The federal government plans to end in January the public health emergency it declared earlier this year after an outbreak of mpox infected more than 29,000 people across the U.S. Mpox cases have plummeted in recent weeks, with just a handful of new infections being reported every week in the …
Read More »French President Macron meets with Elon Musk to address social media regulations
French President Emmanuel Macron met with billionaire Elon Musk to cap off his visit to the U.S. this week. Macron spent an hour talking with Musk, current CEO and owner of Twitter, and the pair discussed a number of topics, from green energy targets to concerns about content moderation on …
Read More »Protesters in Wuhan, China seen pushing through barrier as US senators warn against violent crackdown
Protests have erupted in Wuhan, China, over the government’s strict COVID measures in a rare show of defiance, prompting U.S. Senators on Friday to warn Beijing against any violent crackdowns. In a bipartisan letter to China’s Washington ambassador, Qin Gang, a group 42 Senators warned China that they were “closely” …
Read More »Southwest attendant suffers broken back in hard landing
DALLAS — A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture to a vertebra in her upper back during a hard landing last month in California, according to federal safety investigators. The National Transportation Safety Board said the impact of landing was so hard that the flight attendant thought the …
Read More »YouTube to remove reposted clips of Alex Jones Kanye interview
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been banned across social media, but this week he still found a megaphone. Ye — the megastar formerly known as Kanye West — joined Jones’ far-right conspiracy theory outlet Thursday for an interview in which he announced his “love” for Adolf Hitler and Nazis. The …
Read More »Pentagon issues warning after Turkish airstrikes threaten American troops in Syria
Turkey launches airstrikes near US base in Syria Chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on how the Pentagon has responded to recent airstrikes that threatened the safety of U.S. personnel in Syria on ‘Special Report.’ The Pentagon has urged Turkey to stand down on its plan to invade Syria …
Read More »Top YouTube videos of 2022: MrBeast tops creators list again
Following Spotify Wrapped, YouTube has released a list of its top trending videos and creators in the U.S. for 2022. Viewership of the top trending videos surpassed last years, with the top 10 videos viewed more than 650 million times over 55 million hours. The channels behind them totaled more …
Read More »A look at Princess Anne’s ‘odd’ Aquamarine Pineflower Tiara she had altered
The tiara belonged to Anne’s paternal grandmother Princess Alice of Battenberg, and it was worn by Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall to her 2011 wedding to Mike Tindall. Alexandra Michell, Gemologist at Prestige Pawnbrokers Hatton Garden, previously said: “There is no surprise that the bandeau is of a meander design (Greek …
Read More »LA City Council votes to phase out oil drilling, ban new wells with gas prices far above national average
Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson and Western Energy Alliance’s Kathleen Sgamma discuss the Biden administration’s energy policies on ‘The Evening Edit.’ The Los Angeles City Council on Friday voted unanimously to ban drilling new oil and gas wells and phase out the use of existing ones over the next 20 years. …
Read More »Titanic: Leonardo DiCaprio ‘was just so negative’ at screen test claims James Cameron | Films | Entertainment
Cameron continued: “There was a meeting with Leo and then there was a screen test with Leo. The meeting was funny because I am sitting in my conference room, waiting to meet an actor. And I look around, and all the women in the entire office are in the meeting… …
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