ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JANUARY 23: (LR) Conor McGregor of Ireland punches Dustin Poirier in a lightweight fight during the UFC 257 event at Etihad Arena at UFC Fight Island on January 23, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates emirates. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Conor McGregor’s removal from the UFC’s athlete … Read more
In 2020, the Trump administration nearly doubled the length of the form that immigrants with disabilities can use to apply for exemptions from the citizenship test. The government has recently shortened and simplified the form. Here, a man holds an American flag as he participates in a naturalization ceremony to become a US citizen in … Read more
Conor McGregor, UFC 264 Pre-Fight Press Conference Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press Conor McGregor’s rather ethereal physique has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks – and UFC president Dana White has now revealed that the former two-time champion is no longer part of the USADA testing panel. “Yeah, yeah. Right,” White … Read more
WILLIAMSPORT — A federal judge has rejected a former Geisinger employee’s claim that COVID-19 vaccines and tests are a scam and employees should be allowed to work unvaccinated and untested. U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann on Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Geisinger’s right to require testing of employees with religious exemptions. “Although cloaked … Read more
By Theresa Brain, New York Daily News (TNS) Confirmed cases of the coronavirus have fallen by 15% globally in the past week and new infections have fallen by 9%, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday in its weekly assessment of the state of the pandemic. More than 14,000 deaths were reported last week and … Read more
Pennsylvania has at least 353 cases of monkeypox as of Tuesday, according to federal data, and as students return to school, the virus is starting to show up on college campuses. Officials at Bucknell and West Chester universities each reported one case. Colleges are easy places for monkeypox to spread, but school administrators in Pennsylvania … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Firefighters Union recently encouraged its hundreds of unvaccinated members to file for eight hours of overtime pay every time they are required to complete weekly at-home COVID-19 tests before going to work, according to a union memo obtained from The Inquirer. Last week, the fire department denied overtime requests for at-home … Read more
A social media giant Twitter has rolled out a new status feature for some users, the feature allows them to assign one of several pre-written tags to their tweets. The Verge reports that a company spokesperson confirmed the limited test in a statement given to TechCrunch, while Twitter users shared screenshots of the feature in … Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. — Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Cruises are among those changing policies to require COVID-19 testing after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially ended the COVID-19 referral program. Carnival announced Friday that it will no longer require pre-cruise testing for those who have been vaccinated on its sailings of … Read more