Help is on the way. But for many Americans, it may not be soon enough. More Americans received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine Wednesday, and federal health officials could authorize a second coronavirus vaccine in the next few days. In Pompano Beach, Florida, an 88-year-old resident at a long-term facility was administered
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Smokey Robinson took a do-over at pronouncing Hanukkah for a fan on Cameo, the celebrity greeting service. The Motown legend accidentally mispronounced the Jewish holiday when he read the Hebrew spelling Chanukah (Cha-NOOK-ah) and posted it Sunday on Twitter. “My mom grew up on the same street as Smokey Robinson in Detroit. So for Chanukah,
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Mexicali, B.C. (T3) Empresas privadas dedicadas a la venta de desinfectantes iniciaron esta semana una campaña gratuita de sanitización que beneficiará a hospitales, centro de salud, estaciones de bomberos, unidades de primera respuesta como patrullas, ambulancias y bomberas así como vehículos de del personal que presta servicios de salud. Las empresas Quersa, Deinfx y Clinsol
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The Federal Reserve, as widely expected, left its key short-term interest rate near zero following its latest policy meeting Wednesday. The Fed cut rates to that level in March and has maintained that they are likely to remain there for several years as the economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Fed has launched several
Continue Reading Robinhood has lured inexperienced investors to its free-trading app with gaming elements such as colorful confetti and other aggressive marketing techniques, Massachusetts securities regulators alleged Wednesday. The 24-page complaint accuses Millennial-focused Robinhood of violating state law and regulations by failing to take steps to protect its customers and failing to safeguard its system from the
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The Coronavirus Relief Funds Program provides grants up to $10,000 for qualifying businesses or organizations.
Continue ReadingAndrew Yang, the tech entrepreneur whose upstart presidential campaign outlasted some of the biggest names in Democratic politics, is preparing to launch a run for mayor of New York City. Yang has been reaching out to local leaders, including New York Rep. Grace Meng of Queens and the Rev. Al Sharpton, to gauge their interest
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Parents from Ohio face charges after they rented a party bus for their child’s 14th birthday and had 60 mask-less kids packed inside, Ohio police said. On Saturday, the Mount Healthy police saw an unmarked bus drop 60 kids off at the Hilltop Shopping Center, which is located approximately 11 miles north of Cincinnati. The
Continue Reading Help is on the way. But for many Americans, it may not be soon enough. More Americans received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine Wedneday, and federal health officials could authorize a second coronavirus vaccine in the next few days. In Pompano Beach, Florida, an 88-year-old resident at a long-term facility was administered
Continue Reading The incoming director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling her family they’ll be wearing masks well into next year. “Over time we will be able to maybe one day not be in our masks anymore, but I have told my family I anticipate they’ll be wearing a mask for the
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The vaccines will be distributed to health care workers first on the front lines of the deadly virus. Then first responders will get it.
Continue Reading “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” has reportedly found its star. According to the Hollywood Reporter, British actress Naomi Ackie has been chosen to play the late singer Whitney Houston in the planned biopic. “We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who could embody Whitney Houston,” the
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Investigators said Takahiro Shiraishi approached the victims via Twitter, offering to assist them with their suicidal wishes.
Continue ReadingThe Electoral College officially confirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s win Monday, yet President Donald Trump has continued to insist the results are fraudulent. Shortly after Biden crossed the electoral vote threshold necessary to secure his win, Trump took to Twitter to tout a recently released report from Allied Security Operations Group, an organization that was involved
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A major storm is set to bring heavy snow to the Northeast and a dangerous wintry mix farther south Wednesday — and could slam New York City with the most snow it’s seen from a storm in more than four years. More than 70 million people were under a winter storm warning or advisory from
Continue Reading It’s about to get much more difficult and more expensive to get packages delivered by Christmas. FedEx, United Parcel Service and the US Postal Service are handling a record number of shipments because of a huge increase in online purchases during the Covid-19 pandemic. And the current surge in Covid cases is compounding problems for
Continue ReadingA federal judge on Wednesday struck down Ohio’s policy prohibiting transgender residents from correcting the gender marker on their birth certificate, clearing the way for individuals to alter the document to reflect their gender identity. Judge Michael Watson wrote in his decision that prior to 2016, the state had allowed such changes to be made,
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is pushing extensively for the appointment of special counsels to separately investigate his baseless allegations of voter fraud and allegations surrounding Hunter Biden, the son of the President-elect, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump has raised the idea in meetings with advisers, and has gone as far as asking for
Continue Reading Major League Baseball on Wednesday sought to correct a longstanding wrong by recognizing the Negro Leagues as a major league and counting the statistics and records of thousands of Black players as part of the game’s storied history. The move comes during the centennial celebration of the founding of the Negro Leagues, which showcased stars
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Governor Doug Ducey will tour a Phoenix vaccination site Wednesday, just hours before the first Arizonans receive their coronavirus vaccines.
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