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Dr. Oz bought thousands of doses of hydroxychloroquine during pandemic
New York Post - 23 Apr 2022 20:30
The purchase came at a time when the TV doctor was heavily promoting the anti-Malaria drug as a possible treatment for the coronavirus.
Shanghai Lockdown Bolsters a Fringe Independence Movement
Wall Street Journal - 23 Apr 2022 11:30
Resentment over the handling of Covid-19 is feeding a view that the city would be better off on its own. In New York, an activist has a flag ready.
Toddler Yaseem Jenkins who was used by father as 'human shield' in 2019 Philadelphia shooting dies
New York Post - 23 Apr 2022 02:46
Yaseem Jenkins, 3, was just 11 months old when he was shot in the head, neck and buttocks after his father, Nafes Monroe, allegedly tried to buy drugs with counterfeit cash.
Hitmen killed an FSU law professor nearly 8 years ago. Now, his former brother-in-law has been arrested in the case
CNN - 23 Apr 2022 03:54
A Fort Lauderdale dentist has been charged in connection with the 2014 death of his former brother-in-law, a renowned Florida State University Law School professor.
Ukraine says Russia has resumed attempts to storm Mariupol steel plant to 'strangle resistance'
Fox News - 23 Apr 2022 14:27
A Ukrainian official on Saturday said Russia had resumed its attempts to storm the resistance stronghold under the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol where thousands of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers remain holed up.
Cops investigate two shootings near Indiana State University leaving 4 injured
New York Post - 23 Apr 2022 13:20
Police received a call on the 300 block of N Walnut Street in Bloomington, IN, when reports of shots were fired at approximately 1:10 a.m.
Person sets themselves on fire in front of Supreme Court building in DC
New York Post - 23 Apr 2022 03:36
A person was airlifted to the hospital after setting themselves on fire in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington DC on Friday evening, officials said.
South Africa's Durban still recovering from deadly floods
ABC News - 23 Apr 2022 14:16
Grief-stricken South Africans are still searching for family members swept away by last week’s floods in which 435 people died and more than 40,000 were made homeless in the coastal city of Durban and the surrounding K...
Finland and Sweden Seem Likely to Join NATO. What That Means for Europe
Time - 23 Apr 2022 13:00
One of the many justifications Vladimir Putin has offered for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is that NATO’s post-Cold War eastward advance threatens Russia’s national security. But if he hoped his assault on Ukraine ...
Zelenskyy warns Russia will likely invade other countries if successful in Ukraine
Fox News - 23 Apr 2022 11:08
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy late Friday warned that Russia likely plans to invade other countries if it succeeds in Ukraine, according to reports.
The Drive to Vaccinate the World Against Covid Is Losing Steam
The New York Times - 23 Apr 2022 09:00
Rates are stalling in most low-income countries well short of the W.H.O.'s goal to immunize 70 percent of people in every nation. Some public health experts believe the momentum is gone forever.
What Shanghai Is Going Through Is News to Many in the Rest of China
Wall Street Journal - 23 Apr 2022 06:14
For weeks, Shanghai has made international headlines for its massive Covid-19 lockdown. Yet in the rest of China, it is easy to get the impression that nothing out of the ordinary is going on there.
3 USS George Washington sailors took their own lives in one week: report
New York Post - 23 Apr 2022 03:31
Master-at-Arms Seaman Recruit Xavier Hunter Mitchell-Sandor died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 15.
Pope appoints key posts, including nun in development office
NY Daily News - 23 Apr 2022 23:47
Pope Francis made three key appointment Saturday, some of the first since Francis last month issued his long-awaited overhaul of the Vatican Curia, or bureaucracy.
Russia wants to seize land corridors to Crimea and Moldova, Russian general says
The Week - 23 Apr 2022 16:06
Russian Maj. Gen. Rustam Minnekayev said Friday that Russia plans to take "full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine," CBS News reported. These gains, he said, would open "a land corridor to Crimea" -- connecting the s...
Tour boat with 26 missing in Japan after distress call
ABC News - 23 Apr 2022 14:50
Japan’s coast guard says a tour boat with 26 people aboard has been missing for more than seven hours after issuing a distress call and taking in water
Ukrainian PM calls Mariupol century's 'biggest humanitarian catastrophe'
New York Post - 23 Apr 2022 13:16
Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said thousands of people died in Mariupol as a result of the violent attacks from Russian troops.
Woman rescued after falling in toilet trying to get phone
New York Post - 23 Apr 2022 12:35
Brinnon Fire Department Chief Tim Manly said the woman had been using her phone when it fell into the toilet on Tuesday, The Kitsap Sun reported.
Ukrainian counterattacks slowing Russian offensive in east
New York Post - 23 Apr 2022 11:54
Ukrainian forces over the past 24 hours repelled eight Russian attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk areas that make up the Donbas.
5 scathingly funny cartoons about Elon Musk's Twitter bid
The Week - 23 Apr 2022 11:52
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Shooting in Washington, D.C., Injures 4, Police Say
The New York Times - 23 Apr 2022 04:17
Four people were injured in the shooting near a busy corridor in the nation's capital. The suspect killed himself as the police prepared to enter a fifth-floor apartment from which he had fired more than 20 rounds, the p...
Man arrested for allegedly threatening Merriam-Webster over definition of female
ABC News - 23 Apr 2022 02:51
A California man was arrested after making online threats against the dictionary publisher over their entries that defined women, investigators said.