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The new program, which has raised $6.75m from private donors, will give low-income families of color $500 a monthOakland is set to become the latest city in California to launch a guaranteed income program, with the mayor announcing Tuesday a privately funded program for low-income families of color.The Oakland Resilient Families program will give families that meet a certain threshold $500 a month, with no rules on how they spend it. The program has so far raised $6.75m from private donors including Blue Meridian Partners, a national philanthropy group. Continue reading...

President also urges Senate to pass bills to close background checks loopholes

Biden officials say the two short-range test-fires launched over the weekend were not covered by UN Security Council resolutionsSenior Biden administration officials are playing down North Korean short-range missile launches last weekend, and saying the US president is still open to a dialogue with North Korea.Officials, who briefed reporters on the missile launches, said on Tuesday that they were on the low end of the spectrum and not covered by various UN security council resolutions. They said the Biden administration was close to a conclusion of its policy review of North Korea and that the national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, will discuss it next week with his counterparts in Japan and South Korea. Continue reading...

Shares, which had fallen 6.5% during the day, briefly gained 8% in after-hours trading before dropping more than 15%GameStop released its first earnings report on Tuesday since it became the subject of international attention during a Reddit-fuelled buying rally and named the former Amazon and Google executive Jenna Owens as its new chief operating officer.The company’s sales and profit figures were slightly lower than analysts had expected and its shares, which had fallen 6.5% during the day, briefly gained 8% in after-hours trading before dropping more than 15%. Continue reading...

PM remembers those who have lost lives during the pandemic, many of whom might still be alive

The Colorado city is considered by many to be a safe oasis – but some residents say there’s a darker side that often isn’t spoken ofFollowing the shooting in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store on Monday, leaving 10 dead including a police officer, the community of this liberal mountain town are in a state of shock and disbelief, experiencing the all-too-common identity crisis experienced by so many American cities in the wake of a mass shooting.“I’ve called this community home for most of my life, and I’ve shopped at that King Soopers many times,” Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis, said on Tuesday morning during a press conference. Continue reading...

Nick Slatten found his missing ticket on the ground outside an auto store he had visited with his brotherA man in Tennessee was stunned to find he had won $1m with a lottery ticket, only to discover he had somehow lost it while running errands in the wake of sharing the news with his fiancee and family.But, thankfully, the story has a happy ending as Nick Slatten of Sparta, a small town in the eastern part of the state, retraced the steps he had taken throughout the day and eventually found the missing ticket in a parking lot where he had taken his brother to visit an auto store. Continue reading...

Utility recently emerged from bankruptcy after its equipment started fires that killed more than 100 people in 2017 and 2018A northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed more than 200 buildings last year was sparked when tree branches came into contact with Pacific Gas & Electric power lines, officials have said. Continue reading...

Advocates seek enforcement of 2007 measure that would link casings to the guns that fired themGun control advocates are making a new attempt to force the gun industry to comply with a unique California law that requires bullet casings to be “microstamped”, a measure that has been toothless since it was approved more than a decade ago.California’s 2007 law requires gun manufacturers to adopt microstamping technology on new types of handguns introduced in the state. The intent was to imprint a unique set of microscopic characters on all cartridge casings when weapons are fired, linking bullet casings to the guns that discharged them. Continue reading...

A native of Seoul, South Korea, she moved to America in the 1980s and raised two sons but was killed in the Atlanta spa shootingsFriends and family of Yong Ae Yue remembered the Seoul, South Korea, native’s love of cooking and karaoke while paying tribute to her.Related: Hyun Jung Grant: ex-teacher who loved to dance killed in Atlanta spa shootings Continue reading...

Eric Talley, a father of seven, was first officer to respond to reports of shots fired. Other victims ranged in age from 20 to 65 years oldA police officer whose father said he was looking for a less dangerous line of work was among 10 victims of a shooting at a crowded Colorado supermarket on Monday night.Related: Boulder shooting: suspect and 10 victims named by police Continue reading...

Lawyers for Sidney Powell argued conspiracies she laid out constituted legally protected first amendment speech

A $400,000 housing grant with guaranteed funding in Evanston is first such initiative to tackle legacy of slaveryAn Illinois city has become the first in America to embark upon a reparations program for its Black residents after its local council approved the implementation of its first such initiative to tackle the legacy of slavery.Late on Monday night aldermen in Evanston – a suburban community in Chicago – voted to approve the Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program, a $400,000 housing grant program. Continue reading...

World’s second-largest cinema operator plans to open UK chain from 17 May in line with Covid-19 restrictions

The film doesn’t glamorize life at an Amazon warehouse. But it’s undeniably useful to the corporation to have a prestigious film to give political cover

Miami Beach officials have extended a curfew and state of emergency into April, in response to large spring-break crowds of partygoers defying coronavirus restrictions.Police used pellets and teargas to disperse the revellers

A shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, has left 10 people dead, including one police officer. One witness, Sarah Moonshadow, said she and her son were at the checkout when she heard multiple gunshots. The two ducked for cover and then started running to leave the store. The shaken customer said she took shelter behind a building, but her dog was still at the grocery store

A suspect has been arrested over the fatal shooting of 10 people including a police officer in a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. Plus, the US sanctions China over alleged Uighur human rights abuses

Today, people use fashion like emoticons: ready-made avatars that perform emotions so you don’t have to“New is the nightmare of every single designer,” lamented Miuccia Prada in a recent interview. And in the fashion world’s Covid lockdown year, the new nightmare meant converting runways usually organized in Paris, Milan or New York to an almost entirely online format for the rest of us, at home, scrolling through bite-sized content on pocket-sized screens.Related: 'The fakery is all part of the fun' – the hoax of the mirror selfie Continue reading...

As senior US officials arrive in Mexico for talks experts say deal to send Covid vaccine shows that migrants are still a bargaining chipJoe Biden took office promising to put a friendlier face on US immigration policy. He put an end to a scheme requiring asylum seekers to remain in Mexico, promised to restore the US asylum system and pledged to spend $4bn on addressing the root causes of migration in Central America.But as ever-increasing numbers of unaccompanied minors arrive at the US southern border and create a domestic political crisis for the US president, he is turning to a tactic used by his predecessors – including Donald Trump: outsourcing immigration enforcement to Mexico. Continue reading...

The skirt, a traditional Native garment, outshone everything in the Eisenhower building – and there is a story of empowerment and survival behind itIt was a dress that triggered a flood of headlines. Standing in front of Vice-President Kamala Harris with her right hand raised, Deb Haaland was sworn in last week as the secretary of the interior dressed in a long rainbow ribbon skirt adorned with a corn stalk, butterflies and stars.Related: Making history in style: Deb Haaland wears Indigenous dress at swearing-in Continue reading...

Carolina Ramírez Pérez was eligible for a US visa, but was forced to use dangerous methods to cross the border to safety, her family saysWeeks before Carolina Ramírez Pérez died in a packed SUV on a desolate California highway 15 miles from the Mexican border, her husband had begun bringing a machete to bed. Continue reading...

Dozens of bills would ban trans youth from certain sports teams. Experts say they’re based on unfounded fears and could harm vulnerable kidsRepublican lawmakers in more than 25 US states have advanced legislation banning transgender children from certain sports teams and limiting their access to gender-affirming healthcare.Trans youth represent just a fraction of the US population – recent estimates suggest they make up 0.7% to 2% of youth. But conservative lawmakers have introduced more than 80 bills regulating their lives in the first three months of 2021, the highest-ever number of anti-trans legislative proposals filed in a single year. Continue reading...

A new HBO documentary explores the ripple effects when Covid-19 shut down the NBA just as racial justice came to the fore in the United StatesChris Paul dribbles on. The 11-time All-Star point guard – or, “Point God,” as he is known – is midway through his 16th NBA season and his first with the Phoenix Suns, his fifth team and third in three years. The Suns are currently flying high in the Western Conference after a decade of disappointment, and have resumed playing at home before modest crowds of 3,000, in deference, of course, to the coronavirus.

Dozens of families pass daily through the Brownsville immigration depot in Texas, nearly all women with small children, telling the same story. They make their way north from Central America through Mexico hoping for jobs in the US that are often on the bottom rung of the economic ladder, but better than anything back home, and leaving leaving behind endemic violence. Paul Handley documents their plight Continue reading...

Store customers describe heartache of not being able to help some of the victims

The state filed the first major lawsuit against Biden’s administration, marking a return to a tried and true playbook of weaponizing the courtsTexas has branded itself as an aggressive and litigious arm of the Republican party for years – a rightwing David up against the Democratic Goliath.So, when Democrat Joe Biden took over the Oval Office in January, the state’s conservative leaders were already raring for a knock-down, drag-out brawl. Continue reading...

A gunman has killed at least 10 people including a police officer at a supermarket in Colorado on Monday 22 March 2021. Commander Kerry Yamaguchi of the Boulder police department addresses the media, saying the shooter is being held in custody and was injured.

Cabinet nearly assembled but president still must make hundreds of other federal appointmentsMarty Walsh has been confirmed as the next US labor secretary, bringing Joe Biden’s cabinet a step nearer to completion.The Senate voted 68-29 to confirm the Democrat, currently the mayor of Boston. Continue reading...

David Schwimmer got a base salary of £800,000, a £1.4m bonus and £4.3m in long-term bonus sharesThe boss of the London Stock Exchange Group almost tripled his pay to £6.9m last year after the company’s $27bn (£19.5bn) takeover of financial data provider Refinitiv led to a surge in LSE’s share price.David Schwimmer, a US banker who has been chief executive of LSE since 2018, was paid a base salary of £800,000, a £1.4m bonus, plus £4.3m in long-term bonus shares, according to the company’s annual report published on Monday. Continue reading...

Henry Cuellar released images as Biden administration under growing pressure over border conditionsThe Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar has brought more pain for the Joe Biden administration on its border policy by releasing pictures of an overcrowded immigration facility in Texas where he said more than 400 male minors were being held in a section meant for 250.Related: Officials head to Guatemala and Mexico amid rise in migrants at US border Continue reading...

Mario Gonzalez’s accusation would mean he was detained after images of suspect released and authorities captured him

Publisher says expert did not endorse book titled Dr Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor

Officials aim to ‘develop an effective and humane plan to manage migration’ as migrants flee violence in Central AmericaThe Biden administration announced on Monday that two senior officials will travel to Mexico and Guatemala to discuss the increase in migrants attempting to enter the US.Related: Is there a crisis at the border? Advocates in Texas say it's 'political manipulation' Continue reading...

Files made public as part of a national push for greater police transparency following the death of George FloydThe complaint records of 83,000 active and former New York City police officers have been added to a searchable public database justice advocates hope will help citizens and activists identify problem officers and trends in police abuse.The records were made public as part of a national push for greater police transparency following the death of George Floyd, an African American man, under the knee of a white police officer in Minneapolis last year. Continue reading...

Review showed that former Apollo chief paid Epstein $148m for his financial advising services and donated $10m to his charityBillionaire Leon Black, co-founder of one of Wall Street’s most prominent investment firms, unexpectedly stepped down early from his position as chief executive of Apollo Global Management on Monday, the latest in a series of moves following an inquiry into his ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.Apollo Global Management announced that Black will be leaving immediately, citing health issues he and his wife are experiencing. The company had announced in January that Black would be stepping down as chief executive before 31 July. Continue reading...

In whispers through air ducts and notes under cell doors, prisoners debate whether president will fulfill campaign promiseThrough notes passed under cell doors with string and conversations whispered through air ducts, death row prisoners in Indiana are debating whether Joe Biden will fulfill his campaign promise to halt federal executions.Related: 'This is not justice': supreme court liberals slam Trump's federal executions Continue reading...

Today’s girls are more alive to ‘tricky adults’ than we were, but I feel a nuclear rage that they still have to learn thisIt must have been around 1991 that a police officer visited our school and stood on the main stage in the hall. She was a lady police officer, which struck us as mildly outlandish and also signalled the nature of what was to come. A year or so earlier, a male officer had come to our single-sex high school to talk about bullying and civic responsibility. This was different. As we sat, cross-legged and sniggering, it was clear that she was here to talk to us, woman-to-woman.For many of us, news of the disappearance and death of Sarah Everard earlier this month triggered public horror and a private reckoning with our decades-deep conditioning about personal safety. In the event of being attacked, said the WPC that day, we were to stick our fingers in his eyeballs. We were to take the heel of one hand and ram it hard into his chin. We were to grab his nose and kick his shins. If all else failed, said this valiant woman staring down the embarrassed girls of year 11, we were to dig deep and vomit on him. That was it. Huge laugh. She’d lost the room. Continue reading...