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Nov 30, 2021 391 Standard Covid vaccines may be less effective against Omicron

Chicago - Several trusted Covid-19 vaccine manufactures believe covid vaccines may be less effective against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. This is a new worry in financial markets about the future of the pandemic. "There is no wor…
Nov 30, 2021 392 Israel and Japan bar foreigners as Omicron begins to spread worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - On Monday Japan says it would close its borders to foreigners, as the world's third-largest economy joined Israel in taking the toughest measures against the new coronavirus variant Omicron, which also cast a cloud over Austr…
Nov 28, 2021 393 Security forces fire tear gas at protesters

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Security forces fired tear gas at protesters throwing rocks in Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday, as tensions rose across the conflict-riddled nation with the population angry at the government’s inability …
Nov 26, 2021 394 A new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility

American business mogul Rashida Jones previously presided over MSNBC, a cable news network. There has never been a Black woman before her to head up a major cable news network. Background and schooling Jones was the eldest of three children…
Nov 26, 2021 395 What country has the most civilian guns?

Gun violence in the United States is directly related to Americans holding their right to bear arms, mentioned in the US Constitution. But isn't there also a 'Right to life'? 3333L Americans love guns. There are most guns owned by regular c…
Nov 19, 2021 396 Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges

On August 25, 2020, during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, fatally shot two men and wounded another during three confrontations. Rittenhouse …
Nov 15, 2021 397 9-year-old boy becomes 10th person to die at Travis Scott concert

Ezra Blount was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering critical injuries during a performance at the Astroworld Travis Scott concert. 2222L Treston Blount, Ezra’s father said Ezra was sitting on his shoulders when the crowd crus…
Nov 14, 2021 398 Chris Daughtry postpones shows following the sudden death of his daughter

"American Idol" alum Chris Daughtry postponed a series of concert dates following the sudden death of his daughter, Hannah, his band announced on social media Saturday. "Due to the unexpected death of Chris and Deanna Daughtry's daughter, H…
Nov 11, 2021 399 Judge rejects another Trump attempt to slow down documents from going to House January 6 committee

A federal judge on Wednesday night said she would not help former President Donald Trump as he attempts to buy time in his argument to keep secret records from his presidency, pointing him instead to an appeals court to seek help. 1111R Jud…
Nov 6, 2021 400 Marília Mendonça, chart-topping Brazilian musician, dies in plane crash

Brazilian country music star Marília Mendonça died in a plane crash on Friday in a rural region of the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, according to her public relations firm. She was en route to a concert at the time of the crash, which…
Nov 6, 2021 401 How did a $3 billion US Navy submarine hit an undersea mountain?

Who is responsible for America's decline and loss of pride? Why haven't we done much since the iPhone? Why did over a million Americans die from Covid-19 after Trump claimed it would fade away? He was aware of the severity of the situation,…
Nov 6, 2021 402 Chinese spy Xu Yanjun convicted of trying to steal US aviation trade secrets from GE Aviation

Xu Yanjun was found guilty of two counts of conspiring and attempting to commit economic espionage, and three counts related to trade secret theft
Nov 6, 2021 403 Congress passes $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering major win for Biden

Even though Jayapal's statement brought a significant number of progressives onboard, there were still six progressive holdouts who stuck to their original plan of voting against infrastructure until the social spending plan also received a…
Nov 6, 2021 404 EXCLUSIVE Baby handed to U.S. soldiers in chaos of Afghanistan airlift still missing

Nov 5 (Reuters) - It was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on Aug. 19 in a chaotic crowd outside the gates of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan when a U.S. soldier, from ov…
Nov 6, 2021 405 J.R.R. Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien

The Storyteller Meanwhile Tolkien continued developing his mythology and languages. As mentioned above, he told his children stories, some of which he developed into those published posthumously as Mr. Bliss, Roverandom, etc. However, accor…
Nov 5, 2021 406 Natalie Wood was assaulted by Kirk Douglas, sister alleges

For decades, it's been one of Hollywood's darkest rumors: A teen-age Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted by a top movie star more than twice her age when she met with him at a hotel in Los Angeles.
Nov 5, 2021 407 New Study of ‘MIND’ Diet Shows It May Improve Memory and Thinking Skills in Old Age

Aging takes a toll on the body and on the mind. For example, the tissue of aging human brains sometimes develops abnormal clumps of proteins that are the hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. How can you protect your brain from these effects?
Nov 5, 2021 408 Europe faces real threat of Covid-19 resurgence, WHO Europe head says

Many teachers across the US are resisting immediate school reopenings and asking for improved safety measures this month as a record number of Covid-19 cases have been recorded as a result of the spread of the Omicron variant. A few school …
Nov 5, 2021 409 On Their 77th Anniversary, Idaho Couple Finally Gets to Take Their Wedding Photos

On Royce and Frankie King's wedding day, there wasn't any time for a fancy gown or formal photographs — it was Sept. 16, 1944, and Royce was on a two-day leave from the Air Force, preparing to fly overseas to fight in World War II.
Nov 5, 2021 410 Potential criminal charges against the Trump Organization

Trump was not personally charged in the first set of indictments and has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Nov 3, 2021 411 Our family is whole again,' says mother of 4-year-old found alive after 18-day search

Four-year-old Cleo Smith has been found alive 18 days after she went missing in northwest Australia, and her mother, Ellie Smith, took to Instagram to celebrate the news. "Our family is whole again," Smith wrote Wednesday, alongside a smili…
Oct 30, 2021 412 Cheap antidepressant shows promise against Covid-19; virus can infect inner ear

After accounting for risk factors, the odds of a Covid-19 diagnosis were more than five-fold higher for the unvaccinated survivors, researchers reported on Friday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Oct 30, 2021 413 Puppy Siblings Adopted by Different Families Immediately Recognize Each Other During Walks One Year Later

Intuitively, the less time dogs spend with their families as puppies, the less likely it is they’ll be able to recognize a family member later on.
Oct 30, 2021 414 Lawyers for MH17 victims intimidated during Dutch trial: RTL News

Flight MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was hit by what international investigators and prosecutors say was a Russian surface-to-air missile likely fired by pro-Russian militias.
Oct 30, 2021 415 Alec Baldwin kills woman by firing prop gun on film set of Rust

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins airlifted to hospital, where she died, while director Joel Souza also injured.
Oct 29, 2021 416 US vs. China: How the world's two biggest emitters stack up on climate

No country in the world has put more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the United States.
Oct 29, 2021 417 Their Dream Home Tipped as They Pulled It Across the Water – Then Neighbors Came to the Rescue

If a place that truly floated your boat was about to be torn down, you could try to move heaven and earth to save it—or, you could just move the house. And that’s just what one determined couple did—but they didn’t take an overland route, t…
Oct 29, 2021 418 American woman who assisted Bali 'suitcase' murder released from jail

An American woman jailed in 2015 with her boyfriend for murdering her mother and stuffing the remains in a suitcase on the Indonesian island of Bali was released from prison on Friday after serving a chunk of her 10-year sentence.
Oct 27, 2021 419 Black girl arrested at school over a drawing that upset a parent

In the days after her arrest, the girl told her mother that she drew the picture but several other students were involved in coloring and writing on it, the group says in the letter.
Oct 27, 2021 420 The world promised to cut greenhouse gas emissions. These countries aren't meeting their targets.

To limit warming to 1.5 degrees, UNEP reports the world needs to slash current emissions in half in the next eight years.