Tag: The Washington Mail
Climate and Tax Bill Scales Crucial Senate Hurdle, Paving Path to Passage
WASHINGTON — A divided Senate took a crucial step on Saturday toward approving Democrats’ plan to tackle climate…
China Military Drills Appear to Simulate Attack on Taiwan
China’s military continued on Saturday to menace Taiwan with a series of drills, a show of force intended…
After 246 Years, Marine Corps Gives 4 Stars to a Black Officer
WASHINGTON — In the military, there have already been countless promotion ceremonies this year, held on Army bases,…
Fighting Around Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Heightens Safety Fears
DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine — Fighting raged on Saturday near a sprawling nuclear power plant in the south of Ukraine,…
London’s Trellick Tower and a Development Debate
LONDON — When Barbara Heksel and her family moved into Trellick Tower in 1981, their friends thought they…
Officials Wrestle With Whether to Allow New Monkeypox Vaccination Strategy
WASHINGTON — It sounded like a simple solution to the shortage of monkeypox vaccine: Merely by changing the…
Live Updates: Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza for 2nd Day; Militants Respond With Rockets
About 14,000 Palestinian laborers from Gaza have received permits to enter Israel every day for work this year,…
Biden Tests Negative for Coronavirus but Will Keep Isolating
WASHINGTON — President Biden finally tested negative for the coronavirus on Saturday, a week after his rebound case…
A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?
Why Everyone Else BelievesIn the mid-1960s, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Joseph Weizenbaum, built an…
MLB’s PitchCom System Draws Mixed Reactions
Baseball and technology have always made for wary partners.For a five-year span in the 1930s, as radio became…
Archie Battersbee, Gravely Ill 12-Year-Old, Dies After Removal of Life Support
LONDON — Archie Battersbee, a 12-year-old British boy whose life support was withdrawn after a legal battle between…
Democrats Eye a Major Shift in How Corporations Are Taxed
WASHINGTON — At the center of the new climate and tax package that Democrats appear to be on…