Covid-19 vaccines are coming, but in most of Europe, winter is coming faster. In several countries, cases are surging again — after many countries seemed to be turning the tide. Politicians are desperate to find a balance of restrictions that flatten the curve without flattening the economy or upsetting residents who are eager to reunite
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The Rose Bowl will no longer host of one of this season’s College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year’s Day due to Covid-19 restrictions in Southern California, the College Football Playoff and the Tournament of Roses announced Saturday. The game will be relocated to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, because families of the football teams
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Dr. José Romero says he’s received a few letters. As chairman of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Romero may be the single most influential person deciding who will get a coronavirus vaccine — and when — in the coming months. People know it, and they’ve been lobbying Romero, and other members of the committee,
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As Covid-19 restrictions tightened in China early this year, a fugitive who had been on the run for four years after allegedly stealing a corpse was running out of places to hide. Qiu Binhua, from Shenmu City, Shaanxi Province, was believed to have sold the body for a ritual, making 5,000 yuan ($760) profit, according
Continue Reading The US Surgeon General is touting the coronavirus vaccine as “almost 100% certain” to prevent severe disease, part of his effort to reassure the public it’s safe to get. As health care workers administer Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, the experts have more information about them than any other in history, Dr. Jerome Adams said at
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Just hours after Jim Carrey said he would no longer play president-elect Joe Biden on “Saturday Night Live,” the NBC variety show introduced its new Biden. “SNL” castmember Alex Moffat took over the role of the former vice president on Saturday night. However, current Vice President Mike Pence, played by Beck Bennett, was center stage
Continue Reading Employees at a restaurant in Ohio received a Christmas gift they didn’t see coming when a customer left a $5,600 tip for the entire staff to split. The guest, who asked the restaurant to allow him to remain anonymous, was dining at Souk Mediterranean Kitchen in Toledo on December 12 when he left the massive
Continue Reading A real-life Santa’s workshop is churning out toys in Desert Hot Springs, California. This 26-year Army veteran and his wife have spent most of the last decade making toys in a woodshop behind their house. It’s a labor of love that started as a hobby. “After retirement, I got bored and needed something to do,”
Continue Reading A Virginia man authorities describe as a “White supremacist” and “an advocate for pedophilia” is facing charges in California and Colorado for traveling across the country to kidnap a 12-year-old girl, officials said Saturday. Nathan Daniel Larson, 40, is in Denver County Jail on a misdemeanor charge and faces felony charges in California for the
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Paul McCartney has officially released an album that he recorded during his time in quarantine. “McCartney III” is the former Beatle’s 18th solo album. The album was released on Friday and features 11 new songs. The 78-year-old McCartney plays all instruments and sings all the vocals, just like his two previous eponymous solo albums, 1970’s
Continue Reading Keep your eyes on the early morning skies for the oft-neglected Ursid meteor shower on December 22, on the heels of the winter solstice. This small meteor shower can really be seen only from the Northern Hemisphere with between five and 10 meteors streaking across the sky per hour. The Ursids peak on the evening
Continue Reading After a regular season replete with stops, starts and multiple schedule changes, the College Football Playoff picture is coming into focus. Saturday concluded the conference championship schedule — in addition to other regular-season games. Entering the day, Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State held the top four spots — in that order — in
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(CNN) — El presidente Donald Trump convocó a una reunión en la Oficina Oval el viernes, en la que participaron la abogada Sidney Powell y su cliente, el exasesor de seguridad nacional Michael Flynn, dijeron dos personas familiarizadas con el asunto, que describieron una sesión que comenzó como una reunión improvisada pero que pasó a
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated Dallas Cowboys long snapper L.P. Ladouceur ahead of his 251st NFL game, which will set a record for a Canadian-born player. When Ladouceur takes to the field against the San Francisco 49ers at Arlington Sunday, he will surpass the 250 games of Canadian-born former kicker Eddie Murray, who
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It’s a major advancement for our military as Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) held a test firing Saturday morning using a new advanced piece of weaponry.
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration is pushing to make major adjustments to the Pentagon organizations charged with cybersecurity and signals intelligence, according to a US defense official. The proposal, first reported by Defense One, would split the command of US Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, two organizations currently being led by the same four-star military
Continue Reading Bret Bielema is returning to college football as head coach at the University of Illinois. Bielema is currently the outside linebackers coach for the NFL’s New York Giants, but will be leaving at the end of the week after less than a season, according to the Friday announcement from Illinois. The coach is no stranger
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Millions of Americans expect to lose wages in the next four weeks. Millions of Americans don’t have enough to eat, are falling behind on housing payments or have had trouble paying their bills. And millions of Americans are lapsing into poverty. As the coronavirus surges again across the nation, the fragile economic recovery is showing
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, indicó a través de su cuenta de Twitter que este sábado conversó con el presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, en donde, según López Obrador «reafirmamos el compromiso de trabajar juntos por el bienestar de nuestros pueblos y naciones». La llamada telefónica la
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Covid-19 continues to ravage the United States, even as a second coronavirus vaccine received a vote of recommendation from a committee at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization and Practices (ACIP) voted Saturday to recommend Moderna’s vaccine candidate for people 18 and older, following the US Food
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