Jacqueline Lichtenbergflipped into Follow The Money2 days agoAirport chaos: European travel runs into pandemic cutbacksAssociated Press - By KELVIN CHAN and MIKE CORDERLONDON (AP) — The airport lines are long, and lost luggage is piling up. It’s going to be a chaotic summer for travelers in Europe. Liz Morgan arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport 4 1/2 hours before her flight to Athens, finding the line for security snaking out of the terminal and into a big …
Jacqueline Lichtenbergflipped into Species studies1 day agoCOVID vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, scientists sayAssociated Press - By CARLA K. JOHNSONNearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday. On Dec. 8, 2020, a retired shop clerk in England received the first shot in what …
Jacqueline Lichtenbergflipped into Pluto in Capricorn National Narrative1 day agoAfghanistan earthquake: Survivors struggle for food and shelter amidst cholera fearsverified_publisherBBC News - By Secunder KermaniSurvivors of Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in two decades say they have nothing to eat, no shelter, and fear a possible cholera outbreak. The BBC's Secunder Kermani reports from Paktika province, the hardest hit by the disaster. Searching through the debris, in what is left of his family home, …
Jacqueline Lichtenbergflipped into Portentous Politics2 days agoBiden's Title IX reforms would roll back Trump-era rules, expand victim protectionsverified_publisherNPR - Dustin JonesThe Department of Education said Thursday that it plans to reinstate Title IX regulations tossed out by the Trump administration. Proposed changes would combat sexual discrimination in schools by boosting victim protections and modifying language to include sexual orientation and gender identity …
Jacqueline Lichtenbergflipped into Pluto in Capricorn National Narrative1 day ago‘Ukraine’s future is in the EU’: Zelenskiy welcomes granting of candidate statusverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jennifer Rankin in BrusselsEuropean leaders have granted Ukraine candidate status, in a historic decision that opens the door to EU membership for the war-torn country and deals a blow to Vladimir Putin. EU leaders meeting in Brussels approved Ukraine’s candidate status on Thursday night, nearly four months after the …
Jacqueline Lichtenbergflipped into Portentous Politics2 days agoSenate passes first major federal gun safety legislation in decadesverified_publisherCNN - By Clare ForanAli ZaslavLauren Fox and Ted Barrett(CNN) — The Senate on Thursday night passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence that amounts to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades. The final vote was 65 to 33 with 15 Republicans joining Democrats in support of the measure, marking a significant bipartisan breakthrough …
