COVID-19 rapid test national shortage mobilizes White House, leaves experts cautiously optimistic

Last week’s executive report reiterated joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden’s< impacts more than 80 million workers in the private sector.  Jeffrey Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, summarized in last week’s press briefing that, “We are on track to quadruple the supply of rapid, at-home tests available to Americans by December to more than 200 million a month and to…

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California winds spark new wildfires, force power outages

Blustery windsa> still surged through <a href="https: on Tuesday after downing trees, fanning disasters and shutting off energy” target=”_blank”>power< Pacific Gas & Electric shut off power to about 21,000 customers in 20 central and northern California counties to reduce the risk that power lines could be toppled, sparking wildfires. PG&E equipment was blamed for a…

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'Dancing with the Stars' contestants Cheryl Burke, Cody Rigsby return after coronavirus quarantines

“dancing-with-the-stars” target=”_blank”>Dancing with the Stars< back to the live stage on Monday after the duo previously had to perform from home due to positive infectious-disease tests.  The dancing professional, 37, and Peloton instructor, 34, took the stage for the first time since announcing they’d been diagnosed with COVID-19. They were back and healthy again just…

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Timothée Chalamet dodges question about Armie Hammer rape allegation: 'Worthy of a larger conversation'

celebrity-news” target=”_blank”>Timothee Chalamet<‘s acting career. Chalamet, 25, gave a recent interview to Time magazine which touched on his successes in the acting industry, including some of the roles that launched him to superstardom. Among them was a discussion about his Oscar-nominated role as Olio Perlman in “Call Me By Your Name,” which also starred Hammer,…

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California oil spill legal fight will likely span years

It took little more than 48 hours from the moment a major oil spill was discovered off us-regions until the first lawsuit was filed against the houston-and-galveston” target=”_blank”>Houston<. Finding the cause, who is to blame and if they will be held accountable will take much longer. Several federal and state agencies are investigating in parallel…

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Mark Harmon exits 'NCIS' after 18 years on the show, will remain a producer

mark-harmon” target=”_blank”>Mark Harmon<” Monday.  The latest episode acted as a goodbye for Harmon’s character, Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, who has been with the series for the past 18 years after first being introduced on the show “tv” target=”_blank”>JAG<, Monday’s episode, “Great Wide Open,” saw Gibbs and Special Agent Timothy McGee, played by Sean Murray,…

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Mollie Hemingway: What happened during the 2020 election must be investigated and discussed

Editor’s note: The following op-ed is excerpted from the author’s new book, “Rigged.”  If questioning the results of a presidential election were a crime, as many have asserted in the wake of the controversial 2020-presidential-election” target=”_blank”>2020 election< as “selected, not elected.” When Bush won re-election against then senator John Kerry in 2004, many on the…

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