Monthly Archives: January 2023

A Palestinian attacker in his early teens has wounded at least two people after opening fire in east Jerusalem this morning. Police said they shot and overpowered the 13-year-old attacker, wounding him. He was taken to a hospital, they said, and there was no further word on his condition.  The shooting took place in the Palestinian […]

A federal advisory panel has discussed ways to simplify and routinize COVID-19 vaccines, more than two years after the first shots became available. Also in the news: The National Archives has requested former officials look for any classified documents they might have. It’s the last weekend of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.🙋🏼‍♀️ I’m Nicole Fallert, Daily Briefing author. […]

Top aides to President Joe Biden met with Elon Musk on Friday to discuss the future of electric cars while the Twitter owner also met with Republicans on Capitol Hill who are investigating his company’s suppression of a story on Hunter Biden‘s laptop. The controversial CEO has been in Washington D.C. this week to meet […]

COVID vaccines and first boosters provided protection to pregnant women during Omicron surge  News-Medical.Netsource

XBB.1.5 Responsible for Majority of U.S. Coronavirus Cases  U.S. News & World Reportsource

Comedian Jay Leno looked unscathed behind the wheel of his car just weeks after breaking his collarbone in a motorcycle accident.  Leno, 72, broke his collarbone, two ribs, and cracked both kneecaps on January 17 while he was out riding his vintage motorcycle in Las Vegas.  The former talk show host was ‘clotheslined’ when he pulled […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB) — A potential class-action lawsuit has gone to the Florida Supreme Court in a dispute about whether the University of Florida should return fees to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.Attorneys for UF graduate student Anthony Rojas filed a notice this week that is a first step […]

Affordable Care Act health care sign-ups are breaking records; updated COVID-19 boosters are proving successful against new variants; GenBioPro, which manufactures mifepristone, has filed suit regarding the constitutionality of a state abortion drug ban. Record Numbers Pursue Affordable Care Act Health CoverageThis year, a record-breaking 16.3 million people have signed up for insurance coverage during […]

Six British children under five are rescued from Austrian cellar where they were living with ‘conspiracy theorist’ who had a stockpile of guns and attacked social workers with pepper spray Police believe the family of eight had been living in the cellars for several months The children were reportedly not locked up, neglected or sexually […]

CLAIM: The United Kingdom is banning anyone under the age of 50 from getting COVID-19 vaccines. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. While the country will stop widely providing the vaccine to those under 50 next month, anyone deemed to have a clinical need, such as those at risk of severe illness, as well as frontline healthcare workers […]