The holidays are well underway and people are looking forward to or already enjoying time with friends and family, some of whom have likely traveled a distance to attend the festivities (and brought some germs with them.) Unfortunately, holiday cheer isn’t the only thing on the rise this season. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has […]
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress left Washington this week for an extended holiday break with several key issues unsettled including emergency aid for Ukraine and tighter border security, setting the stage for a complicated January. Lawmakers will face two government-shutdown deadlines and continue efforts to write one piece of legislation that […]
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, and the government said a visit by Slovakia’s new prime minister had to be canceled as a result. Scholz wrote on social media platform X that “with few symptoms, I am counting on a mild case.” Spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit […]
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19, but remains healthy enough to hold online meetings, his office said on Tuesday. The Presidential Communications Office said on its Facebook page Marcos will isolate for five days. The statement did not indicate when he tested positive for the virus. “The President […]
Tamiflu and Paxlovid Credit – Matthew Baker—PA Images/Getty Images; Fabian Sommer—dpa/AP As we head into winter, health experts expect that cases of flu and COVID-19 will start to creep up. One piece of good news: if you do get sick, there’s a way to get tests and treatments for both—without paying a cent. The National […]
Maury Povich was in total disbelief when he was told he’s receiving Lifetime Achievement honors at the Daytime Emmys. “I thought it was a prank,” he tells Yahoo Entertainment. “I’m serious.” With 67 years in broadcasting, Povich spent the last 31 hosting TV’s The Maury Povich Show, later rebirthed as simply Maury, which he retired […]
Donald Trump tested the contours of his gag order in the federal criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, assailing his former attorney general and potential trial witness William Barr in remarks at a Saturday night New York gala event. “I make this commitment to you tonight: we will not have […]
An Iowa man is suing after he says he was arrested for driving under the influence — even after passing sobriety tests. Ryan P. Elgin filed the lawsuit against the City of Winterset and an officer with the Winterset Police Department. McClatchy News reached out to the Winterset Police Department, which declined to provide a […]
“Except for Day One,” Trump said. Were Trump’s initial remarks a Trumpian jest? A threat? A promise? Whether Trump was smiling and winking at a dictatorship, his declaration marked a pivotal point in the race — coming as he and those who would likely populate his second-term administration spark concerns that they are laying the […]