Category: News


Lakers’ LeBron James on NBA’s plans for All-Star Game: ‘I have zero energy and zero excitement’


Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James threw cold water on the NBA’s plans Thursday night, calling the idea a “slap in the face” after the league initially scrapped the game due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/lakers/2021/02/04/lebron-james-nba-all-star-game-zero-energy-zero-excitement/4401256001/

 

Donald Trump’s backers failed to take down Liz Cheney. But the GOP’s ‘civil war’ is nowhere near over.


Donald Trump and his allies lost the first battle for post-election control of the Republican Party Wednesday night – but not without a fight, making clear that the political war within the GOP is nowhere near over.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/04/donald-trump-backers-didnt-oust-liz-cheney-but-republican-civil-war-goes/4362276001/

‘We are coming for them’: Feds charge West Coast Proud Boys leader in Capitol riot investigation


Another leader of the Proud Boys, an extremist group with ties to white nationalism, was charged Wednesday in connection with the Capitol riots, as federal authorities continue to scrutinize the group’s ties to the deadly assault.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/03/seattle-proud-boys-leader-charged-capitol-riots-1-183-charged/4379797001/

Marjorie Taylor Greene: House Republicans resist pressure to oust lawmaker


House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy disavowed Marjorie Taylor Greene’s remarks, but noted they came before she was elected.

Biden signs orders on migrant family separations and asylum


US President Joe Biden has signed three executive actions seeking to reunite migrant families split up by a Trump-era policy and ordering a review of his predecessor’s wider immigration agenda.

Groundbreaking biofuel rocket could be ‘Uber for space’


Strapped to a trailer and pulled by a pick-up truck along a runway once used by B-52 bombers in the Cold War, it wasn’t the most glamorous entrance for a rocket about to make history.

Huge snowstorm heads for US east coast


Cities on the east coast of the US, including New York and Boston, are bracing for up to 60cm (20in) of snow as a major winter storm approaches.