Month: July 2021

Stock indexes edged higher Wednesday afternoon on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve said it is leaving its key interest rate unchanged and will continue to buy billions in bonds … Read More

Mountainous Welsh landscape where slate has been quarried for 1,800 years becomes Unesco World Heritage Site… a week after Liverpool loses status The landscape, which runs through Gwynedd in north-west … Read More

Einstein’s theory of general relativity is PROVEN after scientists see light coming from behind a black hole for the first time ever Light has, for the first time, been detected … Read More

Room for one more? Seal stuns paddleboarder as it hops onboard and sunbathes while she cruises around Dorset harbour Rachael Towers, 24, went paddleboarding with her pal Sam Ball in … Read More

Britain faces more flash flood misery: Lightning strike sparks major blaze at hospital and sets house on fire as hail sweeps midlands with warnings of thunder and heavy showers for … Read More

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the economy is strengthening and making progress toward its employment and inflation goals, a small step closer to dialing back its ultra-low-interest rate policies … Read More

But given the precipitous rise in Covid cases thanks to the highly transmissible Delta variant, and lower-than-hoped-for US vaccination levels, employers may soon take a harder stance. Shy of an … Read More

Dr. Leana Wen discusses the CDC’s updated guidance that recommends fully-vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas with “substantial” and “high” transmission of Covid-19, saying that it is mostly the … Read More

MACUNGIE, Pa. — President Joe Biden on Wednesday checked out half-built big rigs and chatted up workers at a Mack Truck plant in Pennsylvania as his administration pushes new “buy … Read More

MOSCOW — Police in Russia raided the home of the chief editor of an investigative news site that was recently designated as a “foreign agent,” the latest move by authorities … Read More