New York City COVID-19 cases surge as unvaccinated take the brunt
Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — COVID-19 cases are continuing to surge in New York City and unvaccinated residents are bearing the brunt.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that, as of Wednesday, the Big Apple has a s…
Are record corporate profits driving inflation?
bymuratdeniz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As prices for goods are on the rise, there has been a debate over how much control consumers have at the cash register.
Some economists, like Rakeen Mabud of the Groundwork Collaborative, an economic policy think…
AG Garland reiterates ‘no person’ — not even Trump — is above the law over Jan. 6
Oliver Contreras – Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday reiterated that “no person” is above the law amid calls from some congressional Democrats to charge former President Donald Trump over last year’s Capitol…
‘Possibility’ that 10 Senate Republicans will back same-sex marriage bill; Schumer wants a vote
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he would like to see the upper chamber now vote on legislation to codify the right to same-sex and interracial marriage after 47 Republicans joined D…
“War is afoot” in new trailer for ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’
Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen — HBO/Ollie UptonOn Wednesday, HBO released the trailer to its Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon.
Laenor Velaryan sets the stage in the trailer’s tease with the words “war is afoot.”
As re…
San Diego Comic-Con kicks off Thursday: What to wear, what to expect
“Black Adam” – Warner Bros. PicturesSeeing masked heroes is nothing new for patrons of any comic convention. But it will be the mandate this year, when the mothership of all cons, San Diego Comic-Con, kicks off Thursday.
Amid a spike of COVID cases in…
Rental car drives itself until you get behind the wheel
[Halo.car founder/CEO Anand Nandakumar hopes to launch a fleet of all-electric on-demand rental cars in Bellevue. Photo: Halo.car]]
“I think I was embarrassed”: Witney Carson hid cancer surgery from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ producers
ABC/Kelsey McNealIn a new interview with People, Witney Carson explains she hid having skin cancer surgery so she wouldn’t miss her first season on Dancing with the Stars.
Carson was 19 when she was diagnosed with melanoma, a genetic form of skin can…
Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jonathan Pryce head to Netflix’s animated ‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’
NetflixCharles Dickens’ holiday classic is coming to Netflix in a computer-animated movie called Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, and some big names are bringing it to life.
Oscar and Emmy winner Olivia Colman will be voicing this version of the Ghost of C…
Trump relishes another primary win, in Maryland, as GOP critics warn of political ‘suicide’
SteveChristensen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Gov. Larry Hogan is a popular Republican who won two statewide elections in Democratic-leaning Maryland — but his full-throated endorsement didn’t mean enough to the Republican base in Tuesday’s primary.
H…