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Month: March 2021

Fireworks cause massive explosion in Ontario; 2 dead, multiple structures damaged

Officials confirmed that there are two people died after a massive fireworks-caused explosion in Ontario Tuesday afternoon. Someone’s firework stack went off in Ontario shook our whole neighborhood pic.twitter.com/LmUrtgl0oK— pms♑️ (@Prudencepms) March 16, 2021 It scared me and shook the whole house 😅 pic.twitter.com/BwQM12750g— kawaii 🐾 (@supersupersteff) March 16, 2021 According to the city’s Twitter

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Michelle Obama says it ‘wasn’t a complete surprise’ to hear Meghan talk of racism in the royal family

For many people of color, hearing Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, speak about racism within the royal family was, though shocking, not exactly surprising. And one of those people was former first lady Michelle Obama. In an interview with Jenna Bush Hager on NBC’s “Today” show, Obama spoke about her thoughts on Meghan’s experiences with

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College applications in pandemic year show deepening inequities in access to higher education

Applying to college is stressful in normal times, but this year, students felt the extra stress of having to deal with pandemic-related restrictions that made many of the usual steps, like working with high school counselors, visiting campuses, and in-person interviews, nearly impossible, college admissions officers say. Many students today “aren’t getting access to …

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European regulator ‘convinced’ benefits of AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh risks as suspensions continue

Europe’s medicines regulator has said there’s “no indication” that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has caused blood clots, as the list of countries temporarily halting the vaccine’s rollout over safety concerns continues to grow. On Tuesday, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Latvia and Sweden became the latest European nations to suspend its use, despite advice from the European Medical

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US intelligence report says Russia attempted to interfere in 2020 election with goal of ‘denigrating’ Biden and helping Trump

The US intelligence community has assessed that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2020 election by conducting influence operations aimed at “denigrating President Biden’s candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process, and exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the US,” according to a new report released by the

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