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No topic has been as fun a source of west African drama as the jostling over which country makes the best jollof. Senegal’s Unesco listing this past week of thiéboudiène is a win for the home of the iconic dish...
O n Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened for a hearing entitled “Oversight of the U.S. Airline Industry.” Among the many topics addressed during the three-hour panel discussion, legislators asked airline CEOs to characterize the $54 billion in aid they received under the Payroll Support Program (money well spent), whether…
Updated Dec 17, 2021, 02:50am EST Topline A New York federal court on Thursday overturned a near $4.5 billion settlement which would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma from any future legal action relating to the opioid epidemic, in a decision that may upend the drugmaker’s bankruptcy reorganization…
Updated Dec 17, 2021, 02:00pm EST Topline Former President Donald Trump claimed evangelical Christians are more supportive of Israel than American Jews, and complained that the New York Times “hates Israel” despite being run by “Jewish people,” in an interview with an Israeli journalist — comments the Anti-Defamation League called “disturbing.” Key Facts Trump told…
Updated Dec 17, 2021, 09:35am EST Topline Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Friday that redefining what it means to be “fully vaccinated” against Covid-19 is “certainly is on the table and open for discussion” as the Biden Administration pushes vaccinated Americans to receive a booster shot.…
Updated Dec 17, 2021, 04:56pm EST Topline New York State reported 21,027 positive cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, the highest daily number since the onset of the pandemic, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said Friday. Key Facts Out of 263,536 test results reported Thursday, nearly 8%, or 21,027, were positive cases, according to Hochul.…
Microsoft has made huge strides toward winning back gamers and welcoming in newcomers to the hobby—a radical about face compared to the team leading Xbox when the Xbox One launched in 2013. The driving force behind the rise of Xbox isn’t the new Xbox Series X console, or its baby brother, the Xbox Series S.…
Topline The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol believes former Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the author of a text message to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that was turned over to the committee that called for encouraging Republican-led states to cast their Electoral College votes for…
Topline Dutch authorities have warned that an array of necklaces, sleep masks and children’s bracelets that are being sold with the claim that they protect against supposed harmful effects of 5G cell networks are themselves dangerously radioactive. Key Facts The Dutch Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) issued product alerts for a pendant,…