President Joe Biden, 79, tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday — a potentially serious illness for the elderly. The White House released an open letter about his condition on Friday… but White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre won’t let Biden’s personal doctor address the media. Urgent: Common prescription drug now… Read More
Florida Keys see another Hemingway Look-Alike Contest
The annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest began in Key West Thursday, marking the 123rd anniversary of Ernest Hemingway’s July 21 birth. This year’s competition attracted 135 portly, bearded men, who are endeavoring to prove their likeness to the famed American author. Sponsored: THIS Food Linked To Age-Related Memory Decline (SHAME on… Read More
Facebook unveils new way to see friends’ posts
Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends’ posts in chronological order. The new feature is the company’s latest attempt to keep people coming back to its social network amid intensifying competition with its trendier rival TikTok. Sponsored: #1… Read More
Twitter reports big loss amid Musk feud
Twitter reported a quarterly loss Friday and declining revenue caught Wall Street off guard with the number of people using the platform on the rise. The latest quarterly earnings figures offered a glimpse into how the social media platform has performed during a months-long negotiation with billionaire and Tesla CEO… Read More
Monkeypox could become entrenched unless…
The spread of monkeypox in the U.S. could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet be contained before it gets firmly established. Experts don’t agree on the likely path of the disease, with some fearing… Read More
Assassination attempt just upended top governor’s race
U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for New York governor, was assaulted by a man who apparently tried to stab him at an upstate event Thursday but the congressman escaped serious injury. “I’m OK,” Zeldin said in a statement. “Fortunately, I was able to grab his wrist and stop… Read More
New Jersey woman sentenced for 400K GoFundMe scam
A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday. Katelyn McClure was also ordered to make restitution and serve three years’ supervised release. The 32-year-old Bordentown, New Jersey resident is… Read More
Heat wave engulfs East Coast and Southern US
Dangerously high temperatures threatened much of the Northeast and Deep South on Thursday, as huge swaths of the country sweltered under a heat wave that could continue for days and send temperatures soaring in places like Boston, Little Rock and Virginia Beach. As some temperatures neared 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8… Read More
Ivana Trump buried at Don’s ‘favorite’ place
The late Ivana Trump, first wife of the former president, was buried Wednesday. The businesswoman was laid to rest at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey — 43 miles west of New York City. One attendee, speaking to the New York Post, described the resting place as “a private… Read More
Monarch butterfly put on endangered species list
The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers. “It’s just a devastating decline,” said Stuart Pimm, an ecologist at Duke University who was not involved in the new listing. “This is… Read More
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