Monthly Archives: January 2023

China posts one of its worst economic performances in decades because of Covid  CNNsource

Advertisement ReporterSanta Fe resident E.V. McKay has been expecting his federal food aid to decrease for months.Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, McKay’s two-person household — whose income is a combination of disability, Social Security and other federal benefits — has received about $300 more per month through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, thanks to emergency allotments […]

When we think of King Henry VIII, words such as imposing, powerful and frightening might spring to mind to describe him.  The fearsome monarch infamously had two of his six wives beheaded and was known for his athletic physique as a younger man.  But, according to a new video put together by the National Trust […]

White House Covid-19 Response Team’s chief science officer to retire  CNNsource

Vaccination Booster Rates Remain Stalled Amid Winter Surge The AARP Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard analyzes federally reported data in four-week periods going back to June 1, 2020. Using this data, the AARP Public Policy Institute, in collaboration with the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University in Ohio, created the Dashboard to provide snapshots of the […]

Beyond-the-grave triumph for Her Majesty as ‘Queen’ is voted Children’s Word of the Year The Oxford University Press questioned more than 4,000 aged six to 14  They were asked for words they felt had been important during 2022  Children chose Queen, happy and chaos as their top contenders Queen Elizabeth II featured prominently in children’s […]

A ‘show off’ boy racer who mowed down and killed a 23-year-old mother-of-one while speeding at 95mph in a 40mph zone, then claimed the car had been stolen to cover his tracks, has been jailed. Teen driver Lewis Clark, 19, lost control of his friend’s Ford Fiesta while trying to undertake a motorbike at ‘excessive’ […]

Vaccines sit at the ready at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans’ Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif.RFA/Health Care Access ReporterVaccines sit at the ready at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of […]

As COVID-19 cases rise in Boston, school and city officials are considering bringing back a mask mandate.What do they hope a mask mandate would do? Avoid repeating last year’s staffing issues and student absenteeism because of a similar COVID-19 surge. In a letter sent to families, officials asked for everyone to to take precautions, and […]

A serial killer-obsessed mother ‘giggled’ after she brutally stabbed her lover to death before video-calling a friend to show her the body, a court heard today. Shaye Groves, 27, who had framed portraits of notorious killers including Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer on her bedroom wall, allegedly told a friend: ‘I’ve done him’ after launching […]