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- Some say the COVID-19 vaccine is the 'mark of the beast.' Is there a connection to the Bible?
Sunday - 09/26/2021 - 05:59 AMSome people are calling the "mark of the beast" in the New Testament's Book of Revelation the COVID-19 vaccine. Here's what the Bible says.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 3 dead, 50 injured, many questions after Amtrak train derails in Montana
Sunday - 09/26/2021 - 10:01 AMAmtrak was joining with federal safety officials Sunday to investigate a Montana train derailment that left at least three people dead.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Angry bird tries to take down a delivery drone that invaded its airspace
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 01:59 PMBen Roberts, of the Canberra suburb of Harrison, captured this footage outside of his home on September 21 as a raven went on the offensive.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'I don't have COVID': Doctor says some COVID patients deny virus, decry vaccines from their deathbed
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 04:40 PMMichigan doctor Matthew Trunsky says some dying COVID-19 patients continue to deny their diagnosis or denounce vaccines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Denzel Washington says New York is coming back to life post-pandemic
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 11:16 AMAt the premiere of 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' at the New York Film festival, Denzel Washington discusses the re-opening of the city, while his co-star James Udon reveals what is special about the movie.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Climate change, heat waves affect heart health, experts say. Here's why that puts people of color at higher risk.
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 05:00 AMA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found Indigenous people had the highest rates of heat-related deaths, followed by Black people.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CDC director expands eligibility for booster shots
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 02:41 PMCDC Director Rochelle Walensky has rejected a recommendation of a CDC advisory panel and instead expanded the list of people eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot to include those who are at greater risk of COVID-19 due to their jobs.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- More than 20M Americans are eligible for Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots. Should you get one?
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 04:28 PMMore than 20 million Americans are now eligible for the booster shots, including those over 65 and many with underlying conditions.
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Friday - 09/24/2021 - 04:46 PMHere's the latest for Friday, September 24: Border camp now empty of Haitian migrants; Biden says he'll get booster shot soon; Arson suspected in California wildfire; R. Kelly's fate now with jury
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden welcomes India's Modi to the White House
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 05:11 PMPresident Joe Biden welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House Friday, hailing the "strong partnership" between the two nations and pledging to bring the ties "closer and tighter" to "benefit the whole world." (Sept.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- At least 3 people are dead after Amtrak train derails near Joplin, Montana
Sunday - 09/26/2021 - 09:17 AMAuthorities say the train had about 141 passengers and 16 crew members onboard.
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Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 06:21 PMHere's the latest for Saturday, September 25: Canadians, Chinese executive return home in prisoner swap; Russia urges US engagement over Iran nuclear deal; Volcanic ash cloud closes La Palma airport; Wild boars hog limelight as they roam around Rome.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 3 bodies, including child, found in dumpster fire, Texas police say
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 03:36 PMPolice in Fort Worth, Texas, want the public's help in the suspected homicide of three victims found inside a dumpster that had been set on fire.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Today in History for September 26th
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 04:52 PMHighlights of this day in history: JFK and Nixon participate in TV's first presidential debate; Cuba ends Mariel boatlift; Composer George Gershwin, poet T.S. Eliot and tennis star Serena Williams born; 'West Side Story' hits Broadway.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ohio man awaits Haitian migrant friend's arrival
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 02:51 AMAs they stepped off the white Border Patrol van outside the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition in Del Rio, Texas, a man in a neon yellow vest stood quietly, scanning the line of Haitian migrants who had just arrived.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Today in History for September 25th
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 08:26 PMHighlights of this day in history: Nine black students escorted into Little Rock's Central High School; President Woodrow Wilson collapses; Author William Faulkner born; TV's Barbara Walters and movie actor-producer Michael Douglas born.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Five dead and 74 infected after COVID-19 outbreak in Washington nursing home
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 04:49 PMFive people have died and 74 are infected after a recent COVID-19 outbreak in a Washington nursing home.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Arrest made in connection with California wildfire
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 04:31 PMAuthorities say a woman suspected of starting a fire in Northern California has been arrested. Thousands of people have been evacuated from the Fawn Fire burning near Redding. Structures have been destroyed and more are threatened by the blaze.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- 'I refuse to spend time fighting HATE:' West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice furious he can't coach high school boys basketball
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 05:00 PMWest Virginia Gov. Jim Justice wants to coach high school boys basketball. The local school board said no.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump associates
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 05:37 PMA House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is demanding records and testimony from four close associates of former President Donald Trump who were in contact with him before and during the attack.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Prince Harry calls for vaccine tech to be shared at Global Citizen
Sunday - 09/26/2021 - 06:16 AMPrince Harry called for the sharing of vaccine technology at the New York Global Citizen concert where J-Lo, Lizzo and Paul Simon performed, with Stevie Wonder starring at the Los Angeles event.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Emergency team monitors La Palma lava destruction
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 01:26 PMLava flows from a volcano in Spain's Canary Islands were continuing to cause fires and damage houses, farmland and infrastructure on Saturday. (Sept. 25)
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ida devastation continues: Coroner says alligator killed missing man, thousands still without power and caskets stuck in mud
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 03:06 PMHuman remains found in the belly of a 504-pound alligator were identified as belonging to Timothy Satterlee, who was attacked during Ida flooding.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 8 dead as al-Shabab claims blast in Mogadishu
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 10:46 AMA vehicle laden with explosives rammed into cars and trucks at a checkpoint leading to the entrance of the Presidential Palace in Somalia, killing at least eight people, police confirmed Saturday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Masks help keep students safe from COVID, studies say; vaccine mandate for NYC teachers temporarily blocked. Latest COVID-19 upd
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 12:38 PMNYC schools temporarily blocked from enforcing teacher vaccine mandate. COVID outbreaks more common when schools didn't mandate masks, studies say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Women's voices at UN General Assembly growing
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 08:41 PMWith cascading crises casting a pall over the proceedings at this year's United Nations General Assembly, women's voices at the annual gathering of world leaders are few, but growing. (Sept.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- House votes to counter abortion rights challenges
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 02:46 PMThe House passed legislation Friday that would guarantee a woman's right to an abortion, an effort by Democrats to circumvent a new Texas law that has placed that access under threat.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mayorkas: All migrants are gone from border camp
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 04:32 PMHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says no migrants remained Friday at the Texas border encampment where almost 15,000 people, most of them Haitians, had converged just days earlier seeking asylum.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Biden hosts Indo-Pacific 'Quad' summit at WH
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 04:56 PMPresident Joe Biden hosted the the leaders of India, Australia and Japan at the White House Friday for an Indo-Pacific "Quad" summit. Biden said the alliance is proving it knows "how to get things done" in a complicated corner of the globe.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- All migrants are gone from Texas border camp
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 05:51 PMFederal and local officials say an encampment in a Texas border town where thousands of Haitian migrants gathered in recent days is now empty. (Sept. 24)
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