The Biden administration will send some of the Covid-19 vaccine supply directly to community health centers starting next week as part of an effort to reach underserved areas, White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients announced Tuesday. “Community health centers are an important part of our broader strategy to ensure we are reaching everyone with
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A styling hack that converts even the dowdiest of t-shirts into a Zoom-ready look is gaining steam. It’s called the “faux collar,” a detachable collar that you pop around your neck over a shirt or sweater to give it some oomph, just in time for that video call. Retailers like H&M and Macy’s are ready
Continue Reading Europeans are looking beyond lockdowns and betting that the coronavirus pandemic won’t quash summer travel for a second year. Despite uncertainty over the pandemic, millions of vacationers, particularly in the United Kingdom, have already booked trips and are spending even more than they did before the coronavirus hit, according to Tui. The world’s largest tour
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A rare yellow lobster has been caught off the coast of Maine and has been lovingly named Banana. The University of New England (UNE) said in a news release that Banana was caught by lobsterman Marley Babb and donated to the university on Wednesday. The yellow color comes from a pigment in the lobster’s shell
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Forget which comes first, the chicken or the egg. The more important question is: Are eggs good or bad for your health? Unfortunately, science can’t seem to settle on a definitive answer to that either. Just last year, a large Harvard analysis of 215,000 people found that eating one egg per day was not associated
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After her mother-in-law had difficulty signing up for a Covid-19 vaccine, a Massachusetts woman created a website to make it easier for her — and she made it easier for everyone. Olivia Adams built a website that pulls in vaccination appointments from across the state, including government sites as well as ones operated by private
Continue Reading Law enforcement agencies said they are responding to a shooting at a health care facility in Buffalo, Minnesota, on Tuesday. The Wright County, Minnesota, Sheriff’s Office said there was an “active shooter incident” at the Allina Health Urgent Care Buffalo Crossroads clinic. A suspect believed to be the shooter was taken into custody, the group
Continue ReadingMore than 80 nationally recognized criminal justice and civil rights advocacy organizations have joined in the call to President Joe Biden on Tuesday urging him to abolish the federal death penalty and commute the sentences of 49 death row inmates to life in prison. While the Justice Department has not scheduled any federal executions since
Continue Reading A female polar bear was killed by a male bear during an attempt at breeding at the Detroit Zoo on Monday, according to a news release. Female Anana, who was 20 years old, and male Nuka, 16, had lived together without incident in 2020 and zoo officials say they are surprised and devastated by what
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The 2nd Annual Cannabis and Hemp Expo kick-off is scheduled from March 20-21, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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(CNN Español) — Las nuevas variantes del coronavirus, que vienen del Reino Unido, Brasil y Sudáfrica, se van extendiendo por el mundo y han suscitado varias preguntas: ¿cuán graves van a ser estas nuevas variantes? ¿Se viene una segunda o tercera ola de la pandemia que va a poder vencer incluso las mejores vacunas? ¿vamos
Continue ReadingCongress has authorized nearly $4 trillion in spending over the past year to help address the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but only about $3 trillion of it has been spent. Roughly a third of that money went directly to struggling families through stimulus checks, expanded unemployment payments and food stamps. That leaves
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The last-minute letter former President Donald Trump’s attorney sent to top lawmakers informing them he would no longer seek a suspension of the trial if it continued through the Sabbath was prompted by Trump’s own desire to complete the trial without delay. Hours before the former president’s second impeachment trial was slated to begin, his
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The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is officially underway. On the trial’s opening day, Trump’s title of former president will be front and center. The Senate adopted the resolution governing the rules of the trial in a 89 to 11 vote, before the House impeachment managers and Trump’s team started their arguments
Continue ReadingCongress is negotiating a fresh stimulus package that would include a third round of stimulus checks, but while there’s broad agreement on the need for more direct payments, it will take weeks before any go out. The upcoming second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will push back any congressional action, and lawmakers are
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The simple question posed by Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial that begins Tuesday is whether a president who loses reelection can get away with a violent coup attempt in a desperate bid to stay in power. The answer contained in the former commander-in-chief’s likely acquittal for inciting a deadly mob assault on the Capitol will
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department on Tuesday asked US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, a turnover that spares two top prosecutors in Delaware and Connecticut overseeing two sensitive Trump-era investigations. The resignations are effective February 28, US attorneys were told on a conference call with acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson, according
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Former President Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial gets underway late Tuesday morning in the U.S. Senate.
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Tessica Brown’s video went viral after saying she had substituted her Got2b glue spray with industrial strength glue when she ran out.
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What first springs to mind when you think of Italy? For some, it’ll be the Renaissance art on display in every corner of the country. For others, it’ll be ancient Rome — the magnificent Colosseum, maybe. But for many, it’ll be another big, round and eminently photogenic Italian icon: a wheel of pizza. Colorful, comforting
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