6 Feet COVID Rule Baseless, But ‘They Had to Pick an Arbitrary Number’ So People Would ‘Understand’
On CNN’s “Outfront” broadcast Monday, Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.), ranking member of the Select Subcommittee on COVID-19, acknowledged there was no basis for instituting the six-foot social distancing guideline during the COVID-19 pandemic, but defended the guideline because “we were forced to pick an arbitrary number to make it easier for people to understand the […]
NYC sports stars who should be next for number retirements
Jersey numbers don’t look good on everyone, and even my supposedly avid sports fans friends can barely remember who wore which number, and have little motivation to further study the technology. I have a friend who thinks uniform numbers are essential to investing in sports. I’m the chairman of this little extracurricular group. I’m not […]
Darryl Strawberry reaches Mets immortality with number retirement
Darryl Strawberry wasn’t sure this day would ever come. Lately, he’d been feeling unsure if he’d ever see another day like this. But he was immortalized on Saturday when the Mets retired his No. 18 before playing against the Diamondbacks at Citi Field. “It means more than ever to be here and to be able […]
Number of Pennsylvania residents relying on food stamps and Medicaid is skyrocketing
(The Center Square) — The number of Pennsylvanians receiving food stamps and Medicaid is skyrocketing compared to a generation ago. Some experts warn that this leaves the welfare system vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse, some of which is “designated”. “There’s a recognition that we need a social security net, but whether that net actually […]
Trump verdict makes significant number of Republicans less likely to support him: poll
A new poll, conducted shortly after former President Trump was convicted in New York state, finds that significant numbers of Republicans say they are unlikely to vote for Trump in November’s presidential election. One in 10 Republican voters said Trump’s felony conviction for falsifying business records makes them less likely to support him for president, […]
Family’s $15K Carnival Cruise vacation canceled without their knowledge after sharing booking number on Facebook
A $15,000 Carnival cruise that a Kentucky family had been planning for a year was canceled just two days before it was due to set sail due to “identity theft” after the family accidentally shared their reservation number online. Tiffany Banks, a mother who was scheduled to sail on the Carnival Celebration with her husband […]
Stop & Shop to close a number of ‘underperforming’ stores
Stop & Shop plans to close an unspecified number of grocery stores across the Northeast that it says are “underperforming.” “Stop & Shop will make the difficult decision to close underperforming stores to ensure the long-term health and future growth of our business,” a spokesman for the supermarket chain said in a statement. The Massachusetts-based […]
REPORT: Suspects Openly Sell ‘Sextortion’ Guides On Social Media As Number Of Child Victims Spikes
Suspected criminals are selling “sextortion” guides on social media as children and teenagers increasingly fall prey to sexual blackmail schemes, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported Tuesday. The guides teach would-be scammers how to masquerade online as young women and hoodwink a victim into sending sexually explicit content, which the suspects would then use to […]
Number of New German Citizenships Being Handed Out Hits Another High
BERLIN (AP) — Germany saw another big increase in the number of people gaining citizenship last year, with official data released Tuesday showing naturalization applications reaching their highest level since at least 2000, driven by a large number of people from Syria. According to the Federal Statistical Office, some 200,100 people are expected to receive […]
Record Number of Apprehensions, Gotaways in November
Preliminary U.S. Customs and Border Protection data obtained by The Center Square from a border agent shows record numbers of apprehensions and gotaways at the southern border in November. Agents apprehended 212,608 illegal foreign nationals and recorded at least 93,461 who evaded law enforcement and are now living illegally somewhere in the U.S. Combined, they […]