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The risk for monkeypox in the U.S. is low, according to a White House official. Dr. Raj Panjabi, Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense at the National Security Council, told NPR that the generally mild viral infection that causes flu-like symptoms has not been severe in the 10 or so assumed cases seen in the […]
Two new even more transmissible Omicron subvariants have been found in the United States, Deadline reports. First identified in South Africa, BA.4 and BA.5 were initially recorded on Jan. 10 and Feb. 26, respectively, but have only recently caused a dramatic spike in cases in their country of origin. Abdool Karim, public health expert at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, […]
With gas prices at an all-time high in the U.S., reports of gasoline theft have started to rise, too. The average gas price in the United States currently sits at $4.35 per gallon, which is higher than the record set last week after President Biden announced the U.S. would no longer import Russian. There have been reports of gas theft all […]
A missile barrage went off close to a U.S. consulate complex in Irbil, Iraq, with Iran later taking responsibility for the incident. The Associated Press reports that Iran said the attack was retaliation for an Israeli strike that happened near Damascus, Syria, which led to the deaths of two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. No […]
The country’s Hispanic, Black, and Native American residents were significantly undercounted during the 2020 national census, officials confirmed Thursday. According to report published by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Hispanic population had a net undercount of nearly 5 percent, which was three times higher than the estimated undercount in the 2010 census. The Black population had an undercount […]
The U.S. Embassy in Russia issued a warning to Americans in the country Sunday, advising them to consider leaving “immediately” due to the limited number of arriving and departing flights, CNN reports. “An increasing number of airlines are cancelling flights into and out of Russia, and numerous countries have closed their airspace to Russian airlines,” the embassy […]
Joe Biden says he’s now convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine. “We have reason to believe the Russian forces are planning to and intend to attack Ukraine in the coming week, in the coming days,” Biden said Friday during a White House press conference. “We believe that they will target Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, […]
A Navy SEAL candidate died in San Diego on Friday after completing the final training phase, known as Hell Week. ABC News reports Kyle Mullen, a 24-year-old from Manalapan, New Jersey, who was assigned to Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command, was taken to the hospital along with a second candidate who remains in stable condition at Naval Medical Center San […]
The U.S. Army said Wednesday that soldiers who still refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine will be discharged, Reuters reports. “Army readiness depends on soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said in a statement. “Unvaccinated soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness.” The […]
Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter, who legally changed his name to Enes Kanter Freedom, stopped by Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show after becoming a U.S. citizen on Monday. During his chat with Carlson, Mr. Freedom called on people in the U.S. to stop criticizing the country. “So, I feel like they should just, please, they should keep their mouth shut and […]
