Thursday, January 14, 2021
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
WHO team arrives in Wuhan
A global team of scientists led by the World Health Organization arrived in China’s central city of Wuhan, where COVID-19 first surfaced in late 2019, to investigate the origins of the pandemic, state television said on Thursday.
Twitter CEO says Trump ban was correct, but sets dangerous precedent
Twitter Inc chief executive officer Jack Dorsey said on Wednesday that banning US president Donald Trump from the social media platform after last week’s violence at the US Capitol was the “right decision,” but said it sets a dangerous precedent.
18 U.S. Code § 4 - Misprision of felony
Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder charged in Flint water crisis
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been charged for his role in the Flint water crisis, which caused an outbreak of Legionnaires disease and contaminated residents’ homes with lead-based water.
An indictment filed by the state attorney
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will introduce impeach
Newly-elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday said she plans on filing articles of impeachment against President-elect Joe Biden on his first full day in office next week.
During an appearance on Newsmax
That was fast: ‘Camp Auschwitz Guy’ arrested, then released
Authorities have confirmed that the man photographed wearing the Nazi supporting anti-Semitic sweatshirt reading "Camp Auschwitz” during the Capitol riots was arrested on Wednesday in Virginia. Auschwitz is the name of a Nazi concentration camp where more than 1 million people were murdered during the Holocaust.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Hospitals under pressure as Covid admissions rise
Health Service Executive CEO Paul Reid has said frontline clinical and nursing teams say they are under increasing strain as the number of people hospitalised due to Covid-19 continues to climb.
However, he said, staff say no one should feel guilty about getting Covid-19 or needing their care.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill demands investigation into colleagues' 'reconnaissance' tours of Capitol
As Congress debated the second impeachment of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Rep. Mikie Sherrill demanded an immediate investigation into colleagues she said led people through the Capitol on Jan. 5 in what she termed a "reconnaissance for the next day," when insurrectionists took part in a deadly siege on the legislative branch.
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