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Black-owned autonomous grocery store opens in Georgia
Nourish + Bloom Market (FAYETTEVILLE, Ga.) — When Jilea Hemmings’ oldest son was diagnosed with autism, she and her husband, Jamie, started experimenting with food that seemed to help improve their child’s performance. The Georgia [Read More…]
Why the global chip shortage threatens the economy, national security and Americans’ ‘status quo’
Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In an increasingly digitized world, almost no industry has been left unscathed by the global shortage of electronic chips. Demand for these dime-sized building blocks needed to [Read More…]
California bill would allow kids 12 and up to get vaccines without parents
EFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A new bill in California would allow children to get vaccinated against diseases including COVID-19 without their parents’ consent. Currently, kids in the state between ages 12 [Read More…]
With young people getting colon cancer at high rates, doctors highlight importance of screening
SCIEPRO/Getty Images (DENVER) — A major new study has found that more and more young people are being diagnosed with late-stage colon cancer, prompting renewed calls among doctors for early detection and screening. Researchers from [Read More…]
As experts warn of ‘unfinished learning’ due to COVID-19, here are tips to help kids cope
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the coronavirus pandemic upends a third consecutive school year, Adam Solovoy, of Chicago, said learning loss due to the pandemic is something he has witnessed firsthand in his [Read More…]
Boston hospital denies heart transplant to man who hasn’t gotten COVID-19 vaccine
Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — The family of a Boston man is speaking out after they say their 31-year-old son was struck from a waitlist for a heart transplant because he was not [Read More…]
Scientists monitoring new omicron subvariant BA.2
Win McNamee/Getty Images (GENEVA) — Even as the omicron COVID-19 variant continues to sweep the globe, scientists are now monitoring a new mutation of omicron, dubbed BA.2. The World Health Organization maintains that BA.2 is [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 1/26/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wedneday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Cleveland 115, Milwaukee 99 LA Clippers 111, Orlando 102 Charlotte 158, Indiana 126 Atlanta 121, Sacramento 104 Miami 110, New [Read More…]
Jamaica’s 1st alpine skier gears up to compete in 2022 Winter Olympics
ABC News Live (NEW YORK) — British-born Benjamin Alexander had never put on a pair of skis until the age of 32. Only six years later, and he’s now going for gold next month in [Read More…]
Rob Gronkowski reflects on an “incredible” season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rob Gronkowski says it’s “unfortunate” the Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn’t make this year’s Super Bowl, losing 30-27 to the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional playoff, [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 1/25/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 117, New Orleans 107 Toronto 125, Charlotte 113 Denver 110, Detroit 105 Boston 128, Sacramento 75 LA Clippers 116, [Read More…]
Russia maybe ‘not serious’ about diplomacy on Ukraine but ball in its court: Blinken
Pool via ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at the State Department on Wednesday, confirmed the U.S. had delivered a written response to Moscow security demands as Russia amassed troops on [Read More…]
Biden, lawmakers prepare for Supreme Court vacancy, react to Breyer’s retirement
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday declined to expand on reports Justice Stephen Breyer would be retiring from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term, saying he would [Read More…]
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson eyed as potential replacement to Justice Stephen Breyer
Tom Williams/Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the current term, one name keeps rising to the top of the list of potential replacements: Judge [Read More…]
As new variants emerge, US government turns attention to a universal coronavirus vaccine
Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine makers raced to design a shot that perfectly matched the new virus’s genetic code. Their efforts were successful, resulting in highly effective [Read More…]
Fed signals rate hikes coming ‘soon’ amid inflation concerns
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Officials at the Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled that they could “soon” raise interest rates for the first time in three years, as inflation concerns cast a shadow over the [Read More…]
Snow storm takes aim on Northeast: Latest forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A snow storm is bearing down on the East Coast, with snow even expected to reach as far south as coastal North Carolina. The brunt of the storm will hit [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: US deaths increasing to highest point in nearly one year
John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 876,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
‘Modern-day lynching’: Man found shot dead during trip with co-worker
Carmela King via Courtesy of Paul Jubas (VENANGO COUNTY, Pa.) — The family of a Jamaican immigrant is calling his death a “modern-day lynching” after he was found shot to death on the front lawn [Read More…]
North Carolina mother, young daughter found safely after going missing in 2016
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BUNNLEVEL, N.C.) — A North Carolina mother who went missing with her young daughter in 2016 have been found safe, according to authorities. Amber Renaye Weber, then 21 years old and her [Read More…]