Philadelphia reinstates indoor mask mandate as infections rise
Images By Tang Ming Tung/ Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia has become the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate, following an increase in COVID-19 infections, in recent weeks.
Beginning April 18, masks will be required …
Black women hold majority of student debt. Some say the loan pause doesn’t do enough to help
iStock/sshepard(NEW YORK) — During the past two years of the coronavirus pandemic, during which federal student loan payments were put on pause, Marquita Prinzing, of Renton, Washington, said she went through a divorce and bought a home on her own.
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Chris Rock says he won’t talk about the Oscars slap “until I get paid”
ABCIf fans attending Chris Rock’s comedy shows lately are hoping to hear what the comedian might say about being slapped by Will Smith at the Oscars, they’re in for disappointment.
Those in attendance of his Friday show in Indio, California, were the …
Severe weather expected from Gulf Coast to Great Lakes
Manuel Peric/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major spring storm hits the western U.S. Monday with snow, high winds and blizzard conditions.
The storm will move into the central U.S. on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing a multi-day severe weather outb…
COVID-19 cases rising in Northeast, partly fueled by BA.2, experts say
iStock/koto_feja(NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases continue to tick up in the United States, the Northeast appears to be fueling the increase.
Four of the five states with the highest seven-day case rates per 100,000 are in the Northeast. In the 10 state…
‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler will executive produce ‘Ironheart’ for Disney+
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney — Dia Dipasupil/Getty ImagesRyan Coogler has been tapped as the executive producer of Ironheart, the upcoming Marvel Studios series bound for Disney+, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
As previously rep…
Chris Pratt “blown away” by fans’ support of his sports documentary ‘Alaskan Nets’
ABC/Randy HolmesMarvel movie star Chris Pratt told his 36.5 million Instagram followers that he is “blown away” by his “little film that could,” the “incredible documentary” Alaskan Nets.
The documentary is set in the remote Alaskan island town of Met…
COVID-19 cases rising in Northeast, partly fueled by BA.2, experts say
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases continue to tick up in the United States, the Northeast appears to be fueling the increase.
Four of the five states with the highest seven-day case rates per 100,000 are in the Northeas…
Will ‘Instant Karma’ catch up with the burglars who stole an iconic drum kit?
[PHOTO: Alan White plays the now missing drums he used to record ‘Instant Karma,’ ‘Imagine,” and other John Lennon classics. Credit: Jerry Levin]
Bolt of lighting: Disney+ casts ‘Adam Project’ lead Walker Scobell for ‘Percy Jackson’ series
Disney/Paul LoreiDisney+ has found its Percy Jackson.
Walker Scobell, the 13-year-old whose movie debut was playing a young Ryan Reynolds in Netflix’s recent hit The Adam Project, will play the title role in the Disney+ show based on Rick Riordan’s be…