Shooting inside Publix grocery store in Florida leaves 3 dead, including toddler

Three people are dead, including a child, after a shooting at a South Florida grocery store on Thursday. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (“PBSO”) said the shooting took place inside a Publix supermarket in Royal Palm Beach, just west of West Palm Beach. Police and emergency officials responded to the shopping center just before …

President Biden says United States to donate 500 million Covid-19 vaccines to other countries

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced his plan to buy an additional 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to distribute to lower-income countries, increasing the U.S. commitment to fighting the pandemic across the globe. Biden made the announcement in the Cornwall village of St. Ives, the United Kingdom seaside resort village where world leaders …

President Biden travels to the UK to meet with PM Boris Johnson ahead of G7 summit

President Biden arrived in the UK on his first overseas trip as U.S. president, and will plan to meet Boris Johnson in Cornwall ahead of the G7 summit.   Biden is expected to deliver a warning not to let the Brexit trade dispute “imperil” the Northern Ireland peace process. The president is also hoping to show …

Interior department watchdog says police did not clear Lafayette Park for Trump photo-op, rather to install fencing

An Interior Department watchdog said Wednesday that U.S. park police (“USPP”) cleared Black Lives Matter protesters from Lafayette Park near the White House last June to erect fencing around the area, not to make way for former President Donald Trump’s walk to St. John’s church. The department’s inspector general said the commander in charge of …

Vice President Harris meets with Mexican President Obrador to address illegal migration

Vice President Kamala Harris met with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico City on Tuesday to discuss immigration policy, as part of her first foreign trip since taking office in January. Harris’ Mexico visit comes after she visited Guatemala on Monday, where she told Central Americans that “help is on the way” if …

President Biden ends negotiations with Senator Capito and Republicans over infrastructure legislation

President Biden has ended negotiations with Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Republicans over infrastructure legislation. According to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Biden told Capito on Tuesday that the latest GOP offer didn’t “meet the essential needs of our country” to fix roads and bridges, prepare the nation for a future reliant on clean …

Supreme Court rules against immigrants who entered U.S. illegally with temporary status

The Supreme Court ruled Monday in an unanimous decision that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents. Justice Elena Kagan wrote that federal immigration law prohibits people who entered the country illegally and now have Temporary Protected Status from seeking “green cards” to remain …

Department of Justice seizes millions in ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline

The Justice Department announced on Monday that it has successfully seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency Colonial Pipeline paid to the cyber criminal group ‘DarkSide,’ following last month’s ransomware attack that led the pipeline to briefly shut down its operations. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at a news conference: “Earlier today, the Department of Justice …

3 Dead in shooting at Miami Dade, Florida graduation party

 Three people are dead and at least six others injured following a shooting at a Florida graduation party on Sunday.  Miami-Dade police Director Freddie Ramirez told news outlets that the party at a strip mall lounge was ending when one or more vehicles “pulled up and began to fire into the crowd.” The identities of …

3 dead in shooting at Miami-Dade, Florida graduation party

 Three people are dead and at least six others injured following a shooting at a Florida graduation party on Sunday.  Miami-Dade police Director Freddie Ramirez told news outlets that the party at a strip mall lounge was ending when one or more vehicles “pulled up and began to fire into the crowd.” The identities of …