LeVar Burton, of “Reading Rainbow” fame, is taking on a new role this spring. “Jeopardy!” announced Wednesday that the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” actor will be one of the final guest hosts to close out Season 37 of the quiz show. Burton has been vocal about wanting to be a guest host of the…… MORE
US and Iranian officials say they have made progress in talks aimed at bringing the United States back to the 2015 nuclear deal and Iran back into compliance with it, but US officials stressed that a long road remains ahead. Representatives from the countries that are still members of the deal — China, France, Germany,…… MORE
The Justice Department has added a third person to a major federal criminal case that accuses members of the Proud Boys of breaking into the US Capitol on January 6. Matthew Greene of Syracuse, New York, is charged with seven crimes related to the insurrection. Prosecutors say he was with two others who pushed past…… MORE
Less than a quarter of the world’s big public companies are doing their part to address the climate crisis, according to new research highlighting the shortcomings of corporate climate pledges. In an analysis published on Thursday, sustainable finance firm Arabesque assigned companies in 14 of the world’s largest stock indexes a “temperature score” based on…… MORE
Vice President Kamala Harris cast her first tie-breaking vote related to a Biden administration nominee on the Senate floor Wednesday evening, voting to advance the nomination of Colin Kahl to be the Pentagon’s undersecretary for policy. The Senate deadlocked 50-50 on a straight party-line procedural vote to discharge Kahl’s nomination from the Armed Services Committee,…… MORE
Climate change has continued to decimate air quality in the United States, and a new report has found that more than 40% of Americans live in areas with unhealthy air quality, with people of color being the most negatively affected. American Lung Association’s “State of the Air”‘ report, released on Wednesday, found that more than…… MORE
Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that a police reform bill is in the works, one of several police reform efforts underway nationwide in the wake of Tuesday’s conviction of a former Minneapolis Police officer in the murder of George Floyd. The bill is expected to be introduced “within the next few days,” DeWine…… MORE
Management and operational challenges plagued the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General for years, hurting its ability to effectively carry out its oversight mission, according to preliminary findings from the Government Accountability Office. Reports had to be recalled, allegations of improper conduct were leveled against senior leadership, and there has been frequent leadership…… MORE
One day after two four-star military commanders told Congress they did not have problems with extremists in their ranks, the top adviser on the issue to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a different view and stated plainly that he believes the opposite. “It would be remiss if we didn’t admit that there is a problem…… MORE
The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that new production of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine remains paused at the Emergent BioSolutions facility where millions of potential doses were contaminated, and the agency and the company are working through a list of potential quality issues. The FDA’s inspection of Emergent’s Bayview facility in Baltimore…… MORE
