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Private jet firms are soaring in popularity after big COVID-19 bailouts. Were they a ‘handout to the wealthy’?
Viaframe/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lingering health concerns about commercial air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic have fueled a boom in private jet travel, a trend that has led to fresh scrutiny of the industry’s [Read More…]
Omicron surge putting strain on schools to stay open, experts say
Ina Fassbender/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has been a major challenge for schools. From shutting down in March 2020, to reopening and trying to stay open, the task has been varied and in some cases [Read More…]
Boosters are the best defense against omicron. But that message isn’t getting through.
Newsday LLC/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For weeks now, as public health experts have warned about the COVID-19 omicron variant and its incredible ability to infect people, they’ve followed the bad news with good: booster shots [Read More…]
Omicron the Grinch hits kids, families days before Christmas
MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gretchen Lee, a third grader in Washington, D.C., was wrapping up her last week in school ahead of Christmas break when the unexpected happen. A fully vaccinated [Read More…]
Omicron vs. treatments: What we know about how monoclonal antibodies work against new variant
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With omicron’s explosive spread threatening to outpace current COVID-19 treatments, the race is on to find new options that will stand up to the variant. The first oral antiviral treatment [Read More…]
WHO investigating mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed nearly 100 people
Fabrice Coffrino/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization is investigating a mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed dozens of people. So far, 97 people have died of the unknown disease in [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 12/22/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Boston 111, Cleveland 101 Orlando 104, Atlanta 98 Oklahoma City 108, Denver 94 Milwaukee 126, Houston 106 LA Clippers 105, [Read More…]
US to lift Southern African travel restrictions
David McNew/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The temporary travel ban placed on eight Southern African countries will be lifted by the New Year, the White House announced Friday. The restrictions were initially issued Nov. 29 in an [Read More…]
White House defends Biden’s handling of COVID tests after David Muir interview
Allan Baxter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Thursday defended President Joe Biden’s handling of coronavirus testing after the president said in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir that [Read More…]
Five in custody after congresswoman robbed, carjacked at gunpoint
Michael Godek/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon in south Philadelphia’s largest park following a business meeting. The congresswoman was left unharmed, according to [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: New York sees record-smashing 44,431 daily cases
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 815,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
Gabby Petito’s parents start foundation to counter domestic violence, find missing persons
NurPhoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gabby Petito’s parents and stepparents have established a foundation in her name aimed at fighting domestic violence and finding missing people. The 22-year-old Petito went missing during a cross-country trip with [Read More…]
‘Tragic’: Teen apparently killed by stray police bullet in LA Burlington dressing room identified
Mel Melcon/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The 14-year-old girl believed to have been killed by a stray police bullet in a dressing room in Los Angeles was identified by the local coroner — a death the [Read More…]
Kentucky man raises thousands, delivers toys to storm victims for Christmas
Shawn Triplett/ABC News (NEW YORK) — While Santa Claus may be busy this time of year, Shawn Triplett is certainly the next best thing. Nearly two weeks ago, a slew of tornadoes upended the lives of [Read More…]
How NASA’s Webb Telescope works and other facts you need to know
Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On Christmas Day, NASA is launching into space its biggest, most expensive and most powerful telescope yet. The James Webb Space Telescope will rocket into the cosmos and [Read More…]
Melting Arctic ice will have catastrophic effects on the world, experts say. Here’s how.
MB Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If there is any doubt about climate change, look no further than the coldest regions of the planet for proof that the planet is warming at unprecedented rates, experts say. [Read More…]
One Afghan woman’s struggle to resettle in America, help her fellow refugees
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Muzhgan Azizy escaped Kabul just weeks before the swift Taliban takeover and chaotic U.S. evacuation, but adjusting to her new freedom in America has been difficult. “The resettlement journey for me [Read More…]
South Korea pardons former President Park Geun-hye
Handout/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korea’s government will grant a special pardon to former President Park Guen-hye, who was in prison on corruption charges. “From the perspective of national reconciliation, former President Park [Read More…]
Amid Ukraine invasion fears, Putin says West must give NATO guarantees
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Amid fears Russia might invade Ukraine, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has again repeated demands for guarantees from Western countries that NATO will not expand in eastern Europe, but also expressed [Read More…]
India’s staggering COVID-19 death toll could be 6 million: Study
Naveen Sharma/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New research suggests that India’s COVID-19 death toll during its first and second waves might have been significantly undercounted, with the actual number potentially 12 times higher than the official [Read More…]