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A Muskogee, Oklahoma sixth-grader was on his Marvel superhero mode after he saved his fellow classmate from choking and helped a woman get out of a burning home on the same day. According to KTUL, Davyon Johnson had a very memorable day on Dec. 9 when he performed the Heimlich maneuver on one of his classmates who […]
Marking the implementation of something that should have been carried out much sooner, at least immediately upon the former VP taking office, the Biden administration said Tuesday that it would distribute half a billion at-home COVID-19 tests amid Omicron variant concerns. In a statement shared early Tuesday morning ahead of a planned address to the […]
A new study has found that fully vaccinated people who are then infected with COVID-19 may acquire a “super immunity” to future variants of the virus, NBC Chicago reports. The Oregon Health & Science University study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, has discovered that antibodies in breakthrough case blood samples were at most 1,000% more effective than the […]
Elon Musk was just named Times’ Person of the Year, and in response, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren took to Twitter to comment on how the award should have gone to someone who pays their taxes and not Musk, who she believes is “freeloading off everyone else.” Musk didn’t take too kindly to these comments and […]
Unlike the beloved Joe Byron, who the whole internet was going to give a big-ole kiss just a few weeks back, the actual U.S. President Joe Biden isn’t seeing much love on Twitter. And he will apparently not be doing any executive order magic to wipe student loan debt as many had hoped. As announced by press […]
After Chris Cuomo was fired by CNN this past Saturday for his involvement with his brother Andrew Cuomo’s sexual misconduct scandal, the news anchor has also just lost his book deal and severance. According to the Daily Beast, the publishing company HarperCollins has just announced that they will no longer be publishing Cuomo’s upcoming book Deep Denial, which […]
An expected 12 inches of snow could hit Hawaii over the weekend. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning for the tropical islands lasting through Sunday and added that it isn’t totally unusual for snow to touch down in Hawaii. Still, a blizzard warning hasn’t been issued in Honolulu in three and a half years, according to the […]
A 50-year-old man is facing criminal charges after he showed up to a COVID vaccine clinic with a prosthetic arm. According to la Repubblica, the incident happened in the northern Italy last month, after the government signed a decree making a COVID “super green pass” mandatory at bars, theatres, gyms, and other public spaces beginning next week. Not having the […]
U.S. debt collectors have a new tool at their disposal: social media. Under financial regulations that went into effect Tuesday, debt collection agencies can now contact people via text or direct messages on social media. The rule was added to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a 44-year-old piece of legislation that controls how debt collectors can […]
The Ontario government has passed a new law that prioritizes employees’ work-life balance. Announced on Tuesday, the “Working for Workers Act” requires Ontario businesses with 25 people or more to have a written policy outlining employees’ rights when it comes to disconnecting from their job at the end of the work day. Businesses will be required to create […]
