The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb
“There is much we don’t know about the new COVID-19 variant—but everything we know so far suggests a huge danger.” A new variant of the coronavirus is spreading across the globe. It was first identified MORE
“There is much we don’t know about the new COVID-19 variant—but everything we know so far suggests a huge danger.” A new variant of the coronavirus is spreading across the globe. It was first identified MORE
Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021. . . . Time to celebrate….. 2021: A story that hasn’t been written. I wonder what it will say when all is said and done? Today on Jan. 1 we start MORE
The Trump administration is declassifying as-yet uncorroborated intelligence, recently briefed to President Trump, that indicates China offered to pay non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack American soldiers, two senior administration officials tell Axios. The big MORE
The US flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Middle East Wednesday in the latest show of force meant to deter Iran, as defense officials remain divided over the risk posed by the regime and the Iraq-based militias MORE
“I love my uncle. But when it comes to vaccines, he is wrong” Kerry Kennedy Meltzer, internal medicine resident physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center My hospital, along with hundreds of others across the MORE
A significant number of Americans believe misinformation about the origins of the coronavirus and the recent presidential election, as well as conspiracy theories like QAnon, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. Forty percent of respondents said MORE
The Louisville Metro Police Department is seeking to fire two more officers in the police shooting of Breonna Taylor — one who sought the “no-knock” search warrant for her apartment and a second who fired the fatal bullet. MORE
The vulnerability of the telecommunications system in Nashville and beyond became clear Christmas Day when AT&T’s central office in downtown became the site of a bombing. Mayor John Cooper called the blast on Second Avenue an attack on infrastructure. The effects MORE
Fears of WWIII: On Jan. 2, the Pentagon announced that President Trump had ordered the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed via drone strike. In the hours that followed, Iran threatened “harsh retaliation” and MORE
The emergency room doctor who was reportedly removed from his hospital’s rota schedule for publicly calling out Donald Trump said he stands by his words and does not regret criticising the president for his “insanity” to wave at supporters while getting treatment for Covid-19. MORE
ROCKFORD, Illinois – An active-duty rmember of the Army has been charged with murder after a shooting rampage at a bowling alley complex that left three people dead and three others wounded, authorities said Sunday. Duke Webb, 37, was MORE
Happy Friday, News Viewers, Christmas Day, 2020. . . . .Before long, we’ll be saying Happy New Year’s Eve, Happy New Years Day 2021; then Happy Inauguration Day, 2021. If we thought the Inauguration would MORE
f you’re the type to be disappointed by what’s under the Christmas tree, this year you may find yourself even more dismayed by what’s not under the tree. Millions of gifts may arrive late, as MORE
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis pardoned the parents involved in the “Balloon Boy” saga of 2009 as part of nearly two dozen pardons and commutations on Wednesday. MORE
Iraqis have reacted with outrage to Donald Trump’s move to pardon four security guards from the security firm Blackwater who were jailed for a 2007 massacre that sparked an outcry over the use of mercenaries in war. MORE
Trump is expected to grant more pardons in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, the U.N. special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, urged Trump to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. MORE
Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky today (Dec. 21) in an event astronomers call the “great conjunction,” and you can watch it online with webcasts from The Virtual Telescope Project, Slooh and MORE
EDINBURGH, Scotland—On Jan. 2, Boris Johnson was feeling pretty good about himself. Having just secured a massive majority in last year’s festive election, the British prime minister posted a thumbs-up photo of his grinning face with the caption: “This is going MORE
(CNN)Attorney Sidney Powell, who has repeatedly pushed baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, was spotted leaving the White House late Sunday evening just days after a heated Oval Office meeting with some of President Donald Trump’s MORE
Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse are getting closer to holding a vote on whether to form the first U.S. union at one of America’s largest employers — a groundbreaking possibility closely watched by the MORE
Happy Friday, News Viewers. Here are a few cartoons to remind us what we’ve been through this year. For every one there were hundreds more; it’s no wonder we’re all traveling between hope, dread, exhaustion, MORE
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers closed in on a roughly $900billion COVID-19 relief deal Wednesday morning that may include another round of checks and other much-needed financial benefits for Americans, according to a source familiar with negotiations who wasn’t MORE
CNN) The powerful winter storm system that promised heavy snow in parts of the Northeast delivered just that, and created deadly road conditions across the region. Virginia State Police confirmed a 19-year-old involved in a collision in MORE
What person or group of people do you think best represents 2020? Do you agree with Time magazine’s selection of President-elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as its persons of the year? MORE
President Trump’s media criticism is usually binary — there are “good stories,” favorable to him, and then the other category. MORE