Supreme Court Shoots Down McCarthy’s Challenge to Proxy Voting
The Supreme Court will not take up Kevin McCarthy’s lawsuit challenging proxy voting rules in the House, a final nail in the coffin to House Republican opposition to the chamber’s absentee voting procedures prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit, filed by Minority Leader McCarthy and fellow House Republicans in May 2020, calls the House’s […]
MD COVID-19 Hospitalizations Fall, Hogan Helps Medical Facilities
Maryland’s COVID-19 situation has started to improve since metrics peaked in mid-January, but understaffed hospitals are still swamped. Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday signed an executive order to expand the health care workforce available to the state’s medical facilities. “We continue to take short-term actions to support our health care workforce as it deals with the Omicron […]
Dow Tumbles 1,000 Points As Russia, Ukraine Tensions Rise
Selling of U.S. stocks picked up momentum midday on reports President Biden will hold a video call this afternoon with European leaders in response to Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s borders. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 1,000 points or 3%, while the S&P 500 lost 3.8% entering a correction, down 10% from its peak. The […]
Israel’s Hospitals On Verge Of Collapse Amid Rise In COVID Cases
Israel’s hospitals on Sunday warned of their inability to cope with the influx of patients caused by the spread of the highly transmittable Omicron variant of coronavirus. According to several hospitals, the Omicron’s spread, consequent surge in COVID cases, uptick in seriously ill coronavirus patients, as well as the frequent quarantine of medical workers – […]
Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics
The White House is reportedly making plans to fight back as Vladimir Putin gathers more and more Russian troops at the border of Ukraine. Up until now, President Joe Biden has sounded cautious when asked about the prospect of a military intervention in the event of a Russian invasion. But, in a report from The New […]
Income Tax Season 2022: What To Know Before Filing In Maryland
The 2022 tax season is under way, and as W-2s and other tax forms hit U.S. mailboxes, many in Maryland will wonder when they can file and what changes are in store for their returns this year. The first day to file 2021 tax returns is Jan. 24, according to the Internal Revenue Service. That’s […]
Antisemitism spikes in 2021, with 30% of incidents in the US
Nearly 50 percent of all global antisemitic incidents took place in Europe An annual report compiled by the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency found that 2021 was the most antisemitic year of the last decade. The average number of incidents reported in 2021 was more than ten per day, according to the report. […]
Mayor Scott, DPW Announce Public-Private Partnership To Maximize Local Recycling Collection Capacity During Pandemic
WIN Waste Innovations to Add Community Recycling Drop-Off Sites to Supplement DPW’s New Bi-Weekly Recycling Collection Schedule Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the Department of Public Works (DPW) reaffirmed their commitment to prioritizing recycling and the environment by joining WIN Waste Innovations, formerly Wheelabrator Technologies, to establish and staff several community recycling collection locations […]
Four Wounded In Shooting In German University
‘A lone perpetrator injured several people in a lecture hall with a long gun. The perpetrator himself is dead’ German police announced Monday a lone gunman was dead after wounding four people in a lecture hall in the university town of Heidelberg. In a tweet, police said: “Four people injured, some seriously, currently no more […]
Knesset Speaker To Make Historic Address At German Bundestag
Speaker of the Knesset MK Mickey Levy arrived in Berlin today for a state visit until Thursday evening. During the week Speaker Levy is scheduled to visit the House of Wannsee and meet Bundestag President Bärbel Bas, Austrian National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. […]
