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Jill Biden subtly paid tribute to every U.S. state and territory during Wednesday night’s virtual inaugural concert with her custom outfit by Uruguayan-American designer Gabriela Hearst. The First Lady, 69, attended her husband’s inauguration in an ocean blue tweed coat and dress by New York-based designer Alexandra O’Neill, the founder and creative director of Markarian, but she later changed … Read more
Coronavirus cases are decreasing across the United States with 44 states showing a week-over-week drop in infections and deaths declining in 18 states, new data from Johns Hopkins University shows. Nearly every state has seen a fall in the number of people testing positive in the last seven days aside from Maine, South Carolina and … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden has doubled down on his promise to get 100 million Americans vaccinated in his first 100 days but warned that ‘things will get worse before they get better’. Biden first unveiled the ambitious goal Thursday as part of his $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ which includes about $400 billion to tackle COVID-19. … Read more
The new ‘super COVID’ variant first detected in the UK is continuing to sweep across the U.S. as more cases have been identified. As of Tuesday morning, 82 infections have been detected in 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas. California currently has the highest number of reported cases … Read more
Andra Day is making her big-screen debut with a once-in-a-lifetime role. And the two-time Grammy nominee is sure to become our favorite leading lady if the first look is any indication. She offers a haunting performance as she embodies a music and Civil Rights icon in the first trailer for Hulu’s Lee Daniels-helmed biopic The … Read more
FDA head urges states to start giving COVID-19 vaccines to elderly Americans and move on to lower priority groups in a desperate attempt to speed the US rollout’s glacial pace FDA Commissioner Dr Stephen Hahn said it’s ‘reasonable’ to vaccinate lower priority people if states’ doses are going unused The US has only vaccinated 6.25 … Read more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had pledged to increase funding to states and territories to expand COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts. On Wednesday evening, the agency announced it was committing $22 billion to jurisdictions by January 19. This includes funds for $19 billion testing, contact tracing and surveillance systems but just $3 … Read more
Donald Trump tweeted furiously at his own vice president Mike Pence Wednesday to demand he refuse to certify Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump demanded Pence ignore the constitution and instead ‘return’ swing states’ slates of electors for Joe Biden to Republican-controlled legislatures who would then submit their own Trump electors. Pence has no such power … Read more
TALK OF THE TOWN: Is Bruno Tonioli set to stay Strictly in the States? Bosses fear lively judge won’t take place in this year’s series due to Covid restricting travel By Alistair Foster, Joanna Bell And Sophie Cockerham For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:02 GMT, 3 January 2021 | Updated: 00:04 GMT, 3 January … Read more
President Donald Trump has blamed the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines on the states as he praised his administration’s ‘successful’ distribution of the doses amid growing backlash over the disastrous program. Trump appeared to respond to mounting criticism of the vaccine rollout on Friday after new data revealed only a quarter of the shots … Read more