black-white wealth gap, togetherness in the household, and more
This week in Class Notes: Couples like to do things together in the home, but togetherness may reinforce the gender...
Biden, Xi holding fifth talk of their presidencies Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was speaking Thursday morning with China’s Xi Jinping, the fifth conversation of their presidencies,...
GB News faces Ofcom investigation over host’s Covid booster claims
GB News faces Ofcom investigation over host’s Covid booster claimsMark Steyn’s misleading claim that jab was killing Britons was based...
Biden, Xi holding fifth talk of their presidencies
President Joe Biden was speaking Thursday morning with China's Xi Jinping, the fifth conversation of their presidencies, as the two...