Appointments for the first COVID shot have plummeted by about 50% in Los Angeles, worrying public health officials in a state thrashed by the virus. Earlier this winter, despite record numbers of COVID cases and deaths, some 30% of Californians are violating stay-at-home orders. Meanwhile, as the state prepares to extend the stay-at-home orders, groups of …

Federal agents have executed a search warrant against Rudy Giuliani, in his capacity as Trump’s personal lawyer. They may be particularly interested in how he literally went to the Ukraine to try to help Trump win the 2020 election. Although it might be the most pressing legal issue Giuliani is facing, it’s not the only …

India is planning to allow the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, which may see as many as 600,000 pilgrims, despite being the midst of an unprecedented COVID crisis, with cases surging well beyond the country’s capability. In the penultimate week of April, India saw 341,000 COVID cases in a single day. The spike in cases is partly …

Pfizer is testing a pill that, if it works, could be the first home-cure for COVID. If the current trial goes well, the pill will be ready by the end of the year. After a brief pause, the CDC has recommended the resumption of the Johnson and Johnson vaccination after fears of negative side effects. …

Monday saw another record in Indian COVID cases: an alarming 353,000. India is in the midst of an unprecedented COVID crisis, with cases surging well beyond the country’s capability. In the penultimate week of April, India saw 341,000 COVID cases in a single day. The spike in cases is partly due to some of the …

Ghislaine Maxwell has pleaded not guilty in the sex trafficking charges.Earlier this month, Ghislaine Maxwell was been denied bail after U.S. prosecutors urged a federal judge to reject a massive bail offer, arguing that she deserves to stay in prison. According to her attorneys, Ghislaine Maxwell is losing weight and her hair as a result of the …

Federal health officials are considering lifting their recommendation to pause the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following the rare blood clotting disorder  among some recipients. The rate of COVID vaccines has sat at a whopping 3 million shots per day for two weeks straight, and now about 40% of Americans have received at least one shot. …

China launched a massive hacking program aimed at the US government, private companies, and infrastructure, according to a cyber security firm. In response, China called called the US the “biggest empire of hacking” and accusing it of hypocrisy. According to a New York-based research firm, nearly one-fifth of over 150,000 QAnon-related Facebook content came from …

China launched a massive hacking program aimed at the US government, private companies, and infrastructure, according to a cyber security firm. According to a New York-based research firm, nearly one-fifth of over 150,000 QAnon-related Facebook content came from overseas––specifically, Russia and China. The FBI director has said that the bureau opens investigations into China every …

The rate of COVID vaccines has sat at a whopping 3 million shots per day for two weeks straight, and now about 40% of Americans have received at least one shot. Just a few weeks ago, the number of vaccines peaked at 2.4 million shots a day. Some 13% of adults, and some 100 million …

A Uighur woman imprisoned in a 40-square meter cell with 40 other women has detailed her experiences, including electroshocks and beatings. There are dozens of such accounts in detailed in a recent report by the Human Rights Watch and Stanford Law School. A Uighur gynecologist living in exile in Turkey has described the horrors of …

The United States and China have agreed to move forward with climate change, despite the rising tensions over Taiwan and the Philippines. Climate change reached another grim milestone this week. The Arctic Circle reached a shocking 100.4ºF this week, a temperature scientists didn’t expect to see until the year 2100. If that temperature is verified, it …