BERLIN – Germany’s top court said Thursday it has approved rules requiring health workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Federal Constitutional Court announced that it had rejected complaints against the measure, arguing that the importance of protecting vulnerable people in hospitals and care homes outweighs any infringement of health workers’ rights. The limited mandate … Read more
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — COVID isn’t over. One example is the fact that some 20 out of 70 New York City judges are now COVID positive after they attended a retreat in Montauk last weekend, according to published reports. Some of the judges with no symptoms have been able to return to work. They … Read more
His pick for a U.S. Senate seat representing Pennsylvania, celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz, received less than a third of the vote in a race that’s going down to the wire. And in North Carolina, Trump-backed GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn just lost a primary challenge to state senator and local McDonald’s owner Chuck Edwards. “While Cawthorn … Read more
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police say a man in 40s is dead after a Union Pacific cargo train hit him near downtown Austin early Thursday morning. Police say the Union Pacific train hit the man around 12:45 a.m. in the 300 block of Orchard Street. That’s southwest of Fifth Street between Lamar Boulevard and MoPac … Read more
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Five people were injured after gunfire rang out in North Philadelphia Wednesday night. It happened just before 8 p.m. on the 1500 block of North Bouvier Street just blocks away from Temple University’s campus. The injured victims include three women and two men. Police say a 28-year-old man was shot 14 times. … Read more
Photo courtesy of Katey Shehan Meet Katey Shehan. She calls herself “one of Charlotte’s biggest cheerleaders” and runs CLT Social Club, an Instagram account that coordinates group hangouts for people who live in Charlotte. She didn’t always love her city though. “Even though I grew up here, I hated living here,” Shehan, a Ballantyne native, told … Read more
By Christopher Dolan and Nancy Villatoro As gas prices continue to soar, I am thinking of getting an e-bike to get around and commute to work. I have noticed more cyclists on the roads, many of them riding e-bikes. Some of them seem to be going faster than their pedaling indicates and as they overtake … Read more
INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD is investigating a deadly shooting early Thursday on the near north side. At around 2:17 a.m., police were called to the 3600 block of N. Illinois for a report of a person shot. They found a male shooting victim lying near a vehicle. That man was originally said to be in critical … Read more
Placeholder while article actions load A senior Russian official told state media on Wednesday that a state-of-the-art laser weapons system has been deployed for active use in Ukraine, a claim that U.S. defense authorities and military experts say has not been substantiated and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has mocked. In an interview with the … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are filming an ‘at-home docuseries’ already branded a royal Keeping Up with the Kardashians for Netflix who have secured their ‘pound of flesh’ in return for their $100million Megxit streaming deal, it was claimed today. The Sussexes are said to have welcomed cameras into their $14million Montecito mansion for a reality-type series that could be … Read more
