USCIS conducts second lottery for H-1B cap visas for fiscal 2022
Unsuccessful beneficiaries (candidates for whom H-1B visa applications were filed by sponsoring employers), have another chance to be selected, as the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has conducted a second round of random selection (commonly known as the lottery).
Biden federal worker vaccination push to affect millions
US President Joe Biden is expected to take a broad new step to fight the pandemic on Thursday by announcing that civilian federal government employees will need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or take regular testing and mitigation measures.
Forgotten oil and gas wells linger, leaking toxic chemicals
Severe storms leave outages, tree damage in Chicago area
US capital city issues sweeping mask requirement
Masks will be required indoors in Washington, D.C., for everyone 2 years and older starting Saturday. The mandate will put the nation’s capital in line with updated guidance that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released this week in an effort to contain the rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus.
Senate OKs bill to secure Capitol, help Afghans with visas
Probe: No wrongdoing in Richmond statue-removal contract
New Yorkers say they’ve been ignored in stop-and-frisk fight
Portland bans homeless camps in forest areas amid wildfires
The City Council adopted the rule Wednesday for “high-risk hazard zones,” including in and around Portland’s famous Forest Park and in heavily forested wetlands and natural areas around the city. The ban will apply during wildfire season or whenever a county burn ban is in effect. The 8-square-mile (21-square-kilometre) Forest Park in the heart of …
Pacific tsunami warnings lifted after earthquake in Alaska
An 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaskan peninsula late Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, generating small waves but no major tsunami.
US expected to keep border expulsions policy as Delta variant cases surge
The United States is expected to delay a partial rollback of a controversial migrant expulsion policy, according to three people familiar with the matter, citing fears related to the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus.
US Vice President Kamala Harris releases strategy to tackle migration’s root causes
Preliminary injunction sought against USCIS to stop a ‘second’ H-1B lottery for financial year 2022
Blinken’s meeting with Dalai Lama representatives riles China
US economy accelerated at a solid 6.5% rate last quarter
Partition history echoes in faraway Berkeley
Severe weather in Wisconsin causes widespread damage
Pro-Sanders group rebranding into ‘pragmatic progressives’
3 New Orleans clubs require vaccination, negative Covid test
Biden will allow eviction moratorium to expire, calls on Congress to extend it ‘without delay’
LA’s Venice Beach a flashpoint in city’s homeless crisis
Once fading, mask sales starting to rebound
A spot check of businesses and other data sources are showing that mask sales have been rising in recent weeks as Americans worry about the surging cases of the delta variant of the coronavirus.
Iran’s Khamenei blames ‘cowardly’ US for pause in nuclear talks
Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday declared Tehran would not accept Washington’s “stubborn” demands in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal and said the United States had failed to guarantee that it would never abandon the pact again.