Last year, Ben Novak drove across the country to spend New Year’s Eve with a black-footed ferret. Elizabeth Ann had just turned 21 days – a milestone for any ferret, but a particularly significant one for Elizabeth Ann, the first native, endangered species in North America to be cloned. Mr. Novak, the senior scientist of … Read more
Patients wait after receiving their Covid-19 puffs on February 11 at a vaccination center in Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Covid-19 infections in England have fallen by more than two-thirds in the last few weeks, according to initial results of a survey on the prevalence in the community. The interim … Read more
If the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine seems messy and incomprehensible, with numbers that don’t add up and assignments that don’t make sense, you are not alone. Even people who study this for a living are at a loss. “Neither of us know what’s going on,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scientist at the … Read more
When his state was hit by a huge power outage crisis that left millions of people without heat in freezing temperatures, the Texas governor went on the television waves to blame it. Its main target was renewable energy, suggesting that the failure of wind and solar power led to a system-wide breakdown. “It just goes … Read more
Lina Hidalgo, a judge for Harris County, Texas, where Houston is located, warned residents to buckle up for the possibility of additional days without power. Hidalgo also acts as the county’s chief executive officer. About 2.5 million people and 34 cities in Harris County have no electricity, Hidalgo said on CNN’s New Day. Pipes burst, … Read more
A relentless winter weather pattern – one of the most ruthless in years – showed no sign of easing on Tuesday as it left traces of destruction, power outages and sub-zero temperatures in dozens of states. And even more bad weather was on the way: Another winter storm with snow and ice was supposed to … Read more
Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund that has slashed the cost of newspapers it controls, is on Tuesday to acquire Tribune Publishing, the publisher of nine major daily newspapers in major cities including The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel and The Daily News, came a significant step closer. Tribune Publishing announced Tuesday that Alden, a … Read more
Podcast The Point with Chris Cillizza and Lauren Dezenski cuts the shot to get to the point of the day’s political news in less than five minutes. With the analysis of one of the best political journalism teams in America, it’s a must-see. Catch it on weekday evenings. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable … Read more
An “unprecedented” winter storm continued its attack on the nation Monday, killing at least four people, leaving millions in Texas without electricity and wreaking havoc on travel due to heavy snow and ice in much of the United States. A tornado hit Brunswick County, North Carolina, shortly after midnight on Tuesday, leaving some residents trapped … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Yankee Stadium has become a vaccination site in the Bronx.Credit…Kirsten Luce for The New York Times The first of millions of New Yorkers with chronic health conditions lined up to receive the Covid-19 vaccine at sites around the city on Monday, a day after people inundated a state website … Read more