USA news live: US administers 359.6m doses of Covid-19 vaccines said CDC – Times of India
Three US senators test positive for Covid-19
Republican Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Democrat John Hickenlooper of Colorado and independent Angus King of Maine – disclosed on Thursday they had tested positive for Covid-19
US sending more consular officers to aid Afghanistan evacuation
The US State Department said on Thursday it was sending more consular officers to Kabul and other locations, including Qatar and Kuwait, to help with the evacuation effort from Afghanistan after the Taliban seized Kabul on Sunday.
US imposes sanctions on three Cuban nationals
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three Cuban nationals, including the chief of the Central Army and deputy chief of the General Staff Revolutionary Armed Forces, the US Treasury Department said.
US says Kabul evacuees don’t need Covid tests
Amid the chaos and confusion at the airport, the United States said it had taken at least one step to ease requirements for those seeking to leave: Covid-19 tests. Although Afghanistan had been a hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department said Thursday that evacuees are not required to get a negative Covid-19 result to travel.
2 dead, 20 missing in North Carolina county flooded by Fred
Authorities combing areas of North Carolina flooded by the remnants of tropical storm Fred said Thursday that two people have been found dead and about 20 were unaccounted for. Meanwhile, Fred – now a post-tropical cyclone – was pushing through New York and New England with drenching rains, and tropical storm Henri was sending dangerous waves onto East Coast beaches. Forecasters said Henri will likely strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the northeastern US early next week. Read full story
Nevada Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall to resign from White House job
She said that she has accepted a position in President Joe Biden’s administration and will resign from her job as lieutenant governor. Marshall will serve as senior advisor to governors in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and will continue as lieutenant governor until transitioning in late fall, according to her office.
US judge signs off on $850 million Boy Scouts sex abuse settlement
The judge overseeing the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy on Thursday approved the youth organization’s request to sign off on an $850 million settlement to resolve tens of thousands of sex abuse claims. The ruling by US Bankruptcy Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein of Delaware will enable the Boy Scouts to move ahead with a proposed reorganization plan that would allow the group to exit bankruptcy by the end of the year.
COLUMBIA: 3 students hurt in shooting in high school parking lot
A South Carolina high school will remain closed the rest of this week after three students leaving school for the day were shot and wounded Wednesday in the parking lot. The three Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School students did not suffer life-threatening injuries, the Orangeburg County School District said in a statement. Officials did not update their conditions.
We certainly don’t want to see a government that denies the rights that are guaranteed to people everywhere
US State dept spokesperson Ned Price
Despite robust demand for freight, the US transportation sector has underperformed the wider market in 2021
The doses administered increased by more than a million from 358,599,835 vaccine doses
US officials have started to accelerate vaccinations as coronavirus-related deaths have spiked in the United States over the past month due to the spread of the Delta variant. The agency said 199,887,548 people had received at least one dose while 169,592,873 people were fully vaccinated as of Thursday. The CDC tally includes two-dose vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech , as well as Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine as of 6:00 a.m. ET today
The United States has distributed 422,175,735 doses so far: CDC
The United States has administered 359,623,380 doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the country: CDC
The RNC, not far away from where the truck was parked Thursday, was also evacuated over the threat.
Roseberry did not appear to have a specific demand for law enforcement other than to speak with Biden.
Facebook removed the videos a few hours after they were apparently filmed.
Videos posted to his Facebook before the page was taken down appears to show Roseberry at the November 14 rally attended by thousands of Trump supporters to protest what they claimed was a stolen election
Democrats needed to step down, but I love the president, Democrat Joe Biden
Floyd Ray Roseberry, the suspect in alleged bomb threat incident near US Capitol
Police negotiators spent hours communicating with Roseberry as he wrote notes and showed them to authorities from inside the truck
The incident brought the area surrounding the Capitol to a virtual standstill as police emptied buildings and cordoned off streets as a precaution
The suspect, 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry, has been to safely taken into custody: US Capitol Police