Justice Department asks Mike Pence to sit for questioning in Jan. 6 probe
Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesFormer Vice President Mike Pence has been contacted by the Justice Department, which is seeking to question Pence in connection with DOJ’s ongoing probe into former President Donald Trump, the Jan. 6 riot and the e…
Workers clash with police at iPhone factory in China
Qilai Shen/In Pictures/Getty Images(HONG KONG) — Violent clashes erupted between workers and hazmat-suited police officers at China’s so-called “iPhone city,” where about half of Apple’s smartphones are assembled.
Accounts on Chinese social media poi…
After Wednesday’s finale, ‘Andor’ executive producer Tony Gilroy teases what’s in store for season 2
Lucasfilm/Disney+On Wednesday, the longest Star Wars TV series to date, Andor, wraps up on Disney+.
The show, which shows the early days of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s Cassian Andor and his journey to the Rebellion, was co-produced by Diego Luna an…
NIH launches website for reporting at-home COVID test results
Manuel Romano/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHIGTON) — The National Institutes of Health has launched a website MakeMyTestCount.org which allows people to anonymously report the results of any brand of at-home COVID-19 test.
The website is a collaborat…
From financiers to UFO believers, scores of GOP megadonors are flocking to DeSantis
Scott Olson/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, FL) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appears to be eying a run for the presidency in 2024, cruised to reelection this month with the backing of a Rolodex of wealthy GOP donors — topped by an aerospace mogul who s…
Dropping today on Peacock, ‘Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin’
Peacock/Julia TerjungAdam Devine returns as Pitch Perfect scene stealer Bumper Allen in the new Peacock spin-off series Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, which debuts Wednesday.
The series sees Bumper re-teaming with Flula Borg’s Piëter Krämer when one…
Number of US abortions declined in 2020, CDC report finds
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The number of abortions performed in the U.S. decline in 2020, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The annual report, published Wednesday by the CDC, looks at how com…
<strong>Fact or fiction? Turkey makes you sleepy.</strong>
We all know that turkey makes you sleepy, right? That’s why we all start yawning after the Thanksgiving meal. But this fact is “mostly fiction,” according to Dr. John Swartzberg, head of the editorial board at the
Marble Falls, Texas, high school investigating reports of alleged racist incident at basketball game
East Central Independent School District(MARBLE FALLS, CA) — Marble Falls High School announced its plans this week to investigate reports of alleged racist behavior by student spectators at a girls basketball tournament on Friday.
The incident at th…
Measles is an ‘imminent threat’ worldwide, CDC and WHO report finds
CHBD/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Measles is an “imminent threat” around the world, according to a new joint report released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
Despite a two-dose vaccine that …