A woman was killed after being pushed in front of a moving subway train in New York City's Times Square on Saturday, police said. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signaled Saturday that the Empire State was making progress in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent surge of the Omicron variant. Lawyers for Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic appeared virtually in an Australian federal court Sunday in an eleventh-hour bid to save his chances to compete in the Australian Open after refusing to be vaccinated. Tennis great Chris Evert, winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles, has revealed she is suffering from stage 1 ovarian cancer. Russian authorities on Friday arrested the hacker behind last year's ransomware attack which forced Colonial Pipeline to halt operations for days and caused a temporary fuel shortage in the United States. Canadian pop star Celine Dion announced Saturday she is canceling the remaining dates on the North American leg of her latest concert tour. Glenn Youngkin was sworn in Saturday as Virginia's first Republican governor in over a decade. Marlon Bundo, the pet rabbit belonging to the family of former Vice President Mike Pence, has died, according to a post to his Instagram account on Saturday. Two men who tried to smuggle cocaine into Britain in cans disguised as baked beans and condensed coconut milk have been sentenced to a total of 15 years in prison, authorities say. Officials in Beijing said Saturday that the Chinese capital has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 ahead of the Lunar New Year and the opening of the Winter Olympics. Many older cancer patients whose disease has spread to other parts of the body continue to receive high-dose radiation therapy, despite guidelines that recommend against its use, a JAMA Health Forum analysis found. Norwegian Cruise Line canceled port destinations on a 10-day cruise from New York to the Caribbean mid-sailing due to COVID-19 and continued at-sea days for the rest of the trip. A surplus of personal protective equipment worth $7 million was left outside last fall and damaged by rain before the damaged items were found this week, California officials said. Thousands of packages sent by Amazon and UPS have littered railroad tracks in Los Angeles amid a spike in theft, police say. A 4-foot tsunami hit the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday and prompted advisories along the west coasts of the United States and Canada after an underwater volcano exploded. Healthcare product maker GlaxoSmithKline has rejected three unsolicited offers from Unilever, including one worth $68 billion, to acquire its consumer goods division, the company confirmed Saturday. NBC has announced plans to air the special "Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl" on Jan. 31. Leslie Grace shared on Instagram the first photo of her dressed as the superheroine Batgirl. A former acting inspector general for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has pleaded guilty to stealing government software in a scheme to defraud the U.S. government. Auto manufacturers from around the world showcased their latest models at the annual Tokyo Auto Salon in Chiba City, Japan. The show, which has been held for nearly four decades, opens to the public January 14 and runs through January 16. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance to encourage Americans to use the best-fitting mask possible to limit the spread of COVID-19. An 11-alarm fire broke out at an industrial complex in New Jersey, coming just shy of the facility's main chemical plant, firefighters said. A snowstorm poised to traverse the Southeast and Northeast with snow, ice and rain has begun its journey in the northern Plains and Midwest, where up a foot or more of snow has already fallen across the region. A shooting at an Oregon concert venue has left six people injured and police looking for the shooter, authorities said. The soundtrack to the animated movie "Encanto" is the No. 1 album in the United States. |
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