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New data shows that the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine “provides high levels of protection against infection and symptomatic disease,” Public Health England (PHE) said in a press release on Monday. PHE’s Siren Study, which was carried out on healthcare workers aged under the age of 65, found that one dose of the
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The Supreme Court’s rejection of Donald Trump’s attempts to keep his tax returns out of the hands of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is a potent reminder of this fact: The former President is in real legal jeopardy — on a number of fronts. In the narrowest aperture what the court’s ruling means is that
Continue ReadingThroughout Olivia Thompson’s 12-hour shift as a cardiac and Covid-19 nurse in Chandler, Arizona, she closely monitors the oxygen levels of several patients at a time and works with other medical specialists to heal them. For some, no amount of care Thompson gives prevents them from being transferred to the Intensive Care Unit. “There were
Continue ReadingThe last 12 months have been tolling for Linda Harris, who lives in a small Southwest Georgia city hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m tired of losing grandparents, grandmamas, granddaddys and some of our small children, too.” Back-to-back funerals and a marathon proved to be deadly, as the virus quickly spread throughout Albany, Georgia.
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Boris Johnson has set out his four-step roadmap to take England out of lockdown. The country has been in full national lockdown since January 4, after a new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus was discovered in southeast England. All being well, Johnson’s government is hopeful that most of the economy will be able to open
Continue ReadingRio Tinto’s former CEO got a huge payout last year despite being forced to resign over the company’s destruction of a sacred Indigenous site in Australia. Jean-Sébastien Jacques received £13.3 million ($18.6 million) in pay and long-term incentive rewards in 2020, compared to £7.1 million ($9.9 million) the previous year, according to the company’s annual
Continue ReadingMerrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee, vowed Monday to prosecute the “heinous” crimes committed in the attack on the US Capitol and to redouble the Justice Department’s efforts to provide equal justice amid heated policy debates over race and the criminal justice system. Garland is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday,
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case brought by various groups and state and local officials challenging a Trump-era rule that makes it more difficult for immigrants to obtain legal status if they use public benefits, such as Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers. The rule, issued by the Trump administration
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Boris Johnson has set out his four-step roadmap to take England out of lockdown. The country has been in full national lockdown since January 4, after a new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus was discovered in southeast England. All being well, Johnson’s government is hopeful that most of the economy will be able to open
Continue ReadingDisney+ is warning viewers that some episodes of “The Muppet Show” feature “negative depictions” and “mistreatment of people or cultures.” The variety show, which ran for 120 episodes in the 1970s and features puppet characters interacting with celebrity guests, was added to Disney’s streaming service last week. Viewers are being shown the warning label before
Continue ReadingOlivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” got its own “Saturday Night Live” sketch this weekend, with the singer calling it the “best birthday present ever.” Rodrigo, who was posting Instagram stories of the sketch playing on her TV, also tweeted “DRIVERS LICENSE SNL SKETCH IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER IM SHAKING.” The sketch centered around a
Continue ReadingJim Carrey is a painter, cartoonist and sketcher in his spare time, using the mediums the last couple of years to speak out against the Trump administration. The actor says he’s now taking a break from posting the political messages, explaining that he’s taking some time to breathe after crossing “an ocean of outrage.” “Hey
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Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that has been the focus of claims about election fraud, is suing MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell. The company is seeking about $1.3 billion in damages for Lindell’s numerous public statements that Dominion rigged its machines in favor of Joe Biden in the 2020 US presidential election.
Continue ReadingAt last, Merrick Garland gets his Senate confirmation hearing. Garland is testifying Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first day of a two-day hearing as President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee. It’s a hearing five years in the making, after Garland became the poster child for the Republican blockade of an open Supreme
Continue ReadingAt last, Merrick Garland gets his Senate confirmation hearing. Five years ago, Garland became the poster child for the Republican blockade of an open Supreme Court seat in the final year of President Barack Obama’s term when Senate Republicans denied even a hearing to the Supreme Court nominee. Now Garland gets another chance to go
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Susan Collins will vote against the nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget, dealing another blow to her chances of being confirmed after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced his opposition last week. Collins, a moderate from Maine, was seen as a potential Republican vote following
Continue ReadingThe president and three members of a school board in Northern California have resigned after they were heard making disparaging comments about parents in the school district during a virtual board meeting last Wednesday. Members of the Oakley Union Elementary School District (OUESD) Board of Trustees apparently believed they were speaking privately in the moments
Continue ReadingCollege gymnast Margzetta Frazier received the call of a lifetime after going viral with a spectacular floor routine set to some of pop star Janet Jackson’s greatest hits. Earlier in February, the University of Californian athlete took the internet by storm and scored an impressive 9.925 out of 10 at UCLA’s meet against Brigham Young
Continue ReadingEveryone seems to love fried chicken sandwiches. But how about a fried chicken sandwich on a taco? Taco Bell is making that dream come true with its new Crispy Chicken Sandwich Taco. It’s a creative concoction: The all-white piece of chicken is marinated in jalapeño buttermilk and fried with a crunchy tortilla chip coating, served
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The loud boom was unmistakable aboard United Flight 328 just after takeoff on Saturday. Something had clearly gone very wrong. Some of the 241 people on the flight from Denver International Airport to Honolulu opened their windows to see an exposed engine spewing flames and pieces of the plane falling away. Others closed their windows,
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