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Washington supermarket shooting: One dead at Fred Meyer with gunman on the run

A gunman is on the loose after allegedly shooting and killing at least one person at a supermarket in southeast Washington on Monday. The Kennewick Police Department released images of a man in a checkered shirt and dark vest who allegedly shot at least two people at a Fred Meyer market in Richland. The man […]

900,000 dead: Covid deaths in the US are surging in low-vaccination states

The US death toll from the coronavirus hit 900,000 on Friday, an astronomically high number hastily reached in part due to the rapid spread of the contagious Omicron variant. The startling new milestone comes less than two months after the death toll passed 800,000. Over 60,000 Covid-related deaths were reported in January, nearly double the […]

900,000 dead: Covid deaths in the US are surging in low-vaccination states

The US death toll from the coronavirus hit 900,000 on Friday, an astronomically high number hastily reached in part due to the rapid spread of the contagious Omicron variant. The startling new milestone comes less than two months after the death toll passed 800,000. Over 60,000 Covid-related deaths were reported in January, nearly double the […]

Mike Pence says Donald Trump was wrong claiming he could overturn 2020 election

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Donald Trump was ‘wrong’ in claiming Pence could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, and that ‘the presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone.’ For the first time, Pence directly addressed Trump’s false claim that Pence could have somehow prevented Joe Biden from […]

Joe Biden arrives in crime-ravaged New York City

President Joe Biden arrived in New York City Thursday afternoon to meet with Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul and discuss the concerning rise in gun violence and crime in the city. Biden’s visit to New York comes weeks after two New York City police officers died in the line of duty, and as […]

Sarah Palin trial: Suit against The New York Times begins after Covid delay

Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against The New York Times will resume Thursday in a Manhattan federal court after it was delayed a week and a half because Palin tested positive for the coronavirus. Heading into the courthouse Thursday morning, Palin told a group of reporters outside: ‘I’m clear to go and never had any symptoms.’ […]

CNN president Jeff Zucker resigns over romantic relationship with colleague

CNN president Jeff Zucker announced his resignation Wednesday, and pointed to his failure to disclose his romantic relationship with a close colleague as why he was leaving after nine years. Zucker’s resignation comes with an acknowledgement that he failed to share, as he should have disclosed, that he had a romantic relationship with a co-worker […]

Joe Biden approves new US troops to Europe amid Russia threat to Ukraine

President Joe Biden on Wednesday morning formally approved sending additional US troops to eastern Europe as Russia continues to threaten Ukraine. The deployments will reportedly occur ‘in the coming days’. The deployments will include about 2,000 American troops to Poland and a few thousand more to Romania and other southeastern NATO nations, US officials told […]

Tennessee school board bans Pulitzer Prize-winning Holocaust book

A Tennessee school district has banned a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the Holocaust from being taught in classrooms due to its ‘inappropriate language’ and an illustration of a nude woman. McMinn County school board members decided on January 10 to remove Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, a graphic novel about the author’s parents, who survived Auschwitz […]

Covid will keep infecting and prompting vaccination into next century: expert

As many look with anticipation to post-pandemic life, a health expert has made a grim prediction to the contrary – that the coronavirus will be around until the next century. Health experts worldwide have been hopeful that the highly transmissible but milder Omicron variant will transition Covid-19 from a pandemic to a more stable and […]