Sears prevailed over Democratic challenger Hala Ayala in the race on Tuesday night, taking just over 51.2% of the vote to Ayala’s 48.8%, according to a tally by a local NBC affiliate. While a woman of color was slated to take the lieutenant governor position regardless of who won – …
Read More »CDC approves Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children 5-11
“It is our ongoing responsibility to make sure as many people as possible are vaccinated and protected from Covid-19,” Walensky told the panel on Tuesday, calling it a “monumental day.” The CDC data shows 172 children in the targeted age group have died from the virus, and over 8,300 have …
Read More »Virginia elections: Fairfax County misses own reporting deadline as conservatives allege foul play
With just over 70% of Virginia’s ballots counted on Tuesday night, Republican Glenn Youngkin led Democratic challenger Terry McAuliffe by nearly 10 points, according to a New York Times tally. However, Fairfax, a historically blue county in a historically blue state, has yet to complete reporting its results, missing its own …
Read More »Decision Desk HQ projects Republican Glenn Youngkin to win Virginia election, as CBS says race ‘leans Republican’
Decision Desk HQ, one of the leading organizations dedicated to tracking and reporting US election results, was the first to call the Virginia gubernatorial elections in favour of Youngkin, some three hours after the polls closed across the state. Stopping short of calling the election in anybody’s favour, CBS News …
Read More »Netherlands re-introduces facemasks & other restrictions as Covid-19 cases surge
The new tightening of anti-Covid measures was announced by Prime Minister Mark Rutte late on Tuesday. Rutte urged all citizens, vaccinated and unvaccinated, to stick to basic hygiene rules and to self-isolate if they are feeling unwell. “Our own behavior is crucial, a very large part of our coronavirus policy …
Read More »Southwest pilot placed on leave, could face charges after alleged assault on flight attendant during ‘dispute over masks’
The fight broke out at a hotel bar in San Jose, California on October 18 during a layover stay, according to police records cited by USA Today. “The event involved a disagreement over mask wearing or masks,” a spokesman for the San Jose Police Department told the outlet, but declined …
Read More »Has Covid killed casual sex? American singles are shunning hook-up culture and looking for something more meaningful post-lockdown
So, remember last spring, when we all predicted there would be a “hot vax summer” – a post-pandemic boom of lovemaking and casual sex? According to a study released by Match.com ahead of its 11th annual Singles in America survey, that… never happened. The study – which is taken from …
Read More »With darknet FLOODED with fake vaccination certificates, Kaspersky Lab says it knows one solution
A new spike in the trade of phony Covid-19 papers has been observed on the Dark Web, Kaspersky Lab’s security researcher Dmitry Galov told RT. The new peak was apparently triggered by the people’s “will to travel more freely, because countries are currently implementing different IT services that are info-checking …
Read More »‘Sounds about WHITE’: Skin color of Kyle Rittenhouse’s jury triggers Twitter
Controversy over skin color arose after the 12 jurors and eight alternates for Rittenhouse’s murder trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, were selected on Monday. Media reports indicated that only one member of the 20-person jury group was a “person of color.” “White supremacy is a hell of a drug,” self-described “Resistance” …
Read More »US ‘a long way off’ from democracy or freedom, Ron Paul tells RT
A new Pew Research poll of 16 advanced economies showed widespread belief that the US healthcare system is below average or downright bad, while only 17% thought American democracy was a good model for other nations. “We deserve a lot of that criticism,” Paul told RT on Tuesday. He blamed …
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