The horse that won the Kentucky Derby but failed a drug test, causing controversy for his trainer Bon Baffert, has died. Medina Spirit died while training in Santa Anita Park in California after possibly having a heart attack, sources close to Baffert told WLKY. The three-year-old colt was working out at 7:45am when he collapsed […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The US is poised to announce a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, CNN reports, a move that will escalate tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The decision not to send any US government officials to the games beginning Feb 4 will be announced this week, the media outlet reported […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – People who received Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines may get as much benefit from a Johnson & Johnson booster shot as a Pfizer one. That’s the finding of a small study released on Sunday (Dec 5). Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston studied 65 people who had received two shots […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Detectives plan to interview an artist connected to the Detroit studio where the parents of a 15-year-old accused Michigan school shooter were found following a manhunt, a local sheriff said on Sunday (Dec 5). Mr Andrzej Sikora, 65, will be questioned to determine what role, if any, he had in the disappearance […]
Ten people aboard a cruise ship approaching New Orleans have tested positive for Covid. The Norwegian Breakaway had departed New Orleans on November 28 and is due to return this weekend. Over the past week, the ship and its 3,200 passengers made stops in Belize, Honduras and Mexico. The Louisiana Department of Health said the ship ‘has been adhering to appropriate quarantine […]
NEW ORLEANS (REUTERS) – A cruise ship set to dock in New Orleans with more than 3,000 passengers has detected 10 cases of Covid-19 among its crew and guests, the Louisiana Department of Health said late on Saturday (Dec 4). Cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway, which is owned by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, departed New Orleans on […]
AURORA, ILLINOIS (NYTIMES) – There is sobering evidence of Ms Samantha Lewis’ struggle with long Covid-19 on her bathroom mirror. Above the sink, she has posted an index card scrawled with nine steps reminding her how to brush her teeth. It is one of many strategies Ms Lewis, 34, has learnt from “cognitive rehab”, an […]
Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, is currently on trial, facing eight charges – including six counts of enticing minors and sex trafficking. Spanning a 10-year period from 1994 to 2004, the 59-year-old British socialite’s charges involve four alleged underage victims – with the youngest just 14 years old at the time. Maxwell, […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Do not wait to get a Covid-19 vaccine booster shot. That is the overwhelming advice from 15 vaccine experts, infectious disease doctors and public health officials polled by Bloomberg after the rise of the new Omicron coronavirus variant sent vaccine makers rushing to revamp their shots in case new versions are needed. The […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – The striped flag still flies in front of the Afghan Embassy here, although the Taliban has used a white one since it reclaimed the country this summer. The embassy staff, loyal to a government that no longer exists, is skeletal and largely unpaid, and it isn’t even clear that the lights will remain […]