The olympics” target=”_blank”>Olympic< Olivia Podmore celebrates a win in the first race for the Elite Women’s Sprint Final during day two of the New Zealand National Track Cycling Championships at the Avantidrome on Jan. 24, 2020 in Cambridge, New Zealand. (Michael Bradley/Getty Images) Waikato Police reported a sudden death at …
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Doctors warn against comparing COVID-19, seasonal flu while kids await vaccine
While the infectious-disease and the seasonal respiratory-health share some similar symptoms, health experts say the two viruses shouldn’t be compared, especially with the back-to-school” target=”_blank”>back-to-school season< – a text-based primary care app, told Fox News. “The fatality rate for COVID-19 is between 10 and 50 times higher than that of …
Read More »Cuomo accusers thank attorney general, one another after governor's resignation
us-regions Gov. andrew-cuomo” target=”_blank”>Andrew Cuomo< Tuesday. The women who leveled them are now reacting to his decision to step down a week after the state attorney general released the findings of an investigation into claims from 11 women. Cuomo will be replaced by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul in two weeks. …
Read More »Cuomo resignation: New York's last three governors, all Democrats, left office amid scandal
It’s been 15 years since a us-regions governor left office without a scandal and just as long since a Republican has held the job. Republican Gov. George Pataki, who unseated Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1995 and went on to serve three terms, left office at the end of 2006. Pataki …
Read More »Store employee pays veteran's grocery bill: 'The least I could do'
A grocery store employee is being praised for his personal-freedoms to a customer. Briar Poirier, from Oxford, us-regions, works the cash register at his food and describes himself as “an autistic man that loves music, knowledge, video gaming and compassion,” on his Facebook page. His compassion was clearly on display …
Read More »Donnie Wahlberg supports 11-year-old fan who was the victim of theft at a New Kids On the Block concert
celebrity-news” target=”_blank”>Donnie Wahlberg< in Boston who spoke with the family, Stuart informed his mother and sister what happened and started to get teary-eyed over the incident. They tried to look for the culprit but she was nowhere to be found. ALMA WAHLBERG, MOM OF ACTORS MARK AND DONNIE AND STAR …
Read More »Southwest boots mother and daughter from flight for yelling at passengers to get aisle seat: witness
A mother and daughter appeared to get kicked off a general flight last month after yelling at passengers to give them an aisle seat, according to a social media video. The unidentified pair were boarding a flight from Sacramento to San Diego on July 15 when the incident was recorded …
Read More »Kids could 'commit murder' by not wearing masks in school, Oklahoma school board member says
A local school board member in us-regions said Monday that she’s worried small children might “murder” each other by spreading the infectious-disease without wearing masks. “It’s just not OK for kids to commit murder by coming to school without a mask,” said Norman Public Schools board member Linda Sexton. “And …
Read More »Pediatrics group urges FDA OK of COVID-19 vaccines in younger kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging the FDA to quickly expand authorization of infectious-disease infectious-diseaseto younger age groups, citing rising cases due to the fast spreading delta variant and risk of poor outcomes following infection. “We need to be approaching the trials and authorization of the COVID vaccine for …
Read More »NBC Tokyo Olympics ratings 'faceplanted,' finishes with smallest Summer Games audience in network history
NBC’s coverage of the Tokyo Olympics finished as the lowest-rated summer games in the network’s history. NBC’s primetime coverage of the Tokyo Olympics averaged 12.9 million primetime viewers. The total is the smallest audience for the Summer Games since the network began airing them in 1988, according to the Wall Street Journal. NBC’s …
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