Wednesday 24 March 2021

U.S.' Harris urges Congress to act for 'lasting' gun control: CBS News interview

U.S.' Harris urges Congress to act for 'lasting' gun control: CBS News interview

U.S. President Joe Biden has not ruled out taking executive action to tackle gun violence, but Congress should pass gun control legislation for a more lasting impact, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday.

In Colorado, trauma from mass shootings lingers for generations

An 80-year old man, a pair of soldiers in military garb and a 20-year-old student were among the stream of people braving cold mountain winds to lay flowers at one of the makeshift memorials for 10 victims of Colorado's latest mass shooting.

Biden to mark 'Equal Pay Day' as women hit worse than men by pandemic

U.S. President Joe Biden will host members of the U.S. Women's national soccer team at the White House on Wednesday as part of his push to secure better pay for American women, who earn 82 cents on average for every dollar earned by men.

A pandemic year, two cafes and an abundance of doubt about the other side

A year after the pandemic forced Chris and Amy Hillyard to temporarily close their two San Francisco Bay Area cafes, the news is suddenly good.

Separated by U.S. border patrol, one pregnant woman searches for her husband

Nehemie Montrose, a mother-to-be from Haiti, stood anxiously outside a respite center for migrants in Del Rio, Texas, waiting for the daily border patrol buses dropping off migrants who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.

Miami Beach bistros bow to spring break curfew after weekend mayhem

David Rivero, manager of Miami Beach's Puerto Sagua restaurant, expects to lose three hours of business a night during "spring break" due to a curfew imposed after thousands of young people brought unmasked pandemonium to city streets last weekend.

At U.S. seders, vaccinations mean 'hugging is definitely on the menu'

Esther Greenberg's Passover seder is rooted in centuries-old tradition, but it's a modern medical breakthrough that's bringing together her vaccinated, unmasked family for this weekend's holiday meal after being long separated by COVID-19.

A family business: how and why smugglers are bringing more children to the U.S. border

Honduran mother Alicia Cruz handed herself and her son in to border agents in Texas, then watched as unaccompanied children were separated for release from the group of migrants before adults and families, including hers, were expelled into Mexico.

Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despite easing of virus ban

Several of San Francisco Bay Area's largest technology companies including Twitter Inc and Google plan to keep their offices largely closed for months more despite the government allowing them on Tuesday to be opened in a limited capacity.

Colorado shooting rampage investigation yet to uncover motive

Police were searching for clues on Wednesday into what led a 21-year-old man described as paranoid and angry to open fire at a Colorado supermarket, killing 10 people in the second deadly U.S. mass shooting in a week.

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