Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, have informed Queen Elizabeth that they will not be returning to their royal roles at Buckingham Palace. The queen announced the news on Friday, saying that the royal family was deeply saddened by the couple’s decision. As such, the patronage and
As if things couldn’t become more dire in the Lone Star State, Texas is now contending with a water shortage in addition to the rolling blackouts and freezing temperatures that have gripped the state since late last week. Days of power outages and extremely low temperatures have coalesced into a
The Midwest is buried under a blanket of snow. Over the weekend, regions from the Dakotas down into Texas grappled with sub-freezing temperatures, with some places seeing sub-zero. The unprecedented Arctic blast has claimed lives, snarled roadways and ruined thousands of vaccine doses due to power outages. This issue has
In what can only be described as the most frustrating public saga in living memory, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ruin life for nearly everyone. When lockdown efforts began nearly a year ago, in March of 2020, many people optimistically hoped they’d be able to return to their normal life
The middle of the country, from Colorado to Texas and back up to the Ohio Valley, has been pummeled by historic winter storms in the past few days. At least eleven deaths have been attributed to the record-breaking storm, which has left millions of Americans without power and over a
The Tokyo Olympics organizing committee president, Yoshiro Mori, resigned from his role on Friday and issued a formal apology for his sexist remarks. This incident has created a stir globally, as outcry from countries all over the globe calling for Mori’s resignation pile onto the trouble a beleaguered Olympics has
LA County COVID vaccination sites will be temporarily shut down as of Friday morning, as the county is facing a major shortfall of vaccine doses. County health officials report that the sites will be closed for at least two days, starting Friday, as they work to acquire more vaccine doses.
The pandemic has upended normal life in the US and caused loss of life, economic damage and serious mental distress for many people. By way of response, the federal government has, so far, passed two relief bills that authorized stimulus payments to most Americans. Now, a third such relief bill
Thanks to a combination of social distancing guidelines and a vaccination rollout effort, the US is finally seeing coronavirus cases slow down. On Sunday, the US reported less than 100,000 new cases, lower than they’ve been since November. While this is good news, there is one problem lingering in the
While the vaccine rollout continues, shortages of doses are beginning to strain public goodwill. At first, few questioned whether it was wise to vaccine primarily the elderly, as older people are at higher risk of severe COVID cases. However, as the pandemic rolls out and vaccine rollout is slowing from
