President Joe Biden has admitted he wishes he had thought to order 500million at-home Covid tests earlier, and that ‘nothing’s been good enough’ in terms of combating the surging coronavirus Omicron variant. Biden acknowledged shortcomings in his administration’s efforts in a Wednesday night interview with ABC News, as he faced criticism for not having free […]
Kim Potter, the former police officer who was convicted of first and second degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, was pictured with a big grin spread across her face in her most recent mugshot. Potter, 49, was stoic when being led away in handcuffs at Hennepin County Court on Thursday, despite having […]
Washington has rejected plans to revamp vaccine preparedness for decades and repeatedly paid a price. The Biden administration is at a similar crossroads. A vaccination site in Los Angeles in January. Credit…Bing Guan/Bloomberg Supported by By Chris Hamby and Sheryl Gay Stolberg WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration tries to stanch yet another wave of the […]
A 10-year-old girl has become the latest victim of a deadly trend on social media dubbed the ‘Blackout Challenge’. Tawainna Anderson found her daughter Nylah unconscious in her bedroom at their home in Chester, Pennsylvania, after she had attempted the dangerous dare, which involves those who take part holding their breath until they pass out. […]
Washington has rejected plans to revamp vaccine preparedness for decades and repeatedly paid a price. The Biden administration is at a similar crossroads. A vaccination site in Los Angeles in January. Credit…Bing Guan/Bloomberg Supported by By Chris Hamby and Sheryl Gay Stolberg WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration tries to stanch yet another wave of the […]
Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have developed a vaccine they believe is effective in protecting against Omicron and all Covid and SARS variants. The jab that is reportedly effective even against previous SARS-origin viruses is the culmination of nearly two years of work at the US Department of Defense’s largest biomedical […]
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Northern California on Monday and could be felt as far away as San Francisco and other Bay Area cities. The quake struck just after noon local time off Cape Mendocino near Humboldt County, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was 30.8 miles southwest of […]
Footage of Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion in Florida has been shown in court as the closing arguments of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial take place. The video of the late paedophile’s Palm Beach estate was shown as evidence in Maxwell’s federal sex-trafficking hearing. The 59-year-old British socialite is charged with eight counts of sex trafficking and other crimes, […]
The new coronavirus Omicron variant ‘greatly compromises’ the ability of vaccines from the four major brands – and booster shots – in preventing infection, according to a new study. Researchers at Columbia University tested the Omicron variant on the blood of people vaccinated with two doses of vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and […]
An odd array of weather events have hit the Great Plains and Midwest regions of the US, bringing snow squalls, dust storms, unseasonably warm temperatures, high winds, thunderstorms and even tornadoes to some states. The country saw the highest number of hurricane-force gusts in a single day on Wednesday, just days after one of the […]