Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The Michigan state legislature is working to ensure that its residents have oversight over Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan House of Representatives Speaker and Republican Lee Chatfield promised Saturday. In an interview on “Fox & Friends Weekend” with host Jillian Mele, Chatfield said that he recognized there ...
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This Day in History: April 25
On this day, April 25: 1988: In Israel, John “Ivan the Terrible” Demjanuk is sentenced to death as a Nazi war criminal. Also on this day: 1707: At the Battle of Almansa, Franco-Spanish forces defeat the Anglo-Portuguese. 1792: The guillotine is first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier. 1831: The New York and Harlem Railway is incorporated in New York City. ...
Read More »Remote meetings don't feel the same. Here's why
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As countless people worldwide have taken to Zoom, FaceTime and Google Hangouts for work meetings and even family catch-ups, they’ve noticed that it doesn’t feel quite the same as speaking in person. There are apparently scientific reasons why that’s the case. During video calls, ...
Read More »Pennsylvania teen sending coloring books, puzzles to seniors in nursing homes
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A 15-year-old Pennsylvania high school student is doing all she can to help seniors during the coronavirus pandemic. Hita Gupta, a sophomore at Conestoga High School in Berwyn, a Philadelphia suburb, started a movement brightening days at nursing homes, one coloring book and puzzle ...
Read More »This Day in History: April 24
On this day, April 24 … 2003: China shuts down a Beijing hospital as the global death toll from SARS surpasses 260. Also on this day: 1800: Congress approves a bill establishing the Library of Congress. 1877: Federal troops are ordered out of New Orleans, ending the North’s post-Civil War rule in the South. 1915: In what’s considered the start ...
Read More »Richard Gere, 70, and wife Alejandra Silva, 37, welcome second child together
Richard Gere, 70, and wife Alejandra Silva, 37, have reportedly welcomed their second child together, a baby boy. The couple has been bonding with their new bundle of joy at their Pound Ridge ranch house just outside of New York City, according to Hola! magazine. Page Six previously reported they were expecting baby no. 2 in November 2019. RICHARD GERE TALKS NEW ...
Read More »Nearly 50 workers on Costa Atlantica cruise ship in Japan test positive for coronavirus
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Nearly 50 of the 600-plus crew members aboard the Costa Atlantica cruise ship, which has been docked in Japan for months, have tested positive for coronavirus after an initial screening of less than a quarter of the workers. CRUISE SHIP’S DOCTOR ‘SURPRISED’ GUESTS WERE ALLOWED TO ...
Read More »This Day in History: April 23
On this day, April 23 … 2005: The recently created video-sharing website YouTube uploads its first clip, “Me at the Zoo,” which shows YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim standing in front of an elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo. Also on this day: 1616: William Shakespeare dies in Stratford-upon-Avon. 1789: President-elect George Washington and his wife, Martha, move into the first executive mansion, the ...
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