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New York becomes second major US city to declare health emergency over monkeypox
“We estimate that approximately 150,000 New Yorkers may currently be at risk for monkeypox exposure,” Mayor Eric Adams and Dr. Ashwin Vasan, commissioner of the city’s health and mental hygiene department, said in a joint statement. “This outbreak must be met with urgency, action, and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a …
Lawmakers push Biden to declare public health emergency on abortion
Comment on this story Comment More than 80 Democratic lawmakers plan to send a letter on Tuesday urging President Biden to issue a national emergency and public health emergency declaration in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade as Biden faces increasing pressure to respond more aggressively to the Supreme Court ruling. “As we …
Democrats call on Biden to declare abortion national health emergency
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Major banks react after interest rate hike; NSW teachers strike begins; Putin may officially declare war on Ukraine; NSW records 11,939 new cases, 21 deaths; 10,779 new cases in Victoria, 11 deaths
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed his government will freeze deeming rates, which simplify payments and income reporting for pensioners, for two years after yesterday’s interest rate rise. The Coalition says 890,000 Australians will benefit, including 450,000 aged pensioners. Mr Morrison also called on banks to pass out the increased interest rate to deposit-holders, as …
Portland police declare riot as marchers break windows on anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
Portland police on Tuesday declared a riot amid a destructive downtown demonstration held on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. About 200 people gathered Tuesday night outside the Multnomah County Justice Center. Some in the crowd lit fireworks and a dumpster fire, tagged the Justice Center with graffiti and broke windows at nearby Portland …
May Day: Police declare riot in downtown Portland after marchers break windows
Two events promoted as “autonomous demonstrations” were planned for Saturday night — one at Shemanski Park and the other at the Portland ICE building. PORTLAND, Ore. — Police declared a riot in downtown Portland Saturday night during two planned May Day demonstrations associated with anti-police anarchists. Two events promoted as “autonomous demonstrations” were scheduled to …
Oregon Institute of Technology asks state agency to declare tentative faculty strike unlawful
The Oregon Institute of Technology filed a petition Wednesday with the Oregon Employment Relations Board, asking the agency to declare a tentative faculty strike unlawful. Earlier this month OIT’s faculty union, a chapter of the American Association of University Professors, declared its intention to strike. That declaration came as the union and university had been …
Biden preparing to declare massacre of Armenians a ‘genocide,’ risking break with Turkey
Two people familiar with the decision said the President was expected to make the declaration as part of an official statement on Remembrance Day, which falls on Saturday. Both said it was possible he would change his mind before then, and issue a statement merely recognizing the event without describing it as genocide. US officials …
Portland protests: Police declare a riot after people break windows of several businesses
About 150 people gathered and began marching from Irving Park in north Portland and headed south on NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd around 7:15 p.m. PT, the release said. According to police, members of the group threw objects at police and pepper sprayed members of the community. Police say they also shattered windows at …
Portland police declare riot after protesters break windows, enter City Hall
Portland police declared a riot late Tuesday night after protesters broke windows and sprayed graffiti at City Hall in downtown. Some protesters also went inside City Hall, according to KATU-TV in Portland. Officers made several arrests on the ninetieth straight night of racial injustice protests in the Oregon city. Police also declared a riot Monday night …
