Kanwalroop Singh had just finished presenting at the 2018 Students for Justice in Palestine conference at the University of California, Los Angeles when a student journalist asked her for an interview.
Singh, a Sikh American who at the time was …
Why the Government’s Plan to Help Out Renters Is Falling Flat
Jewel Burgess, 40, first applied for emergency rental assistance in Washington, D.C., last year, after being furloughed from her job delivering meals for the city’s Office on Aging. She never heard back about whether she was approved or denied for …
Forget $15 an Hour — the Minimum Wage Should Be $24
President Harry Truman, center, signs legislation raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents on Oct. 26, 1949, in Washington, D.C.
Photo: AP
The coronavirus pandemic relief bill passed by the House of Representatives this week would raise the …
Pandemic typewriter boom: Sales double at Philly shops as the clickity-clack goes viral
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Typewriters have surged in popularity during the pandemic, in Philly and nationwide. Local shop owners say prices …
WATCH LIVE: Biden speaks after Senate passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Saturday, moving President Joe Biden closer to a milestone political victory that would provide $1,400 checks for most American and direct billions of dollars to schools, …
Illinois health officials announce 2,565 new cases of COVID-19, 50 deaths
CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Public Health on Saturday reported 2,565 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 50 additional deaths.
The deaths were reported in the following counties:
Bureau County: 1 male 70sChampaign County: 1 …
Rideshare driver attacked, carjacked in Lawndale: police
CHICAGO — A 30-year-old rideshare driver was punched and carjacked in the city’s Lawndale neighborhood.
Chicago police said the driver was picking up a passenger on the 1800 block of South Avers Avenue around 3 a.m. Saturday when two men …
Europe staggers as infectious variants power virus surge
MILAN (AP) — The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In a matter of just days, 45 children and 14 staff members had tested positive.
Genetic …
Temps in the 60s on the way
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1 of 2 teens in Slender Man stabbing to ask for release
WAUKESHA, Wis. — One of the teens convicted of stabbing a classmate to please the fictional internet horror character Slender Man is expected to ask for release from a Wisconsin mental health facility.
Anissa Weier, 19, is scheduled to appear …