National
Biden splits $7 billion in frozen Afghan funds for aid, 9/11 victims
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday morning to fund humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and U.S. victims of terrorism, including survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, with $7 billion in frozen Afghan funds seized by the U.S.
Booster shots lose their bite four months in, CDC warns
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study Friday that shows Covid-19 booster shots begin to become less effective against the omicron variant after about four months but still provide substantial protection against hospitalization.
Goldman banker linked to $4.5B global corruption scandal heads to trial
A long-awaited trial on a record-shattering global financial scandal will open Monday in New York. The case is expected to test the U.S. government's role in taking on foreign corruption.
Regional
Jurors begin deliberations on NY Times editorial that Palin calls libelous
Urging a jury to hold The New York Times liable for libel, attorneys for the failed vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin rested their case Friday with an emphasis that the newspaper was more than careless in linking Palin to a mass shooting.
Former airman and ‘Boogaloo’ extremist pleads guilty to killing federal officer
A former U.S. Air Force sergeant with ties to a violent antigovernment group stood before a federal judge on Friday and admitted to deliberately shooting and killing federal protective officer David Patrick Underwood and gravely wounding Underwood's partner during a protest in Oakland on May 29, 2020.
International
France, Brussels brace for ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests
Paris and Brussels are bracing for large protests against Covid-19 restrictions inspired by Canadian truckers who've paralyzed Ottawa and caused officials there to issue a state of emergency.
War fears hit new heights as Biden tells Americans to flee Ukraine
Fears of a European war breaking out reached an even higher level of intensity on Friday as the White House warned that Russia might invade Ukraine at any moment and Russian troops and war ships engaged in large-scale military drills on its southern neighbor's borders.
Controversial London police chief forced out by mayor
The commissioner of London’s Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, was forced to resign on Thursday after an intervention from Mayor Sadiq Khan, who claimed the public had lost trust in the United Kingdom’s most powerful police force.
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