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Pfizer asks FDA to approve COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for all adults
Pfizer announced Tuesday it is asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve the company’s COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for all adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Pfizer booster is only approved for all seniors, adults in long-term care settings, adults with underlying medical conditions, and adults who work… -
VP Harris in France to repair relationship with America’s oldest ally
Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in France for a four-day trip on Tuesday. The goal of the trip is to continue mending the relationship between the United States and its oldest ally. “During my visit, I will join leaders at the Paris Peace Forum to address the rising inequality that has been exacerbated by the… -
Supreme Court looks at death row rights, Puerto Rico federal benefits
The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in multiple cases Tuesday, including one asking what Texas must allow a death row inmate to have during his execution. Ramirez v. Collier involves John Henry Ramirez, who is on death row for killing a Corpus Christi convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery. According to Ramirez’s petition… -
GE splits itself into three different companies, stock price jumps
General Electric (GE) shares jumped more than 8% before the opening bell Tuesday after the company announced it will split itself into three different companies. In a news release announcing the change, GE said the companies “will be better positioned to deliver long-term growth and create value for customers, investors, and employees”. The companies are:… -
Anonymous source: McEnany has turned over texts to Jan. 6 select committee
Update (Feb. 1, 2022): According to reporting from ABC News, one of the many Trump associates subpoenaed by the committee investigating last January’s Capitol riots has turned over text messages to the committee. ABC News said an anonymous source familiar with the investigation told them the associate is former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. According to… -
Need a job this holiday shopping season? Hiring forecast looks bright
As the holiday shopping season nears, major companies are already competing to attract potential workers from a limited workforce. With COVID-19 still a threat, experts say workers are particularly hesitant to return to jobs that expose them to the masses. Because the labor shortage is so extreme, workers can afford to be pickier. In a… -
“I was going to die”: Rittenhouse shooting survivor testifies at trial
One of three people shot by Kyle Rittenhouse at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year, and the only survivor, testified at Rittenhouse’s trial Monday. Protester and volunteer medic Gaige Grosskreutz was shot in the arm that night. In trial testimony, part of which is shown in the video above, the survivor said he pointed… -
Astroworld tragedy: Victims identified, lawsuit filed, investigation continues
Harris County, Texas authorities identified the eight victims who died after the fans at the Astroworld music festival in Houston suddenly pushed forward when rapper Travis Scott came on stage. The victims were identified the same day Scott announced he will cover all funeral costs and offer aid to those affected by the Astroworld tragedy.… -
China built mock-up of US warships, two charged for ransomware attacks
The Justice Department announced Monday it has charged two suspected criminal hackers in connection to a wave of ransomware attacks. The two suspected hackers are Ukrainian Yaroslav Vasinskyi and Russian Yevgeniy Polyanin. “According to the indictments, Vasinskyi and Polyanin accessed the internal computer networks of several victim companies and deployed Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to encrypt the… -
Supreme Court hears “state secrets” case, opinions appear split
The Supreme Court did not appear to reach a solid resolution in a case regarding “state secrets”. The court heard arguments in the case of FBI v. Fazaga Monday. Three Muslim men had filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the FBI spied on them and hundreds of others in a surveillance operation that began several years… -
World tops 250M COVID-19 cases, US travel ban ends, LA mandate begins
According to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University, the number of COVID-19 cases around the world has topped 250 million. The latest milestone comes just a week after world COVID-19 deaths topped 5 million. The United States accounts for just under 46.5 million world COVID-19 cases and over 750,000 deaths. The milestone also comes… -
Musk consults Twitter, says he will sell 10% of his Tesla stock
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made noise on Twitter again over the weekend, asking his 62.8 million followers if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock. That amounts to $20 billion in stocks. According to analyst Daniel Ives of WedBush Securities, Musk owns about 23% of Tesla’s stock. “I will abide by the results of this… -
SpaceX, NASA land one rocket, expected to launch another later this week
NASA and SpaceX welcomed four astronauts back to Earth Monday. Their arrival comes just two days before NASA and SpaceX are expected to launch four more astronauts into space. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft was supposed to leave the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, with its capsule splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday…
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