California health officials are monitoring 8,400 people for coronavirus symptoms after their arrival on domestic commercial flights, Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday. The state currently has only about 200 test kits, an ‘inadequate’ number, but has been in ‘constant contact with federal agencies’ that have promised to send a fresh supply of kits in … Read more
Donald Trump’s campaign SUES the New York Times for ‘libel’ over columnist’s claim of a ‘real Trump-Russia quid pro quo’ to get Putin’s election help Donald Trump’s reelection campaign filed a lawsuit against The New York Times alleging it engaged in ‘libel’ against the president The lawsuit stems from a March 2019 op-ed It claimed … Read more
A worker opened fire Wednesday at Milwaukee’s Molson Coors complex, killing five colleagues before taking his own life, police said. The gunman was identified as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who authorities say died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley called the shooter ‘an active brewery employee.’ The gunman was an employee … Read more
The first case of coronavirus where the origin of the disease is unknown has been confirmed in the United States, officials revealed Wednesday. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the person, a resident in Northern California, had not recently returned from a foreign country, and had not been in contact with another confirmed case. … Read more
Donald Trump made Vice President Mike Pence his coronavirus czar in a sudden announcement Wednesday. He also declared the U.S. would spend ‘whatever’ it takes to beat coronavirus Wednesday at a White House press conference as the infection’s scale grew around the world. ‘We’re very, very ready for this, for anything,’ he said, even if … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: ‘Seven people including the gunman are dead’ after shooting at MillerCoors headquarters as the building remains in lockdown Authorities were responding to reports of an active shooting at MillerCoors in Milwaukee on Wednesday afternoon Seven people including the gunman have reportedly been killed, sources say There is a heavy police presence in the area, along … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Ireland’s Six Nations clash with Italy is called OFF as Irish government take decision in a bid to minimise spread of coronavirus after it sweeps across opponent’s homeland Ireland’s Six Nations clash with Italy has been postponed, it has been confirmed Irish government’s public health emergency team said it should not be played … Read more
Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova announces her retirement from tennis in an emotional essay in Vanity Fair – three years after coming back from a drugs ban Maria Sharapova has confirmed that she will retire from tennis at the age of 32 The five-time Grand Slam winner penned an emotional essay in Vanity Fair … Read more
Lloyds will axe 780 full-time jobs, claims trade union Unite, as 56 branches are due to close by autumn Halifax, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland owner has been cutting back on branches News follows HSBC revealing that it will shut another 27 branches Lloyds said it had taken another £2.45billion hit from PPI in recent … Read more
JOE BIDEN Age on Inauguration Day 2021: 78 Entered race: April 25, 2019 Career: No current role. A University of Delaware and Syracuse Law graduate, he was first elected to Newcastle City Council in 1969, then won upset election to Senate in 1972, aged 29. Was talked out of quitting before being sworn in when … Read more
Disney CEO Bob Iger has been abruptly replaced as the head of the iconic company. The company announced on Tuesday after the close of trading that Iger, a former weatherman, would be stepping down from his $47.5 million a year as CEO and appointed executive chairman, effective immediately. Robert Chapek, previously Disney’s chairman of parks, … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Bob Iger, 69, stands down as CEO of Disney and becomes chairman as he is replaced by head of parks Robert Chapek, 60 Disney announced on Tuesday that Iger would step down as CEO immediately He will become executive chairman while Robert Chapeck will be the new CEO Chapeck was previously head of … Read more
US health officials have been conducting secret meetings with lawmakers, senators revealed at a Tuesday Appropriations Subcommittee meeting. Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire criticized the secrecy of a briefing that had taken place earlier that morning, and said that her constituents were ‘concerned’ that they weren’t getting all the information that they needed about … Read more