The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it had advised drugmakers to update the Covid vaccines to target the KP.2 strain, a descendant of the highly contagious JN.1 variant that began circulating widely in the U.S. this winter. The announcement came just over a week after an FDA advisory panel voted unanimously to recommend that […]
Bill Gates once famously said people tend to overestimate the amount of change that can occur in one year, but underestimate the amount of change that can occur over 10 years. It’s a cliché, known as Gates’ law, that ARK Invest and its CEO, Cathie Wood, need to be true if their lofty price target […]
GRESHAM, Ore. (KOIN) — Jennifer Mitchell said she, her husband and their dog Brida were awakened by the sound of gunfire that hit their rented Gresham home around 2:45 a.m. Saturday. “I hit the floor. It just scared me so much,” Mitchell told KOIN 6 News. “I didn’t even think I knew to do that. […]
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis has launched a new political committee to target a pair of ballot initiatives on abortion access and legalizing marijuana in Florida, as he looks to block policies Democrats believe will bring them back into relevancy in the state. The committee — called the Florida Freedom Fund — was quietly […]
DANIEL ISLAND, S.C. — Rep. Nancy Mace is no stranger to an intraparty battle. Now, her role in a big Republican fight last year — the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker — is complicating her primary on Tuesday. Mace, who is both a candidate seeking her third term and her own campaign manager, […]
Hard-right Republicans in Congress have so far failed to oust the handful of their GOP colleagues they’ve targeted in primaries this year. But the effort is moving forward, and Rep. William Timmons of South Carolina is their next target. It’s the latest incumbent primary in an ongoing proxy war for House GOP divisions over whether […]
Imposter pages of the Philippine government’s professional licensing agency have been offering purported teaching jobs in Thailand which they claimed paid monthly salaries above 100,000 pesos (1,700 dollars). These job offers bore the hallmarks of a scam. “Calling All College Graduates. Thailand Is Hiring For Teachers,” read part of a post shared on Facebook on […]
A Pride flag that hung in the window of an Oregon library was the apparent target of BB gun fire amid Pride month and a growing wave of anti-LGBTQ+ measures from US legislatures. In a Facebook statement on Wednesday, the Newberg public library in Newberg, Oregon, said that around 7.10pm, a BB gun was fired […]
Jun. 8—Police investigated a shooting incident in which a patrol officer said he may have been the target Wednesday night in the 2200 block of LaSalle Avenue. The patrol officer said he was investigating a missing persons report and talking to two youths in the front yard of a home about 10:20 p.m. when he […]
(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator on Friday advised COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers that new shots for the fall 2024 campaign should target the JN.1 variant that was dominant earlier this year. The Food and Drug Administration’s advisory is in line with European and World Health Organization recommendations and comes after the agency’s advisers on Wednesday overwhelmingly […]
Energy giant ExxonMobil (XOM) has received a downgrade from Truist Securities to Hold from Buy. The firm has also slashed its price target for ExxonMobil’s shares from $146 to $124, citing valuation concerns in the near term. Yahoo Finance’s Madison Mills and Seana Smith break down the details. For more expert insight and the latest […]
After confirming it will not open in late 2024 as scheduled, VAI Resort shared an additional statement revealing a slightly more specific timetable. Staff also teased a future announcement hinting at more features at the $1 billion, 1,100-room, 60-acre hotel and entertainment complex under construction near State Farm Stadium in Glendale. Such an annoucement would […]