Viral News: US Olympic teams are losing members to virus protocols as the Olympic village in Tokyo begins to swell with athletes. Two US gymnasts are in quarantine.   More than two dozen athletes from around the world have tested positive for …

Viral News: US tennis star Coco Gauff announced on Twitter that she had tested positive for the coronavirus and would not be competing in the Tokyo Olympics. It’s another disruption in the pandemic games.   Gauff was expected to be a leader for …

Warmer and Wetter: As floodwaters recede in Germany and western Europe, the full extent of damage is just being revealed with 160 people confirmed dead and more expected. At least 90 of the dead lived in the hard hit Rhineland-Palatinate State.    About …

Washed Away: An astonishing 1,300 people are missing and at least 93 reported dead in devastating floods that swept through parts of Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.   Worst hit were the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia.    Rivers overflowed and whole …

Viral News:  The mystery is that in parts of the country the Covid-19 vaccine campaign has inspired an anti-vaccine movement among conservative Republicans and some states controlled by them.   Tennessee, for instance, has prohibited its health department not only from encouraging children …

The Big Lie: Speaking in Philadelphia, President Biden finally confronted the claim by President Trump and many Republican leaders that the election was stolen from the former president. “No other election has ever been held under such scrutiny, such high standards,” Biden …

Viral News: Cases of Covid-19 are spiking in areas of the country where the Delta variant is spreading and vast numbers of people are refusing to get vaccinated.   Medical authorities say a third of new cases are occurring in five hot spots: …

Private Space: Billionaire Richard Branson flew to the edge of space yesterday with a crew of two and three other passengers, winning the billionaire space race.   Amazon’s Jeff Bezos heads for the stars in 10 days. Tesla’s Elon Musk also has …

Haiti Crisis: Haitian authorities hunted down the people they say were responsible for the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, getting into a shootout in which four suspects were killed and two were arrested.   The suspects were not identified.   Prime Minister Claude …

Most Foul: A group of gunmen overnight burst into the home of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and killed him, also wounding the president’s wife, the country’s prime minister says.   Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in a statement that, “A group of unidentified …