New COVID-19 XEC variant circulating just before fall
Ella Gonzales | (TNS) Fort Worth Star-Telegram A new COVID-19 variant, XEC, has arrived just before fall. The new variant has sprouted from the omicron...
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors to meet over deepening Lebanon crisis, with region ‘on the brink of catastrophe’
The Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting in New York on Friday from 3pm, following Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut...
FaZe Clan esports team swatted during stream after false murder report
The FaZe Clan esports team was swatted during its livestream after a 911 caller falsely reported a double murder. Los Angeles police swarmed the gamers’...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs joins list of Hollywood stars charged with sex crimes
By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press Since the #MeToo movement took off, a multitude of male celebrities have been accused of sexual misconduct, but only a...
Man shot behind St. Paul apartment building ‘was targeted and executed,’ murder charges say
A 32-year-old man “was targeted and executed” when he was shot behind a St. Paul apartment building, according to murder charges filed Friday. The charges...
Is Big Bird racist? In Sesame Place racial bias trial, a federal jury says no
Jeremy Roebuck | (TNS) The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — Two years after a viral video mired the Bucks County amusement park Sesame Place in a firestorm of racial controversy, a lawyer...