U.S. health officials said Sunday that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading throughout the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations. President Joe Biden’s chief medial adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CNN’s “State of the Union” that scientists need […]
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the start of a roundtable discussion on voting rights for people living with disabilities in her ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2021. “If we are truly a democracy, it means we have a representative government that reflects the experience […]
A stock image of a mountaineer in Chamonix, France.OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images A mountaineer stumbled upon a treasure trove of jewels on a glacier off France’s Mont Blanc in 2013. The precious gems are believed to have belonged to a passenger who died in a plane crash. Local authorities in Chamonix have agreed, after […]
A member of the Proud Boys holds an American Flag during a far-right rally on August 22, 2021 in Portland, Oregon.MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND/AFP via Getty Images Members of the far-right Proud Boys in Utah are holding a “Kyle Rittenhouse Appreciation” rally on Saturday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. The Proud Boys are labeled as an extremist […]
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton A Taco Bell manager is leaving after 20 years for a non-food service job. He says customers have gotten more demanding and abusive since the pandemic started. Workers are also burnt out and pushed to their limits, he says. After 20 years of working at Taco Bell, a worker told Insider that he’s […]
WASHINGTON — With the Omicron variant of the coronavirus having made landfall in the United States and with public discontent with the economy on the rise, the White House blamed Republicans for its woes. “There are some forces against us,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki conceded at a Friday afternoon press briefing, which followed […]
Tom Brady.Mark LoMoglio/AP Images Tom Brady reportedly advocated for Buccaneers players to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Brady reportedly told players it would help their health and employment opportunities. The Bucs had said they were 100% vaccinated, but Antonio Brown was recently suspended for misrepresenting his vaccination status. As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were pushing for […]
Rochester Hills District Court Four days before 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley allegedly opened fire at his Michigan high school, his parents bought him an unusually early Christmas gift: a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun. The teen accompanied his father, James Crumbley, to buy the gun at Acme Shooting Goods in the small town of Oxford. Ethan referred […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Dr. Sikhulile Moyo was analyzing COVID-19 samples in his lab in Botswana last week when he noticed they looked startlingly different from others. Within days, the world was ablaze with the news that the coronavirus had a new variant of concern — one that appears to be driving a dramatic surge in […]
Chinese student Zou Yaqi was able to live in “luxury” for free in Beijing just by dressing up and acting like a socialite. A socialite life: Zou reportedly spent 21 days in May eating free food, staying at luxury hotels, using VIP lounges and facilities and wearing expensive clothes and jewelry without spending a dime […]