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COVID-19 shuts down ‘Wendy Williams Show’, ‘Nick Cannon’ show; Nick celebrates daughter’s first birthday
Paras Griffin/Getty Images Both The Wendy Williams Show and the Nick Cannon show have been shut down until the new year due to COVID-19. Announcements were made on their Instagram pages. Williams’ show will return with new live episodes on Monday, [Read More…]
Alicia Witt’s parents found dead in their Massachusetts home
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Alicia Witt is dealing with some tragic news right before the holidays. The actress’ parents – Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75 – were found dead in their Massachusetts home on [Read More…]
Governors Awards, ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ screening event postponed due to COVID-19 surge
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images The latest COVID-19 surge has claimed more Hollywood events. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that the Governors Awards, which usually serve as a kick-off to [Read More…]
James Franco opens up about sexual misconduct allegations
Target Presse Agentur Gmbh/Getty Images In his first in-depth interview in nearly four years, James Franco is addressing the sexual misconduct allegations brought against him in 2018. The actor sat down with Sirius XM’s Jess [Read More…]
Doctor Strange reunites with Wanda in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ trailer
Marvel Studios Hot off the heels of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the first teaser trailer has been released for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe installment finds Benedict Cumberbatch’s [Read More…]
NHTSA probing Tesla after reports that drivers can play video games in motion
Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. traffic safety regulators have launched a formal probe into certain Tesla vehicles after reports emerged that drivers can play video games on the car’s touchscreen while [Read More…]
A car made from recycled plastic? This could be the future
Norm Betts/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — What comes around goes around: Your discarded plastic water bottle may soon become part of your next car. Automakers are racing to make their vehicles more sustainable [Read More…]
CityMD temporarily closes 19 locations amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Lindsey Nicholson/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Urgent care chain CityMD announced it is temporarily closing more than a dozen of its 150 locations in New York and New Jersey amid [Read More…]
DC mayor announces vaccine mandate for restaurants, bars, starting in January
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday that certain establishments, including restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms, events and meeting spaces, will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination beginning in January. Patrons above the [Read More…]
What we know so far about the COVID omicron variant
Chesnot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A month after the omicron variant was first identified, it has become the dominant strain in the United States, responsible for about three-quarters of new COVID infections. As of Wednesday, [Read More…]
Pfizer’s COVID treatment pill authorized by FDA
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An at-home treatment for COVID-19 that can prevent serious illness was authorized by the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, offering a note of optimism for the [Read More…]
US life expectancy declined in 2020 mainly due to COVID, report finds
Alex Wong/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Life expectancy in the United States decreased by nearly two years in 2020, mainly because of the pandemic, a new federal report suggests. In 2019, Americans had a life expectancy [Read More…]
Man pleads guilty to fraudulently ordering Tom Brady family Super Bowl rings
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A New Jersey man posed as a New England Patriots player to fraudulently obtain family Super Bowl LI rings, intended to be purchased by family members of Patriots players, the [Read More…]
President Biden to ABC’s David Muir: Accountability needed for Jan. 6 insurrection ‘no matter where it goes’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir that “accountability is necessary” for the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, “no [Read More…]
Congresswoman robbed, carjacked at gunpoint
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — 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 [Read More…]
Jan. 6 committee seeks interview with Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan
Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack sent a letter on Wednesday to GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, requesting he appear for an interview with the [Read More…]
Confederate time capsule opened in Virginia
Bob Brown – Pool/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — A time capsule estimated to be more than 130 years old, unearthed from the base of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, was being opened [Read More…]
Model legislation targets banks that divest from fossil fuel companies
Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council, otherwise known as ALEC, is pushing a new piece of anti-fossil fuel divestment legislation after a version of the bill was passed in [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Airline says omicron surge may create significant disruptions
Spencer Platt/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 810,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
Aid groups get greater leeway to help in Afghanistan amid famine warnings
KeithBinns/iStock FILE (WASHINGTON) — As Afghanistan spirals further toward a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, the international community is allowing greater exemptions to aid groups to try to alleviate the suffering. The United Nations Security Council passed [Read More…]