Sao Paulo More than 45,000 people have been killed in Brazil by the pandemic in the past month, but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says there’s a “war” against him personally.
Dead sperm whale washes ashore in Philippines, latest in string of deaths
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A dead sperm whale has washed ashore in the Philippines, the latest in a string of whale deaths that has experts concerned. Two fishermen spotted the 60-foot (18-meter) carcass on a beach in the Davao region early o...
Power Rangers actor Austin St. John charged with COVID-19 aid fraud
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St. John was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Texas. The FBI and IRS are investigating. St. John is one of 19 people, led by Michael Hil...
Ex-deputy gets 18 years for deaths of mental health patients who drowned in van
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A former deputy sheriff was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the drownings of two mental health patients in South Carolina after Hurricane Florence in 2018. Stephen Flood was found guilty in Marion County Thursda...
Tales of Covid-19 reinfection
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A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The top-line news on Covid-19 this week is that about a third of the US population is in an area o...
US traffic deaths at highest in 16 years; state police ramping up traffic enforcement
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Before 2020, the number of U.S. traffic deaths had fallen three straight years. But police say they’ve seen a lot more reckless drivers during the pandemic. Iowa State Patrol troopers say it’s not uncommon to spot dr...
Dodgers broadcast team comes down with COVID-19, will not travel on upcoming road trips
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As a result, Los Angeles will not travel its broadcasters to the upcoming games in Philadelphia and Washington. The broadcasters will call the games from the confines of Dodger Stadium, as they did during the 2020 an...
Brain cancer deaths of six former Phillies players must be investigated, says Dr. Siegel
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"It's a cluster, and it needs to be examined. The amount of incidents of deadly brain cancer are about three out of 100,000. This is three or four times that or more," Siegel told "Fox & Friends" after former Phi...
Ashley Biden tests positive for Covid-19, drops off trip with first lady
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First daughter Ashley Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is no longer joining first lady Jill Biden on a trip to South and Central America, according to the first lady's press secretary, Michael LaRosa. Ash...
White House warns the US can’t buy updated Covid-19 vaccines ‘for every American who wants one’ without more funding
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White House Covid-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha warned Wednesday that without more funding from Congress the US will not be able to buy enough Covid-19 vaccines for every American who wants an updated shot later thi...
Defense Dept hiding UFO info, congressman says: ‘There’s something else out there’
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"We just got hosed, basically," Burchett, R-Tenn., told reporters after a House Intelligence subcommittee that featured testimony from Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie and Depu...
Eric Clapton postpones some concert dates after testing positive for Covid-19
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Eric Clapton, the famed guitarist who has expressed skepticism about Covid-19 vaccine mandates and lockdowns, has postponed some tour dates after testing positive for Covid-19. Clapton's diagnosis was confirmed in ...
Kim Jong Un mobilizes North Korea’s military in response to Covid-19 outbreak
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilized the military to respond to the country's first officially acknowledged outbreak of Covid-19, as the impoverished nation scrambles to address what state media has describ...