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A week of travel woes: More than 8,000 flights canceled since Christmas Eve
Radoslav Zilinsky/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thursday marks a week of travel woes across the country with more than 8,000 flight cancellations nationwide since Christmas Eve. As millions of Americans travel during what could be [Read More…]
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Five tips for parents as omicron spreads and pediatric hospitalizations rise
Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads across the country, children are being impacted, too. Last week, nearly 200,000 children in the U.S. [Read More…]
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Two doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine 85% effective against hospitalizations, South Africa study shows
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A real-world study of South African health care workers found that two doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine offer 85% protection against hospitalization from the [Read More…]
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White House pushes back on criticism of isolation guidance, says omicron likely less severe
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defended the latest guidelines shortening the isolation period for certain people who test positive for COVID amid criticism [Read More…]
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Jan. 6 committee chairman could seek interview with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, invited House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Wednesday to sit for an [Read More…]
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Live updates: Hundreds of homes lost amid fast-spreading Colorado fires
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BOULDER COUNTY, Colo.) — Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately and hundreds of buildings have already been lost as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Several small [Read More…]
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Truck driver’s sentence lowered to 10 years after originally receiving 110 years for fatal crash
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (DENVER) — A truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a fatal accident in Colorado has been resentenced to 10 years after an outcry from family and advocates. [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: Three Americans testing positive every second
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 821,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
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Criminal charges possible for man attacked by tiger after reaching into enclosure at Florida zoo
WZVN-TV (NAPLES, Fla.) — A maintenance worker who entered an unauthorized area of a Florida zoo and was attacked by a tiger could face criminal charges, authorities said. The tiger was shot and killed by [Read More…]
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction ‘tremendous relief,’ accuser says
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction was “one important step” toward justice, said Annie Farmer, one of four accusers who testified against her. “It’s a tremendous relief,” [Read More…]
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Biden, Putin hold call amid heightened tensions over Ukraine
SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday — their second conversation this month amid heightened fears of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The call, [Read More…]
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Is ‘Squid Game’ getting a season two AND three?
Noh Juhan | Netflix Not only will we likely be getting a season two of Squid Game, we might be getting a season three as well. The Korea Times reports that the creator of the [Read More…]
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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ becomes Sony Pictures’ highest-grossing film ever
Courtesy of Sony Pictures ©2021 CTMG Spider-Man: No Way Home is now officially Sony Pictures’ highest-grossing film of all time, Deadline reports. The Tom Holland-led superhero flick has raked in $1.16 billion at the global [Read More…]
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Jada Pinkett Smith opens up about her hair loss; Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart remember 2021; & more
Steve Jennings/Getty Images Jada Pinkett Smith is suffering from the autoimmune disorder alopecia, which causes hair loss. The Matrix Resurrections star opened up about the disease Wednesday in an Instagram video. “Look at this line right here,” Jada said as she [Read More…]
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What do Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams want to accomplish in 2022? “To get married, finally!”
Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment/NBCUniversal/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Image The pandemic already twice postponed actress Sarah Hyland and The Bachelorette alum Wells Adams‘ wedding, but the duo believes 2022 will break the vicious cycle. Speaking to ABC Audio, the pair discussed what they [Read More…]
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An old adversary returns on season four of ‘Cobra Kai’
Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021 An old adversary is slithering his way back to the All-Valley Karate Championship in season 4 of Netflix’s Cobra Kai, the wildly popular continuation [Read More…]
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The year in tech: Space tourism lifts off, NFTs go mainstream and Big Tech faces reckoning
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the past year, routine space tourism emerged from science fiction to reality, digital art you can’t even touch auctioned for millions at Christie’s, and malicious attacks emanating from [Read More…]
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US shatters COVID case records, as experts predict infection rates will continue to grow
iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — Amid a record-breaking surge, the U.S. is now averaging more COVID-19 cases per day than at any other point in the pandemic, according to new data updated on Wednesday from the [Read More…]
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How this mom lost over 200 pounds after family tragedies
Courtesy Tiesha Robinson (STATESVILLE, N.C.) — A North Carolina mom is celebrating after losing over 200 pounds, half of her original weight. Tiesha Robinson, of Statesville, North Carolina, said she lost the weight even after [Read More…]
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Pediatric COVID-19 case rates, hospitalizations ‘on fire’ amid nation’s latest surge
iStock/narvikk (NEW YORK) — With coronavirus cases in the U.S. approaching near-peak levels recorded last winter, pediatric coronavirus infection and hospitalization levels are now surging to their highest point in months. Last week, nearly 200,000 [Read More…]