First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and President Joe Biden welcomed Queen Rania, King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan to the White House on Monday. The Jordanian royals visited the first couple during their working visit to Washington, D.C. The meeting marked Queen Rania and Dr. Biden’s first since the college educator became first lady. Her Majesty’s office revealed that the
A Dallas, Texas, resident who recently returned from Nigeria has tested positive for monkeypox, a rare virus similar to smallpox, local officials said Friday. Though this is the first confirmed case of the virus in the U.S. since 2003, officials said the public should not be concerned. “While rare, this case is not a reason
The victim’s car was found abandoned a few blocks away from the shooting, according to authorities A violent carjacking on New York City’s Washington Bridge has left one man wounded in the hospital, according to authorities. The incident occurred shortly after midnight on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the New York City Police Department said. A
A 3-year-old Kansas boy died after what police said was an “unanticipated reaction to medicine” given to him during a dental procedure, a local report said. Abiel Zapata-Valenzuela, of Scott City, was reportedly at the dentist to have teeth extracted. “The last thing I told him was cause he cried cause he felt the needle and
As Tropical Storm Elsa raged around her on the night of July 6, sniffer dog Mercy tracked down a 12-year-old child who had been reported missing and endangered earlier that day. Heavy rain and strong winds battered much of the South as Elsa headed up the coast. Since arriving in the continental United States on
Lex Scott, the leader of Black Lives Matter Utah, said on Thursday she stands by an earlier statement that called the American flag a “symbol of hatred.” Scott first received backlash for a statement she posted on July 4 on the Facebook page for Black Lives Matter Utah, which is an independent chapter and not affiliated with the national Black
The body of a woman has been pulled from a retention pond in Florida following a suspected alligator attack. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HSCO) attended the pond behind the Landing Bar and Grill at 4351 Lynx Paw Trail in Valrico just after 8:40 p.m. on July 4, following reports of a body. Deputies found
During the long arc of the pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the British government have loved to deploy snappy slogans. The latest is “Hands, Face, Space.” Before that, “Stay alert, control the virus, save lives.” And quite a few more prior to that. Now the emphasis is clearly turning away from government mandate to
Late last year, a deadly yeast known as Candida auris was found in Brazil for the first time. In a new paper this week, the scientists who treated and investigated these initial cases say the covid-19 pandemic made this fungus much much worse. C. auris was first discovered by doctors from Japan in 2009, though
Have you heard of Critical Race Theory? It is something that has been hotly debated among School boards, superintendents, principals, and teachers in recent years. Basically, Critical Race Theory (CRT) is the idea that “racism” is a social construct and that it is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice but also something
