Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday declined a request to appear voluntarily before a second Senate panel after majority Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee voted along partisan lines last week to hold the longtime infectious disease expert in contempt. In a pointed letter to Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, a lawyer for the former
BOSTON — A Massachusetts mayor was arrested Friday and charged with fraudulently obtaining a pandemic loan and using the money to fund his election campaign as well as pay off high-interest mortgages on several of his properties and personal taxes. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena was charged Friday with one count of wire fraud and one
WASHINGTON — A Senate committee is set to vote Thursday on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week focused on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment
Economics has a term for what food prices have done in the United States in recent years: skyrocket. Rockets, because the cost of food consumed at home skyrocketed after the pandemic. Feathers, because once prices rise, they take time to fall. This has been frustrating for Americans hit by the largest increase in food prices
Hong Kong — China’s economy got off to a strong start in 2023, as consumers went on a spending spree after three years of strict pandemic restrictions ended. Gross domestic product grew 4.5% in the first quarter compared to the previous year, the National Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. That beat the estimate of 4%
It’s sourdough bread and pine trees for Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis. The two stars talk about their time together during the Covid-19 pandemic, telling People that the actor, who is Lee’s godson, and his girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu, lived next door to Curtis. Curtis, who won the Oscar for best supporting actress at the