The Milwaukee Bucks clambered aboard the team plane, a Delta charter departing from Wisconsin, where coronavirus cases were about to triple over the course of the NBA Finals. Players and essential support staff squirmed down the aisle of the Boeing 727, bound for Arizona, where 900 new cases would be …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci sounded cautiously optimistic about the nation’s battle against Covid-19, saying that the stats are “going in the right direction” as case numbers decline across the country.Still, the doctor urged caution, telling CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview Sunday morning, “We have to just be careful that we …
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After scaling down and shifting locations in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the CMA Awards will return to their usual home of Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for this year’s November 10th ceremonies. Unlike last year, a limited number of tickets will be made available to the public, but audience members …
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President Biden announced a swath of new vaccine mandates for millions of Americans on Thursday. In a speech from the White House, the president said that vaccinations will be mandatory for federal employees and contractors, businesses with more than 100 workers and healthcare practitioners in institutions that accept Medicare and …
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As the summer of 2020 was winding down, the United States was bracing for the third, and hopefully final, wave of Covid-19 that experts warned would come with temperatures dropping in the fall and winter. Then the vaccines would be ready. Then everything would return to normal, to the extent …
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Covid-19 is obliterating Florida. The Sunshine State comfortably leads the nation in average daily cases, average daily hospitalizations, and average daily deaths, according to The New York Times. This isn’t just because of its large population. Florida also leads the nation in hospitalizations per capita, and trails on Louisiana and …
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) disclosed this week that in February 2020, his wife purchased stock in a company that makes an anti-viral once thought to be a treatment for Covid-19. The disclosure comes sixteen months later than is required under the Stock Act, a 2012 law banning insider trading by …
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UPDATE (8/22): Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Rickey Medlocke, who announced he had tested positive for Covid-19 two weeks ago, says he’s recovered and will be rejoining the band this weekend at the Barefoot Country Music Festival in Wildwood, New Jersey. “I’m gonna kick out the footlights this weekend in Jersey and …
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President Biden announced on Thursday that he will require all federal employees and contractors to either attest that they were vaccinated against Covid-19, or submit to a variety of preventative protocols including regular testing, mask wearing, and social distancing. “Every federal government employee will be asked to attest to their …
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Brian Kilmeade employed some interesting logic on Friday to criticize President Biden’s push to get more Americans vaccinated. “They’re going to knock on your door, they’re going to demand that you take it, and they’re going to give you a third shot,” the Fox & Friends host said. “It’s unbelievable …
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