“By this time next week, we are going to be talking about 3,000 deaths a day — that’s 9/11 every single day,” Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a professor of medicine at George Washington University.
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The 402-bed Jamaica Hospital Medical Center issued a job posting saying that “once again” it will need staff reinforcements to avoid getting caught short-handed with a surge of sick patients.
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Freshman Nicole Rosenberg filed suit Tuesday fighting her suspension after she attended a boat party on the Hudson on Oct. 15 which she claims she got stuck on only after discovering it wasn’t abiding by COVID-19 guidelines.
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It is not often in college basketball that a team’s first game of the season is against a conference opponent, but that will be the case in the Pac-12 for Utah as it plays host to a Washington team that enters this game 0-2. The Huskies offense has been in neutral as they are averaging…
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People will stream… when I tell them to stream!
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Interpol issued a global warning Wednesday that organized crime groups could target the upcoming coronavirus vaccination campaigns by peddling fake shots and stealing supplies, according to reports. The international police agency, which is headquartered in France, said it had alerted law enforcement in its 194 member countries about the possibility that organized crime networks will…
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SpaceX may have only just put humans into space for the first time, but that isn’t stopping CEO Elon Musk from making bold new promises. The billionaire Tesla executive on Tuesday said that he is “highly confident” that SpaceX will be able to send humans to Mars by 2026, if not earlier. Speaking at an…
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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two others were sentenced to jail Wednesday over anti-government protests that rocked the region last year. Wong, 24, was sentenced to thirteen and a half months in jail after pleading guilty to organizing and taking part in the June 21, 2019 rally outside Hong Kong’s police headquarters over…
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“Bring back manly men.”
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An Alabama woman is now a single mother raising a dozen children under one roof after her sister and brother-in-law died of COVID-19 within one month of each other. Francesca McCall, 40, of Birmingham, is currently taking care of her sister’s five kids — who range in age from 2 to 17 — in addition…
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An eventful Week 12 on and off the field featured one continuous COVID-19 postponement — and three new first-place teams — to cause a few notable alterations to The Post’s weekly NFL Power Rankings. The Giants have advanced to just outside the Top 20 with three straight wins, their highest position of the season, while…
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A Los Angeles County supervisor dined outdoors last Tuesday just hours after voting to ban the practice over COVID-19 concerns, a new report said. Sheila Kuehl, one of five elected supervisors that govern the county, was seen eating outside Il Forno Trattoria, an Italian restaurant in Santa Monica, Fox 11 reported. Earlier that day at…
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SAN FRANCISCO — The head of San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission, which oversees millions of dollars in city contracts, was charged with bribery Monday in an ongoing federal probe of corruption. General Manager Harlan Kelly was indicted for honest services wire fraud for allegedly accepting meals, cash and other gifts from a San Francisco construction…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family were recently given an experimental coronavirus vaccine from China, a US analyst said on Tuesday. The Kims were vaccinated “within the last two to three weeks thanks to a vaccine candidate supplied by the Chinese government,” Harry Kazianis, a North Korea expert at the Center for…
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The 2020-21 NBA training camp is upon us. Here is a look at the Nets roster to date. Jarrett Allen C, Age: 22, 6’11”, 243 pounds A great pick-and-roll man and rim protector, Allen was a revelation in the bubble when DeAndre Jordan didn’t take part. Can Allen build on it — if he isn’t…
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Merriam-Webster on Monday announced “pandemic” as its word of year. “That probably isn’t a big shock,” Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster, told The Associated Press. In its noun form, pandemic is defined by the dictionary as an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or…
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Move over seagulls, aviation has a new threat — the keyhole wasp. Keyhole wasps like to build their nests in tiny holes, including the opening of devices used to measure the speed of aircrafts, according to new findings conducted over a three year period by Eco Logical Australia. The research was triggered by several safety…
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A YouTuber chasing his “dreams” fractured his skull after leaping into a river from atop a massive Texas bridge last week. Saa Fomba recorded last Monday’s stunt at Austin’s Pennybacker Bridge, posting it to his YouTube channel on Friday after several days in the hospital. The footage shows the daredevil as he hatches the dangerous…
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The Giants, in their first game since offensive line coach Marc Colombo was fired, did plenty of good and some not-so-good up front in Sunday’s 19-17 victory over the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. Leaning on a ball-control attack after quarterback Daniel Jones left in the third quarter with a hamstring injury, the Giants ended…
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Graham Gano followed up a “terrible” two weeks with his typical flawless performance. Gano tested positive for COVID-19 on Nov. 16 and spent most of the next two weeks in NFL-mandated quarantine, returning to Giants practice Friday and not missing a beat Sunday as he kicked four field goals in a 19-17 win against the…
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