Oreanna Myers ‘practiced witchcraft and performed rituals just weeks before the murder-suicide’

The West Virginia woman who fatally shot her three kids and two step-kids before burning them all down in their family home was into witchcraft, posting rituals and jars of dead butterflies to her social media.  Oreanna Myers, 25, shot and killed herself after burning down the home in Greenbier County with the children’s bodies … Read more

From Salena Godden to Tina Jackson, Richard Flanagan and Jane Harper: This week’s best new fiction

From Salena Godden’s celebratory novel to The Beloved Children by Tina Jackson, a magical realist tale by Richard Flanagan and Jane Harper’s latest, this week’s best new fiction By Eithne Farry and Max Davidson and Kitty Marlow and John Williams Published: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2021 Mrs Death … Read more

Novavax will submit results to UK regulator ‘within two weeks’, clinical trial chief says

The Novavax coronavirus vaccine could submit its results to the UK regulator within two weeks, says the clinical trial chief, with supplies set to be available this summer. Early results show the jab is 89.3 effective against the virus including the Kent strain in a glimmer of hope the UK could add a fourth jab … Read more

Covid UK: Welsh lockdown is extended by three weeks

Welsh lockdown rules  Wales’ Alert Level 4 means that people must stay at home except for limited purposes. These include:  Buying food and medicine; Exercise, alone or with members of your household or support bubble;   For work purposes where it is cannot reasonably be done from home;  Providing care to a vulnerable person; Visiting a … Read more

Plan to leave 12 weeks between Covid-19 vaccine doses will get WHO backing, expert predicts 

Will WHO back 12-week jab gap? Plan to leave 12 weeks between Covid-19 vaccine doses will be supported by World Health Organisation, expert predicts The WHO currently recommends a maximum of six weeks between doses The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommendation for a longer period was initially met with criticism  Britain’s four … Read more

Coronavirus cases in U.S. fall 31% in three weeks as 47 states report declines in new infections

Coronavirus cases are continuing to decline drastically across the United States even as deaths hold steady near peak levels. On Thursday, a total of 152,478 new infections were reported, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, a dramatic drop from the 232,943 cases recorded just two weeks ago. What’s more, the seven-day rolling average of … Read more

Pregnant Kate Lawler shows off her baby bump two weeks before the birth of her first child

‘Peeing five times a night, not sleeping and can’t see my toes’: Pregnant Kate Lawler shows off her baby bump and gives candid update two weeks before the birth of her first child By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 11:33 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 11:33 GMT, 28 January 2021 Kate Lawler has given … Read more

April Love Geary flaunts her post-baby body six weeks postpartum in black lingerie

April Love Geary flaunts her post-baby body in black lace lingerie to mark six weeks postpartum after giving birth to son: ‘Loose skin, tight friendships’ By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 02:45 GMT, 28 January 2021 | Updated: 02:45 GMT, 28 January 2021 April Love Geary is owning her post-baby body after giving birth to … Read more

GameStop’s three largest shareholders have gotten $3BILLION richer in two weeks

YouTuber ‘Roaring Kitty’ has been one of the key cheerleaders of the GameStock rally The Reddit subgroup fueling the unprecedented surge of GameStop shares in a campaign that is rattling Wall Street, has been kicked off gamer messaging app Discord due to hate speech violations.  Discord on Wednesday confirmed it has banned the r/WallStreetBets server … Read more

Karaoke singer, 34, dies of Covid weeks after performing Christmas Eve gig at hotel

The family of a karaoke singer who died of Covid-19 weeks after performing a Christmas Eve gig at a hotel have revealed the ‘gut-wrenching’ moment doctors switched off his life support. Lance Mills, 34, who was a regular on the pub circuit in south west England, fell ill after singing at an event in Yeovil, … Read more