A new study shows the transmission of COVID-19 is extremely low in K-12 schools providing face-to-face instruction. The study examined eleven school districts in North Carolina. It included nearly 100,000 students and staff and monitored the virus transmission over a nine-week period. To complete the study, they looked at each case identified and determined whether
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The words of Joe Biden are incentivizing thousands of Hondurans to organize caravans and move through Central America en route to the United States. The governments of Guatemala and Mexico are scrambling to try to put a halt to their journey. The migrants feel emboldened by the election of Joe Biden and are now coming
Before the China Virus invaded our shores, we built the world’s most prosperous economy. America gained 7 million new jobs – more than three times government experts’ projections. Middle-Class family income increased nearly $6,000 – more than five times the gains during the entire previous administration. The unemployment rate reached 3.5 percent, the lowest in
Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) throws a pass against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first half of the AFC Wild Card playoff game at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pa., January 10, 2021. (Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports) Last weekend, the Cleveland Browns, in their first playoff game since 2002, won their first postseason game since
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse blasted his own political party in an essay over the weekend, condemning the embrace of conspiracy theories by some in the GOP, which Sasse claimed planted the seeds that resulted in the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. What did Sasse say? The Nebraska Republican did not mince
Loews Hotels canceled a “fun-filled-family-friendly” fundraiser for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in Florida after outraged liberals labeled the Republican lawmaker a “traitor” and “domestic terrorist.” The hotel chain, which is made up of 24 properties across the United States and Canada, buckled to Democrats demanding the event be canceled because of Hawley objecting to some
In Sunday’s Washington Post, their dedication to truth collapsed in a heap in an interview touting the “evolution” of disgraced CBS anchor-faker Dan Rather. On the second page of the Arts & Style section, Post writer Geoff Edgers honored rather in an interview headlined “The evolution of an anchorman.” Both bizarrely pretended Rather used to report the
Succeeding in the world of theater is tough no matter who you are. But if you’re a conservative Orthodox Jew, it’s even tougher. Just ask Joshua Danese. Danese is hardly new to the profession. Some three decades ago, he found success as a young, progressive, secular Jewish writer. He wrote and produced plays and occasionally
78-year-old Joe Biden on Saturday introduced his “science team” and announced he would be elevating the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to a Cabinet position. Biden’s ‘science team’ will focus on Covid-19, climate change, technology, the economy and the ‘long-term health of science and tech’ in the US. This is all
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks as President-elect Joe Biden listens during a news conference where Biden named retired General Lloyd Austin as his nominee to be defense secretary in Wilmington, Del., December 9, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Vice President–elect Kamala Harris will reportedly resign her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she is set to
Donald Trump needs the same level of affirmation as a toddler – but prosecuting him would only give him the attention he craves, says former FBI chief James Comey. Mr Comey, who was controversially fired by the president in 2017, told Sky News launching a criminal case could lead to several more years of the
Several Democratic governors are criticizing the Trump administration for apparently misleading public health officials about holding a stockpile of Covid-19 vaccines in reserve. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Tuesday that the government would begin releasing doses of vaccine that were being held in “physical reserve” to ensure enough supply for second
The New York Times again attacked President Trump’s “law and order” rhetoric by implying it’s racist (and that Trump himself is racist) while insisting the phrase has backfired on Trump after the disgusting spectacle of the riot on Capitol Hill. Reporter Elaina Plott’s “political memo,” “How Trump’s ‘Law and Order’ Mantra Was So Loaded Yet So Hollow,”
Decorated Afghanistan War veteran Sean Parnell, who came within an eyelash of beating Democrat Rep. Conor Lamb in November, lashed out at CNN reporter Jake Tapper for his smear of Rep. Brian Mast. “Congressman Brian Mast, a Republican from Florida — who lost his legs, by the way, fighting for democracy abroad, although I don’t know
Just in case you’ve forgotten exactly how much Katie Couric disdains Republicans and despises President Trump, look no further than Friday’s edition of Bill Maher’s show on HBO. Couric said that Republican lawmakers should be deprogrammed during Real Time with Bill Maher in a panel discussion about Republican lawmakers who supported Trump in trying to
President Donald Trump has no public events on his schedule for Sunday. President Trump’s Itinerary for 1/17/21 – note: this page will be updated during the day if events warrant The schedule is comprised of information available from the public schedule released by the White House and several sources of publicly available information. No sensitive
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a briefing on Iran at the State Department in Washington, D.C., April 8, 2019. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) Mike Pompeo’s Twitter account has apparently tucked a notable policy statement into an otherwise unremarkable legacy-burnishing tweetstorm — and it has significant implications for U.S. support of Israel at the U.N. The
CBS News was criticized this week for whitewashing the effects of President-elect Joe Biden’s proposal to hike the federal minimum wage. What is the background? Biden released his proposal for new coronavirus-related economic relief on Thursday, which boasts a price tag of $1.9 trillion. Included in the bill, in addition to stimulus checks and more
The city of Portland is planning to call on Congress to give reparations to black and indigenous communities. Last week, the Portland City Council formally outlined plans to lobby the federal government to provide financial payments or other aid to the descendants of enslaved black Americans and Native Americans harmed by policies enacted by the
Former NBC Today star and CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric toed her usual partisan Democrat line in an appearance on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. Most notably, she insist Mitt Romney “seems like Nelson Mandela at this point.” Joe Biden said Romney wanted to put “y’all back in chains” back in 2012, but
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to surge. The seven-day moving average of daily confirmed new cases eclipsed 260,000 on Jan. 9, the highest rate yet recorded. The U.S. is expected to reach the grim milestone of 400,000 COVID-related deaths later this month, around the anniversary of its first confirmed case. These numbers suggest that the
Harvard Students and alumni at Harvard are demanding that the school revoke the degrees of graduates who worked in the Trump administration and other parts of government. That would include people like Senator Ted Cruz and Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas. This is unprecedented and vindictive. CNS News reports: TRENDING: Biden Inaugural Like Baghdad: Green
A fillet of lab-grown cultured chicken developed by Eat Just. (Eat Just, Inc./Handout via Reuters) Here’s a technology designed to rehumanize us, putting mankind’s brilliance and ingenuity in service to our gentler side. Last month, from Singapore, came news of the world’s first commercial sale of cell-cultured meat, the product of a bioreactor instead of
America is finally waking up to the problems caused by its polarising politics. And if Sky News’ investigations into one small community in mid-west Ohio are anything to go by, it is going to be one heckuva big, continual challenge – long after the US inauguration on Wednesday. The Sky team in Ohio tracked down
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence star in “Bad Boys For Life.” Sony The studio with the highest box office haul in 2020 was one that delayed most of its film slate to 2021. After combing data from Comscore, Sony emerged as the top earner in a year marred by a global pandemic. The studio represented
In his “Morning Jolt” newsletter on Friday, Jim Geraghty at National Review took exception to an Associated Press that proves the rule that liberal media outlets “shoehorn the data about state responses and caseloads into a simple, political Goofus-and-Gallant story of good and wise blue-state governors and foolish and reckless red-state governors.” Geraghty points out that the
It’s the worst nightmare for public health officials and it appears to be coming true. Los Angeles County is experiencing a health emergency as hospitals are literally filling up with COVID patients. Ambulances circle the city waiting for a spot to open up in emergency rooms. The ICU’s are at zero capacity. They are running
How low is the nation’s confidence level in the safety of the new COVID vaccines at this point? Well… it’s this low. This story comes to us from Oak Valley Hospital in Oakdale, California. As with most medical facilities, Oak Valley’s doctors and nurses were in the “1A” group, first in line for getting vaccinations.
Roughly 1,000 American fast-food workers around the country went on strike Friday to protest for a $15 minimum wage and demand union rights in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, organizers said. The progressive group Fight For $15 called for and celebrated the strike Friday and encouraged fast-food workers nationwide to join
Elijah Wood stars in Lord of the Rings (New Line Productions, Inc./IMDb) A few years ago, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was reportedly looking for something that would be for Amazon Studios, his company’s entertainment division, what the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones was for HBO. So, naturally, Amazon secured a $250 million television-adaptation deal