comments feedAdobe Stock From Newsmax When new COVID variant BA.2.86 emerged in late July, scientists had concerns about its ability to evade immunity. But early lab tests seem to be easing those fears, as well as concerns over the variant’s ability to spread widely. Also called Pirola, the variant is highly mutated, with more than 30 […]
Trump sues CNN for $475M, says it’s defaming him to thwart 2024 run
October 3, 2022 by Leave a Comment
By Jeffrey Rubin From Newsmax Former President Donald Trump has filed suit against CNN for defamation, according to a Bloomberg news service report. It said the ex-president claims the cable news network has escalated a campaign of libel and slander against him because it fears he’ll run for re-election in 2024. News reports from various wire services say […]
Coronavirus: US admits ‘failing’ on testing, says Fauci
March 12, 2020 by Leave a Comment
From BBC A top health official in the US says that the testing system for coronavirus is currently failing. “The system is not really geared to what we need right now… let’s admit it,” said Dr Anthony Fauci from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The government has come under fire as the […]
Runaway cat traveled 1,200 miles over five years before being apprehended
December 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Mike Wehner From BGR Sasha is a good cat. His owner, Viktor Usov, hadn’t seen him for five years after the frisky feline disappeared from his Portland home. He had no idea where Sasha went, but when an animal goes missing for five years it’s easy to assume they’ll never be seen again. When […]
Mexico ambush: Boy, 13, walked 23km for help after gun attack
November 6, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From BBC A 13-year-old survivor of the attack by suspected Mexican drug cartel gunmen on a convoy of US Mormons hid six siblings in bushes before walking 23km (14 miles) to get help, his family said. Eight children survived Monday’s attack in northern Mexico in which three women and six children were killed. Five of […]
Former Yale professor sexually assaulted five students, report says
August 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Rob Frehse,From CNN (CNN)A former Yale psychiatry professor sexually assaulted five students and engaged in other sexual misconduct, according to an independent report released by the university.Eugene Redmond, who was on the faculty for 44 years, is accused of misconduct and sexual assault primarily by interns in a program he ran that included undergraduate students at […]
How China is heavily contributing to Middle East drone and missile proliferation
August 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Paul Iddon The New Arab China has supplied armed drones to several Middle East countries, contributing greatly to the proliferation of these weapons in the troubled region in clear contravention of the MTCR’s noble objectives. The People’s Republic of China has contributed significantly to the proliferation of both ballistic missiles and armed drones in […]
US: Manhattan power is back on hours later as governor calls outage unacceptable
July 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Faith Karimi and Steve Almasy From CNN New York (CNN)Power was fully restored in New York early Sunday after an outage left parts of the city in darkness for hours, leaving thousands trapped in subway cars and elevators, and people guiding traffic at intersections. The outage started Saturday evening and the lights were back […]
An Arizona man reportedly told police he fatally stabbed a teenager because the boy’s rap music made him feel ‘unsafe’
July 10, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Kelly McLaughlin From Business Insider Michael Paul Adams was arrested and charged with killing a 17-year-old boy at a Circle K in Peoria, Arizona on Thursday. Multiple news outlets and social media posts named the victim as Elijah Al-Amin from Glendale, Arizona. Adams told police that Elijah did not provoke the attack, and that […]
Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage
May 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Photos of celebrations in Taiwan after it became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage on Friday, becoming the first country in Asia to do so. Thousands of people filled the streets of the nation’s capital city, Taipei, to celebrate the new law. The bill, which will go into effect on […]
