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A huge £10,000 ($13,950) commemorative gold coin has been created in Britain that pays tribute to the “Queen’s Beasts” — 10 mythical creatures that represent her royal ancestry. The coin, which weighs 10 kilograms (22 pounds), was made by the Royal Mint and is the largest ever created in its 1,100-year history. The Royal Mint,
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Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad. Multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN that while the Pentagon and
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Federal prosecutors are moving forward with plans to charge Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis police officers with federal civil rights violations, according to two local media reports in Minnesota. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, citing a source, and KSTP-TV, citing sources with knowledge of the investigation, say the Justice Department intends to ask a grand
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With a majority of adult Americans now at least partially vaccinated against coronavirus, roughly a quarter of adults say they will not try to get the shot, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. That vaccine-hesitant 26% is much more willing to return to regular activity, far less confident in the government health
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Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — A child was left with no choice but to jump from six stories up after a fire broke out at a Bronx apartment building Wednesday. She is critically injured but expected to survive. It happened at a 17-story high-rise apartment building near 169th Street
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When President Joe Biden drops by Jimmy Carter’s two-bedroom ranch house in Plains, Georgia, on Thursday — a pilgrimage to visit a man he vocally supported as a young senator decades ago — it will be at least the fourth time he’s spoken with one of his presidential or vice-presidential predecessors this month. He phoned
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Click here for updates on this story LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — (CBS) — A woman in Lexington is helping hundreds of families deal with severe food allergies. Amy Thieringer is the creator and CEO of A.R.T. Allergy Release Technique. She started this holistic alternative treatment after nearly losing her own son to a severe allergic
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The family of Andrew Brown Jr. and a district attorney offered different accounts Wednesday as to what led to the fatal police shooting of the Black man last week in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The family and their attorneys have been allowed to see some of the police bodycam footage and a judge ruled Wednesday
Continue ReadingGet ready for a Big Apple summer. Mayor Bill de Blasio is targeting July 1 for New York City’s “full reopening,” telling MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” “we’re ready to come back and come back strong.” “We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters, full-strength,” de Blasio said Thursday. That will likely
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Jimmy Kimmel has interviewed many eccentric guests as the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” over the years, but one of his most surreal interviews took place on Wednesday night. The ABC late night host sat down with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for an extensive talk (the full interview on YouTube runs nearly 20 minutes). Lindell
Continue ReadingJill Biden has no time for dawdling; she has work to do. At a vaccine clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last week, sensing hesitancy from a woman waiting to get her first shot, the first lady spoke up: “It’s, like, so fast.” The woman said she was scared, so Biden went to stand next to
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — A tragic death has brought a Des Moines aunt and her nieces and nephews closer than they ever imagined. Deb Simmons lost her sister, and now she’s adopting all six of her kids. From 6 to 19 years old, Simmons has her hands
Continue ReadingBlue Origin, the Jeff Bezos-backed space tourism venture, will soon begin selling tickets for its rocket. The company made the announcement in a nearly minute-long video featuring Bezos himself. It points people to Blue Origin’s website, which features a sign-up page for more information scheduled to be released May 5. Neither price nor dates were
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden pledged his support for transgender Americans during his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, telling members of the community he’s standing by them at a time when they face a barrage of attacks by GOP-led state legislatures. “I also hope Congress will get to my desk the Equality Act
Continue ReadingThe new season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” will reveal a lot more about Janine. Before being forced to become a handmaid inside Gilead, Janine, played by Madeline Brewer, was a waitress with a son named Caleb. “I used to be kind of pretty before they turned me into a freak, so everyone can see what
Continue ReadingTurkey has entered its first national coronavirus lockdown as infection rates continue to climb in the country, now the highest in Europe. The lockdown began on Thursday at 7 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) and will last through the remainder of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and over the Eid al Fitr holiday.
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President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he was not given a heads-up that the apartment and office of Rudy Giuliani were set to be raided Wednesday, an extraordinary move in the Justice Department’s ongoing probe of former President Donald Trump’s onetime attorney. Asked if he was given notice ahead of the raid, Biden emphatically
Continue ReadingKamala Harris will soon be making more history when she becomes the first United States vice president to have a figure on display at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in New York City. The attraction in Times Square released photos Wednesday of the work done so far on busts of Vice President Kamala Harris and
Continue ReadingThe US military withdrawal from Afghanistan is now formally underway, according to several US defense officials. Fewer than 100 troops, along with military equipment, have been moved largely by aircraft to execute President Joe Biden’s order to begin the withdrawal process no later than May 1. In addition, contractors and US government workers are also
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — The SAT test was first administered to high school students in 1926. The ACT is the younger of the two standardized tests having been introduced back in 1959. But are the titans of testing standards being ushered out of existence by the pandemic? “The
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