Associated Press global investigation into government surveillance efforts wins Pulitzer Prize
Read full article: Associated Press global investigation into government surveillance efforts wins Pulitzer PrizeThe Associated Press has won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for stories on the expansion of government surveillance efforts in China and the role that U.S. tech firms played in it.
The Nationals are hiring Red Sox Assistant GM Paul Toboni to run baseball operations: AP source
Read full article: The Nationals are hiring Red Sox Assistant GM Paul Toboni to run baseball operations: AP sourceA person with knowledge of the move tells The Associated Press that the Washington Nationals are set to hire Boston Red Sox senior vice president and assistant general manager Paul Toboni to run their baseball operations department.
Report says thick smoke filled the cabin of a Delta plane that took off from Atlanta in February
Read full article: Report says thick smoke filled the cabin of a Delta plane that took off from Atlanta in FebruarySmoke that filled the cabin of a Delta flight as it took off from the Atlanta airport in February was so thick the lead flight attendant had trouble seeing past the first row of passengers and the pilots donned oxygen masks as a precaution.
Animal sedative medetomidine is showing up in the US illegal drug supply, CDC says
Read full article: Animal sedative medetomidine is showing up in the US illegal drug supply, CDC saysThree new health reports detail growing concern about an animal sedative that’s showing up in the nation's illegal drug supply.
Voter turnout in 2024 New Hampshire GOP primary eclipses record
Read full article: Voter turnout in 2024 New Hampshire GOP primary eclipses recordMore people cast votes in Tuesday’s contest between former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley than in any previous presidential primary of either party in New Hampshire’s history.
TSA implementing safety procedures as 2 million expected to fly through Hobby, Bush airports this holiday season
Read full article: TSA implementing safety procedures as 2 million expected to fly through Hobby, Bush airports this holiday seasonIt’s expected close to 2 million people will fly through Bush and Hobby airports for the Thanksgiving holiday. Safety is priority for airport, local and federal authorities.
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List of coronavirus vaccine hubs in Houston-area
Read full article: List of coronavirus vaccine hubs in Houston-areaA droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/David Goldman)The Texas Department of State Health Services has designated dozens of coronavirus vaccine hubs across the state. Here’s a list of the designated vaccine hubs in the Greater Houston area. Please note that just because a location has been designated a hub does not mean that the vaccine is being administered at that location. Officials in each county are responsible for developing plans to administer the vaccine.
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Federal officials discuss Operation Warp Speed and COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Read full article: Federal officials discuss Operation Warp Speed and COVID-19 vaccine distributionThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense gave a briefing with on Operation Warp Speed and COVID-19 vaccine distribution. You can watch the briefing in the video attached to this story.
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400 years on, Mayflower's legacy includes pride, prejudice
Read full article: 400 years on, Mayflower's legacy includes pride, prejudiceAnnawon Weeden, 46, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, sits for a portrait outside his home in Oakdale, Conn., Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. The soul-searching extends across the Atlantic to England, where Mayflower descendants say they, too, are trying to reconcile pride and prejudice. When the Pilgrims arrived at what we now know as Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Wampanoag tribe helped the exhausted settlers survive their first winter. But Native Americans also endured racism, oppression and new diseases brought by the European settlers. “It’s opening up everyone else’s eyes to how unbalanced the world is and unequal,” said Troy Currence, Hazel Harding Currence's son and a medicine man from the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe.
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