Category: News


Why Taylor Swift was replaced by Brad Paisley on a famed Nashville mural celebrating country legends


Swift’s fans are in a social media uproar about the mural change at Legends Corner, a bar next to the famed Ryman Auditorium in Music City, which is undergoing an overhaul by artist Tim Davis.

 

How will you be told when it’s your turn for a COVID-19 vaccine? It’s complicated.


Will you get a text from your doctor? Will you read about it online? Or will you have to check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website to know when it’s your turn in line?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/24/covid-vaccine-eligibility-how-when-americans-notified/4008128001/

Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law


Mr Trump had initially refused to sign the bill, saying he wanted to give people bigger one-off payments.

Nashville explosion: Camper van blows up in ‘intentional act’ on Christmas morning


A parked camper van exploded in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee, early on Christmas morning, injuring three people and knocking out communications systems across the state.

West Point faces worst cheating scandal in decades


More than 70 students were accused of breaking West Point’s Cadet Honor Code in a maths test while studying remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Covid: US reaches long-awaited deal for coronavirus aid


After months of wrangling, US lawmakers have agreed to a roughly $900bn (£660bn) package of pandemic aid, including money for businesses and unemployment programmes.

Covid: US approves Moderna as second vaccine


The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised the US-made jab about a week after approving a Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine which is now being distributed.

Covid: Moderna vaccine moves closer to US approval


The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said his agency would move quickly to authorise the Moderna vaccine, allowing the company to begin shipping millions of doses.