WASHINGTON — Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a logjam that had stalled the party’s showpiece $ 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The compromise, announced by the West Virginia lawmaker and a Democratic aide, seemed to clear the way for the Senate to… Read More »
AUSTRALIA’S first post-pandemic travel website – exploretravel.com.au – launches this weekend, to revive postponed holiday dreams for thousands of Aussie travellers keen to hit the road. The new website, an initiative of ACM, publisher of this masthead, goes live on Sunday, March 7. Full of stories about fabulous destinations as well as travel tips and… Read More »
Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under former President Barack Obama, said he worries that people are discounting Covid numbers as governors decide to reopen their states. “In Texas, where they removed the mask mandate, fewer than 10% of people have been vaccinated and the levels… Read More »
A Marlboro cigarette. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Marlboro parent Altria is asking the Food and Drug Administration to help it spread the word that nicotine doesn’t cause cancer. CNBC on Thursday obtained a copy of a letter Altria sent to the FDA asking the agency to help get the message out about… Read More »