U.S. mulls approach to 2022 Beijing Olympics
WASHINGTON — The State Department said Tuesday the Biden administration is consulting with allies about a joint approach to China and its human rights record, including how to handle the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics. The department initially suggested that an Olympic boycott to protest China’s rights abuses was among the possibilities, but a senior official said later that a boycott has not yet been discussed.
Officer to lie in honor at Capitol
William “Billy” Evans, 41, the U.S. Capitol Police veteran killed Friday, will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on April 13, a tribute reserved for the nation’s most eminent private citizens.
Navy medic shoots two sailors
FREDERICK, Md. — A Navy medic shot and wounded two U.S. sailors at a military facility Tuesday, then fled to an Army base where security forces shot and killed him, officials said. Authorities said they had yet to determine what drove 38-year-old Fantahun Girma Woldesenbet to open fire at the office park in Frederick, Maryland.
House panel investigating YouTube Kids
A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids, saying the Google-owned video service feeds children inappropriate material in “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content” so it can serve them ads. YouTube said it has sought to provide kids and families with protections and controls. “We’ve made significant investments in the YouTube Kids app to make it safer and to serve more educational and enriching content for kids, based on principles developed with experts and parents,” the company said.
2 fired over attack in NYC
NEW YORK — Two New York City apartment building workers have been fired for failing to help an Asian American woman as she was being attacked on a sidewalk, the building’s management company said Tuesday.
Superman comic sale breaks record
NEW YORK — A copy of Action Comics #1, which introduced Superman to the world, sold for a record $3.25 million in a private sale, ComicConnect.com, an online auction company, announced Tuesday.