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‘My second life’: California nurse walks out of hospital after 8-month COVID-19 ordeal

LONG BEACH, Calif., (Reuters) – As a veteran ICU nurse whose job is to care for the most critically ill patients at her...

Kenyan Man Charged With Plotting 9/11-Style Attack On US

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging a Kenyan man with trying to stage a 9/11-style attack on the...

Stuck in Canada, hundreds of migrant farm workers get help from federal government

Hundreds of Trinidadian migrant workers have been issued open work permits to stay in Canada after they found themselves stuck here, unable to return...

Gunman shot dead by police at NYC church after concert; no one else wounded

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A gunman shouting “Kill me!” opened fire from the steps of New York City’s Cathedral Church of St. John...

Historic U.S. COVID vaccine campaign launches with convoy of trucks

(Reuters) – Workers at a Pfizer Inc factory in Michigan dispatched the first shipments of its COVID-19 vaccine shortly after 6:30 a.m. today –...

U.S. FDA advisers overwhelmingly back authorizing Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

(Reuters) – A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus...

Tommy “Tiny” Lister Dead at 62

Tommy "Tiny" Lister -- famous for playing intimidating, but lovable tough guys in films like "Friday" -- has died ... TMZ reported.  A release from...

FDA Releases List of Possible mRNA Vaccine Side Effects

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft of possible side effects from the still experimental Covid-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine (link opens PDF). The terrifying...

Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine, expects inoculations next week

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada yesterday approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said initial shots will be delivered and administered across the country starting...

Most of California to be under stay-at-home orders as COVID-19 surges

Sacramento, Calif., (Reuters) – California’s two most densely inhabited regions and its agricultural breadbasket will be under stay-at-home orders by tonight as the COVID-19...

Barr sees no sign of major U.S. vote fraud despite Trump’s claims

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr said yesterday the Justice Department has found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in last...

US records more than 93,000 coronavirus hospitalizations on Sunday – the highest of pandemic

CNN: Hospitalizations of Covid-19 patients in the United States reached a record high of 93,238 on Sunday, according to the Covid Tracking Project. The number...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...