The coronavirus may have spread through the ventilation system at an apartment complex in South Korea where several residents from different households became infected, according to a study. The cluster was investigated after a series of new COVID-19 cases were identified in August on various floors of the residential complex in Seoul, according to the...
The career criminal who caused a horrific Yonkers crash that killed four teenagers and himself by fleeing cops would have “more than likely” gotten off with just a warning if he had just pulled over, police said Thursday. Detective Lt. Dean Politopoulos told lohud.com Thursday that police still haven’t figured out why Devon Haywood fled...
BIHAC, Bosnia — More than a thousand migrants from Asia, the Middle East and North Africa were left to sleep in the cold after their camp in northwestern Bosnia burned down amid a dispute among Bosnian politicians over where to house them. On Wednesday, a fire destroyed the camp in Lipa housing about 1,200 people....
Dwayne Haskins lost his captaincy, but he may hang onto his starting job for at least another week. The Washington Football Team quarterback, who was also fined $40,000 for partying with strippers last weekend, took first-team reps at practice Thursday and is on track to start Sunday against the Panthers as Alex Smith continues to...
The Nationals are plugging their hole at first base by banking on a bounce-back. The Pirates traded Josh Bell to the Nationals on Thursday for pitching prospects Wil Crowe and Eddy Yean, the teams announced. The 28-year-old Bell was an All-Star first baseman in 2019 before struggling in the 60-game season this year. He hit...
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Thursday warned President Trump to avoid “adventurism on his way out” after Trump threatened punishment if Iran kills Americans in Iraq. The threats are being traded ahead of the Jan. 3 anniversary of the Trump-ordered assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. Zarif tweeted, “@realDonaldTrump uses a worthless...
A woman pulled a fellow straphanger by the hair and robbed her inside an Upper East Side subway station earlier this week, cops said. The 61-year-old victim was sitting on a bench as she waited for the train at the Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street Q and F station around 10:50 p.m. Monday when she...
Apparently, not even Santa is taking chances during the coronavirus pandemic as new footage shows Saint Nick wearing PPE while delivering gifts to kids around the world.
NASA is keeping an eye on a large asteroid that is set to zip past Earth on Christmas Day. The space rock, 501647 (2014 SD224), is on the US space agency’s “Close Approach” list and could be up to 689 feet wide. That’s as long as two football fields. It’s predicted to come within 1.9...
Detroit Lions interim coach Darrell Bevell is the NFL’s first head coach to miss a game because of COVID-19 protocols even though he has not tested positive for the coronavirus. “It’s kind of the times that we’re living in right now,” Bevell lamented. The Lions (5-9) will also be without defensive coordinator Cory Undlin, defensive...
Americans celebrated Christmas over a century ago during the previous pandemic with some of the same concerns of the modern day, including considering whether to gather with loved ones and risk deadly infection. But in 1918, World War I had just ended and many soldiers were headed home for the holidays to see family. And with the federal government less...
It looks like the Giants will have Jason Garrett feeding plays to Daniel Jones with their season on the line. One week after backup offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens and backup quarterback Colt McCoy teamed up to produce six points in a loss to the Browns, Garrett and Jones are expected to return to their regular...
Mini meditation master Bond Hill raised more than $28,000 towards Christmas toys for less fortunate children of New York City by live-streaming his over 20-minute meditation Sunday.
She says her "liked" gained her 600,000 followers.
The People's Liberation Army has ordered a total of eight Type 075 assault ships which are capable of carrying 30 attack helicopters and 900 troops.
This kitty went from the trash heap to top cat! A housecat rescued from a garbage bag seconds before death at a Russian waste-processing plant has been named an honorary assistant to the regional environment minister, according to The Moscow Times. Video footage captured earlier this week at the plant in central Russia’s Ulyanovsk region...
The Yankees offseason is still centered around whether DJ LeMahieu signs to stay in The Bronx or heads elsewhere. Until then, general manager Brian Cashman has made it clear he doesn’t expect to do much, since much of their budget is tied to LeMahieu’s future. If LeMahieu stays, they’ll be limited in what else they...
More people traveled through US airports on Wednesday than any day since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the nation in March, the TSA said. Just days ahead of Christmas, security agents screened 1,191,123 people at American airports on Dec. 23, TSA spokesman Lisa Farbstein said — the most in a single day since March...
Thousands of lorries were still stuck at a former airport near Dover, Europe’s busiest truck port on Wednesday, December 24, despite traffic starting to flow again across the Channel between Britain and France. Huge queues of trucks were parked up at Manston, 20 miles away from Dover, in the south east county of Kent, with...
It’s not the silent night they wanted. Christmas Day has already arrived for much of the world — not that you’d likely tell, with COVID-19 forcing traditional celebrations to be scrapped and setting 2020 up to be the quietest festive season ever. The pandemic’s reach is being felt across the globe, keeping families apart, churches...
Dr. Anthony Fauci now says as much as 90 percent of the population may need to get vaccinated or infected to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 — admitting in a new interview that he has been intentionally raising the bar based, in part, on what he thinks the country is ready to hear. “We really...
"Shame on us, we didn’t stick to the plan," Tartick wrote on Instagram.
James Harden’s visit to the club might only end up costing him dollars, not games. The disgruntled star should be cleared to play in time for the Rockets’ delayed season opener, ESPN reported. The league mandated that Harden quarantine and test negative for COVID-19 for four straight days, according to the report, which began on...
A waitress in Maine got an early Christmas present – a $1,000 tip from a fellow server who stopped by with her family for a bite 15 minutes before closing this past Saturday, according to a report. Linda Tucker, who has been waiting on tables at Fran’s Restaurant in Lewiston for almost 12 years, was...
