Year: 2022
Soaring Omicron could mutate into more dangerous variants, warns WHO official
Senior emergencies officer Catherine Smallwood urges against complacency, tells AFP that as COVID-19 mutation rapidly replicates it is more likely to ‘throw out’ another new strain
Read MoreJanuary 6 committee news – latest: Trump cancels anniversary speech as Sean Hannity’s texts revealed – The Independent
January 6 committee news – latest: Trump cancels anniversary speech as Sean Hannity’s texts revealed The Independent Trump cancels Florida press conference scheduled for Jan. 6 WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast Trump cancels Jan. 6 event amid GOP
Read MoreWebb telescope deploys tennis-court size sunshield in mission milestone
Gold-plated mirror crucial to keep all the infrared, heat-sensing science instruments in constant subzero shadow
Read MoreSpace is changing. Webb is just the start, says ex-Israeli who was in from its dawn
Michael Kaplan, who shepherded the telescope through its planning stages before temporarily living in Israel, talks baby galaxies, space robots, the pitfalls of Israeli bravado
Read MoreUS tech founder out after screed blaming COVID on Jews wanting to exterminate people
David Bateman, founder and board chair of Utah-based company Entrata and onetime prominent figure in state Republican politics, resigns after email diatribe
Read MoreNorth Korea Test Fires a Suspected Ballistic Missile in a Signal That It Isn’t Interested in Rejoining Talks
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, its first public weapons launch in about two months and a signal that Pyongyang isn’t interested in
Read MoreAmid controversy, collection of Norman Mailer’s writing finds new publisher
One of the most famous authors in his lifetime, Mailer has been widely condemned for his writing on race and his misogynist opinions
Read MoreWHO Official Downplays New COVID IHU Variant Found in France
The World Health Organization said a coronavirus variant found in France hasn’t become much of a threat since it was first identified in November. The variant “has been on our radar,” Abdi Mahamud, a WHO incident manager on Covid, said
Read MoreAirbnb’s new experiment in combatting rental bias means swapping names for initials
The project is limited to Oregon users and follows a lawsuit settlement alleging that hosts could discriminate against Black renters based on their names. (Image credit: Lionel Bonaventure /AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreI-95 in Va. reopens as motorists battle bailout traffic jam on Route 1 – WTOP
I-95 in Va. reopens as motorists battle bailout traffic jam on Route 1 WTOP Motorists spent hours on an icy, major interstate in Virginia CNN Drivers fret about food and fuel while stranded on highway Minneapolis Star Tribune Opinion | Imagine Virginia’s icy
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