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Three easy food and beverage swaps to level up health at home and reduce inflammation
Anna Kurzaeva/iStock (NEW YORK) — Registered dietician and author Rachel Beller joined “Good Morning America” to share tips that will help others level up their nutrition and may help reduce the risk of chronic illness [Read More…]
Biden administration speaks out on federal blood donation policy impacting gay men amid national blood shortage
Boy_Anupong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the first time, the Biden administration is commenting on the Food and Drug Administration’s long-time blood donation guidelines, which are impacting the LGBTQ+ community by preventing gay and bisexual men [Read More…]
Alabama football coach Nick Saban urges Manchin to pass voting rights bill but punts on filibuster change
Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) — University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and NBA icon Jerry West joined three fellow sports personalities native to West Virginia to pen a letter [Read More…]
Willie O’Ree, 1st Black NHL player, reflects on his time in the league
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images (BOSTON) — The Boston Bruins retired the jersey of Willie O’Ree, the first Black NHL player, on Tuesday night — 64 years to the day of his professional hockey debut. Inducted into [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 1/18/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Minnesota 112, New York 110 Golden State 102, Detroit 86 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo 3, Ottawa 1 Washington 4, Winnipeg [Read More…]
Senate fails to change filibuster rule for passage of voting rights legislation
uschools/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday night failed to change the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority. The rule change would have required 51 votes to [Read More…]
Supreme Court paves way for Trump White House document review by Jan. 6 committee
Phil Roeder/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump’s request for a stay of a lower court mandate that hundreds of pages of his presidential records from Jan. 6 [Read More…]
Biden holds rare solo news conference ahead of 1-year mark in office
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the eve of the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, President Joe Biden held a formal news conference at the White House Wednesday, answering reporter questions on his handling of [Read More…]
Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor, Gorsuch dispute having COVID mask flap
Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor did not ask her colleague and seatmate on the bench, Justice Neil Gorsuch, to wear a mask during the omicron surge, according to a rare [Read More…]
Florida doubles down on anti-critical race theory legislation
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A new bill in Florida would ban public schools and private businesses from making people feel “discomfort” when being taught about racial discrimination in U.S. history. It passed the [Read More…]
2 Marines killed, 17 injured in rollover crash near Camp Lejeune; driver charged with death by motor vehicle
ABC News/FILE (JACKSONVILLE, N.C.) — Two Marines have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a rollover accident Wednesday near Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, according to officials. Seventeen Marines were injured [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Fauci predicts most states will be past omicron peak by mid-February
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 853,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
2 cold case homicides tied to convicted murderer, police say
Prince George’s County Police Department (FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.) — A Virginia man convicted of murder has been charged in connection with two decades-old cold case homicides, authorities said. Charles Helem, 52, is currently serving life [Read More…]
Prosecutors lay out ‘missed opportunities’ in Robert Durst murder investigation
Myung J. Chun-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A series of “missed opportunities” and an overreliance on false statements made by Robert Durst delayed his prosecution for the murder of his then-wife, Kathleen “Kathie” Durst, by [Read More…]
Suspect captured in furniture store slaying, a crime that ‘shocked’ LA neighborhood
Facebook/Brianna Kupfer (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles police on Wednesday arrested the man they say killed a 24-year-old woman while she worked alone in a furniture store. The suspect, believed to be homeless, attacked Brianna [Read More…]
Tonga’s undersea cable may take ‘weeks’ to repair after volcanic eruption
Dana Stephenson//Getty Images (LONDON) — It may take weeks to repair an undersea fiber-optic cable connecting Tonga to the rest of the world, which was severed during Saturday’s massive eruption of a submarine volcano near [Read More…]
New baguette price sparks ire of some in France
MirageC/Getty Images (PARIS) — The new price of baguettes at a leading French supermarket is sparking outrage from some. As of last week, customers in Leclerc stores were greeted with the new baguette price — [Read More…]
“Just the way Bob would have wanted” — Jeff Ross on Bob Saget’s “first class” funeral
John W. Ferguson/Getty Images Bob Saget‘s longtime friend, fellow comedian and “Roastmaster General” Jeff Ross is dishing on the beloved comedian and Full House patriarch’s funeral. To Page Six, Ross emailed details about last weekend’s send-off for Saget, who was [Read More…]
Tiffany Haddish taking boyfriend applications; Shaquille O’Neal’s Super Bowl Comedy Jam; and more
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images It’s been a week of joy and pain for Tiffany Haddish. On Friday, she was arrested for DUI, and on Tuesday, she was nominated for the NAACP Image Awards Entertainer of the Year. [Read More…]
Internet snarks at Oscar Isaac’s ‘Moon Knight’ accent
Steve Jennings/Getty Images Last night, fans of Oscar Isaac got a taste of his portrayal of the Marvel Comics superhero Moon Knight in a trailer for the forthcoming Disney+ series. And while his character Steven Grant suffers from what [Read More…]