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Report: Dramatic increase in speeding, traffic deaths in 2020

Motorists put the pedal to the metal during the pandemic and police are worried as roads get busy with the final stretch of summer travel. The latest data shows the number of highway deaths in 2020 was the greatest in more than a decade even though cars and trucks drove… Read More

Would you pretend to live on Mars… for a whole year?

Want to find your inner Matt Damon and spend a year pretending you are isolated on Mars? NASA has a job for you. To prepare for eventually sending astronauts to Mars, NASA began taking applications Friday for four people to live for a year in Mars Dune Alpha. That’s a… Read More

Changing customs: Is the handshake dead?

As the pandemic took hold, a Kansas City-area meeting and event planning business began hawking “I Shake Hands” stickers to help ease awkward social encounters. “We didn’t want the sticker to say, ‘We Don’t Shake Hands’ because that is kind of off-putting,” said John DeLeon, vice president of operations and… Read More

The old normal: Vaccinated US citizens can visit Canada again

Canada on Monday is lifting its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit, but the United States is keeping similar restrictions in place for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans. U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents must be both fully… Read More

Missing boa constrictor turns up in Utah

A boa constrictor accidentally freed from its container in Utah has been found a month after it went missing. The snake’s owner contacted police Wednesday and said the 8-foot- (2.44 meters) long reptile was found near a deep freezer in his home, KSL TV reported Thursday. Sponsored: The Truth About… Read More

Coronavirus cases surging in Tokyo…

Tokyo reported 5,042 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, its most since the pandemic began as infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the Olympics. Tokyo has been under a state of emergency since mid-July, and four other areas of the country have since been added. But the measures, basically shorter… Read More

Delta virus prompts China to rethink current lockdown strategy

The delta variant is challenging China’s costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were confident they could keep the coronavirus out of the country need a less disruptive approach. As the highly contagious variant pushes leaders in the United States, Australia and elsewhere to renew restrictions, President… Read More

Biden’s coronavirus border cover-up

by Frank Holmes, reporter The two most newsworthy issues of Joe Biden’s presidency just collided. Biden wants the public focus of his presidency to be on fighting the coronavirus, COVID-19. He tried to pretend that there was no vaccine and no plan to vaccinate Americans until he came into office,… Read More

Coronavirus spike continues as delta variant spreads

A day after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic, Florida on Sunday broke a previous record for current hospitalizations set more than a year ago before vaccines were available. Those with vaccine hesitancy are urged to talk to their personal doctor about whether… Read More

Scientists: Life on earth started because of slowing rotation

Scientists have a new idea for how Earth got its oxygen: It’s because the planet slowed down and days got longer. A study published Monday proposes and puts to the test the theory that longer, continuous daylight kick-started weird bacteria into producing lots of oxygen, making most of life as… Read More