President Joe Biden to create interagency task force focused on long COVID
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The White House is attempting to speed up the nation’s response to long COVID by establishing a new task force to coordinate research efforts across the government.
President Joe Biden appointed Health and …
Feds halt monoclonal treatment out of omicron subvariant BA.2 concerns
Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Nationwide distribution of one of the last remaining monoclonal antibody treatments is being paused “effective immediately” since it has shown to be ineffective against the COVID-19…
COVID-19 has had ‘devastating and disproportionate’ impact on poorest Americans, report finds
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the nation approaches the grim milestone of 1 million lives confirmed lost to COVID-19, a new report reveals the “devastating and disproportionate” impact of the virus on low-income communities in the U.S., offe…
Domestic airfare up 40% from start of the year: Hopper
Erlon Silva – TRI Digital via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Domestic airfare is up 40% from the start of the year and is expected to climb another 10% next month, according to online booking platform Hopper.
Last month, average airfare in the U.S. went …
Police capture ‘aggressive’ fox prowling for prey on Capitol Hill
GETTY/cuppyuppycake(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The return of tourists to Capitol Hill — and their discarded food and trash — should have been a “telltail” sign.
Following several “aggressive” incidents, Capitol Police warned the public Tuesday not to appr…
LGBTQ refugees fleeing Ukraine fear persecution, death
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The flashlights of the Ukrainian army followed Zi Faámelu, a transgender woman from Ukraine, as she walked through a swamp and hid from the military while crossing the Romanian border.
Tall, sharp bushes scratched the singer’s fa…
Defense secretary, GOP congressman clash over alleged ‘wokeism’ in military
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin got into a fiery exchange with Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing Tuesday, as Gaetz accused the Pentagon of strategic failures due t…
Germany shuts down world’s largest darknet market with US help
seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Getty Images(BERLIN) — German authorities took down the world’s largest illegal marketplace on the darknet with the help of U.S. law enforcement agencies, they said.
Hydra Market was a Russian-language marketplace that had oper…
Paramount+ announces four-part series: ‘Ghislaine — Partner in Crime’
Paramount+Paramount+ has announced a four-part docuseries called Ghislaine — Partner in Crime, about Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted ex-girlfriend of politically connected sex trafficker and abuser Jeffrey Epstein.
The show will be available to str…
Oklahoma passes bill that would make performing abortions a felony
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — Oklahoma passed a bill Tuesday that would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to several years in prison.
The bill was passed in the state House 70-14 without a single Democratic…