I took a walk on a frozen lake recently, worried less about thin ice and more about defrosting people, but I’m happy to report I was wrong. In my years wandering the upper heartland, I’ve found that when you want to hear what people think, there are few more target-rich environments than an ice-fishing lake.
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South Africa’s city of Port Elizabeth has been officially renamed to Gqeberha — derived from the Xhosa language — the native tongue of late political hero Nelson Mandela. Many South Africans have embraced the change, although acquiring mastery in pronouncing ‘Gqeberha’ hasn’t come easy for non-speakers of Xhosa. “It will take a while for the
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Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — A grandfather shoved in San Francisco. A man slashed while riding the subway in New York City. The list of names, dates and locations of hate crimes against the Asian community in the U.S. and Canada continues to grow as the COVID-19 pandemic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV News) — SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may latch more easily onto the airway cells of those with type A blood than any other blood group, according to a new study. The study, conducted in a laboratory setting by U.S. researchers, found that the
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Britain’s Prince Philip was transferred to the King Edward VII private hospital in London on Friday morning, following a “successful” heart procedure on Thursday, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. The move is the second in less than a week for the Duke of Edinburgh, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II. He was transferred
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A wave of anxiety is sweeping through stock and bond markets as investors prepare to enter a new phase of the pandemic. What’s happening: Concerns are growing that a strong economic recovery later this year will cause a spike in inflation. That’s sparked a selloff in government bonds. When prices fall, yields rise, which weighs
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A record number of stores are closing across America. One discount clothing chain thinks it can step in to fill some of those vacancies. Burlington Stores plans to open 100 new stores this year and sees an opportunity to reach 2,000 US stores in the future, the company said Thursday. Previously, Burlington (formerly known as
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A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent was suspended this week for his participation in the US Capitol riot, though he insists he never went inside the building, his lawyer said Thursday. Mark Ibrahim was left “perplexed and damaged” when the DEA took an “adverse employment action” for participating in the rally and marching to the
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Last year, people were stockpiling food and essentials at stores and ordering a lot more groceries online. That was great news for America’s biggest grocery chains. Now companies say the pandemic-time boom is over. Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in this country, said Thursday that it expects comparable sales, or sales at stores open for
Continue Reading Italy blocked the export of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia yesterday, in a dramatic escalation of the dispute between the European Union (EU) and drug giant AstraZeneca. Today, France’s health minister said it could also block vaccine shipments in the future but believes in a shared European approach. These are the latest salvos in
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Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has sued former President Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump, Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Republican Rep. Mo Brooks in a second major lawsuit seeking to hold Trump and his allies accountable for inciting the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. Read the lawsuit:
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As more patients and friends get fully vaccinated, Dr. William Schaffner’s phone has been ringing constantly, his email box flooded. The fully vaccinated — people who are two weeks past their second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines, or after a single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s — have many questions for the
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YouTube has removed channels from broadcasters run by Myanmar’s military following a dramatic escalation of violence in the country. It’s the latest in a wave of actions taken by social media companies since the military coup in the country on February 1, which has sparked a series of mass protests and a brutal crackdown by
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Last year, Barbara Thigpen had a difficult choice to make: close her salon of 10 years, or dip into her son’s college fund. The salon had been closed for much of the year by California’s state mandate due to the pandemic. Then the government said it was offering a third round of Paycheck Protection Program
Continue Reading For the past year, countries around the world have shared data on Covid-19 cases and deaths with the World Health Organization (WHO) — information that is crucial in informing the global fight against the disease. However, three countries stand out as appearing either less than transparent or in denial about the scale of the problem.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James was only a few months into her second term as New York City’s public advocate when, over a few hours during a dinner party with friends, a stunning twist of fate put her on a collision course with the state’s most powerful man, Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In a report
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has vowed to be “as honest as possible” with his players after a 1-0 loss against Chelsea — his side’s fifth consecutive home defeat. Mason Mount’s strike was the difference between the two sides, moving Chelsea up to fourth in the Premier League table while Liverpool remains seventh. The Reds struggled
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It was the movie that added sex appeal to the gritty neorealist film period and made a star out of actress Silvana Mangano. “Riso Amaro” (“Bitter Rice”), featured women wearing daring shorts with ripped stockings tramping through water, girl-on-girl mud-wrestling, and Mangano’s ample cleavage in everything from tight t-shirts to a negligee. The film, a
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Covid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And that’s bad news. Without testing, there’s no way to keep track of where the pandemic is headed and whether vaccines are working. And there’s no way to make use of one of the most important tools for fighting infectious diseases: contact tracing. “While the public may
Continue Reading When the coronavirus pandemic was declared nearly a year ago, the future for state and local government finances looked grim. Millions of people had lost their jobs, the stock market tanked and governors ordered nonessential businesses to close — all of which threatened to pummel many of the tax revenue streams states and municipalities rely
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