Monthly Archives: May 2021

The Washington Post and The New York Times on Saturday issued significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy Giuliani had been directly warned by the FBI that he was the target of a Russian disinformation campaign.The Washington Post and The New York Times on Saturday issued significant corrections, retracting earlier reporting that said Rudy […]

A leading Myanmar swimmer has called for the country’s Olympic committee to be expelled from the Olympic Movement, saying “genocidaires do not deserve to be in the Olympics.”A leading Myanmar swimmer has called for the country’s Olympic committee to be expelled from the Olympic Movement, saying “genocidaires do not deserve to be in the Olympics.”

Workers building a new swimming pool for a Las Vegas couple got a bit of a shock when they dug up a set of bones that are believed to date back to the Ice Age and may have been buried there for 14,000 years.Workers building a new swimming pool for a Las Vegas couple got […]

Dr. Leana Wen worries that America is not going to get to herd immunity, and says, ‘we need to address concerns of people who change their minds’ and show people what a return to normal looks like.Dr. Leana Wen worries that America is not going to get to herd immunity, and says, ‘we need to […]

Crowds of revelers descended on the city of Liverpool in northwest England on Friday for a live music event held without masks or social distancing.Crowds of revelers descended on the city of Liverpool in northwest England on Friday for a live music event held without masks or social distancing.

Songwriter Tabitha Haly doesn’t just sing, she belts. It’s a technique that helps keep her lungs strong as she deals with spinal muscular atrophy.Songwriter Tabitha Haly doesn’t just sing, she belts. It’s a technique that helps keep her lungs strong as she deals with spinal muscular atrophy.

For Isha Johansen, a journey that began by helping to give kids displaced by war a semblance of a normal childhood, has led her to become the first West African woman elected to the council of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA.For Isha Johansen, a journey that began by helping to give kids displaced by war […]

British artist L.S. Lowry’s “Going to the Match” painting is expected to sell at auction for up to $4 million in June, Sotheby’s auction house said on Friday.British artist L.S. Lowry’s “Going to the Match” painting is expected to sell at auction for up to $4 million in June, Sotheby’s auction house said on Friday.

A massive fatberg, weighing more than 300 tons, is clogging a sewer in an English city — and authorities say it is unlikely to move for weeks.A massive fatberg, weighing more than 300 tons, is clogging a sewer in an English city — and authorities say it is unlikely to move for weeks.

The Biden administration had hoped this week would serve as a moment of celebration with more than 100 million US adults now fully vaccinated and White House officials attempting to wear down vaccine hesitancy by playing up the new-found freedoms for those who have gotten their shots — like the ability to unmask when socializing […]