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The ‘New York Times’ has exclaimed that a team that refused to play over coronavirus fears should be crowned college football’s champion.

Los Angeles County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency has reportedly instructed ambulance teams to leave behind patients they cannot resuscitate at the scene.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Two days after celebrating their return to the NFL playoffs, the Cleveland Browns were knocked flat.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) threatened hospitals in his state Monday with fines of up to $100,000 and cutting them off entirely from receiving any more doses if they do not distribute the allotted supply of coronavirus vaccines within a week of receiving it.

YouTube has deleted talkRADIO from the platform, with some speculating this follows the broadcaster taking a critical stance on lockdowns.

In what may be a first in college basketball, both Boston University teams wore masks when they took on Holy Cross Monday.

A bill working its way through the New York State Assembly would give Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) the authority to order the “Removal and detention of cases, contacts and carriers who are or may be a danger to public health.”

Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX) announced Monday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus as she arrived in Washington, D.C. amid the swearing-in of new Congress members.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA announced Monday that all 67 men’s basketball tournament games will be played entirely in Indiana.

Nicola Sturgeon has announced that she is putting Scotland into full lockdown, with schools closed and the public required to stay in their homes. 

An inflatable costume worn by a staff member on Christmas to bring cheer to fellow emergency room staffers at Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center is suspected to have contributed to a coronavirus outbreak that infected 43 and killed one.

Israel has administered more vaccines to its population — more than one in nine Israelis have received the first dose — than any other country in the world by a large margin, and here’s why.

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) traveled from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, after announcing she was diagnosed with COVID-19 just six days ago, in order to help secure Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as House speaker for another term.

A severely weakened House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won re-election on Sunday with only 216 votes, less than a majority of 218 in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Piers Corbyn, brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has announced his intention to run for Mayor of London in this years’ election.

LONDON (AP) — The UK has registered a record 57,725 daily coronavirus cases.

While coronavirus lockdowns have devastated many small businesses, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy is providing much-needed relief.

Britain’s socialised healthcare system is requiring retired doctors and nurses to meet a checklist that requires “equality, diversity, and human rights” training before they can help administer Chinese virus vaccines.

Pope Francis said Friday humanity needs a vaccine for the “heart” along with a vaccine for the coronavirus.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage said that after completing his “life’s work” of securing the United Kingdom’s independence from the European Union, his next major campaign will be to reduce Britain’s dependence on China.

ESPN recently celebrated the good news that ratings for its NBA season opener were “up 95 percent.” However, this claim lacks serious context.

Joe Biden’s transition team has disabled the chat function for virtual press conferences hosted on Zoom after several reporters publicly used the forum to urge the president-elect to take more questions from the press.

An 84-year-old Swedish man is said to have died of suspected cardiac failure a day after being vaccinated for the coronavirus and the death has been referred for a possible investigation.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio danced with his wife in Times Square before midnight on New Year’s Eve while keeping the rest of New York out of the famed plaza for the first time history as he enforced coronavirus restrictions.

The coronavirus pandemic took nearly two million lives worldwide and caused unprecedented economic devastation this year, but 2020 had at least three big winners who came out stronger in spite of – or perhaps because of – the pandemic: the world’s billionaires, Silicon Valley’s tech lords, and communist China, where the virus originated.

A now-former employee at a medical center “intentionally” allowed hundreds of coronavirus vaccine doses to expire.

The NBA’s fight to prevent the spread of the coronavirus amongst their players and staff has just escalated.

The Officer Down Memorial Page reports more than 300 law enforcement officers and agents died in the line of duty during 2020. At least 184 of those came from COVID-19 exposure.

Up to half of health care workers in some parts of California are refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine, despite scientific evidence that it is safe, leading to a potential surplus of doses and renewed questions about the system for allocating them.

L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn has written to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to ask that he request the return of the hospital ship U.S.N.S. Mercy to provide additional hospital bed capacity as the area struggles with an ongoing coronavirus surge.

Police in England have arrested a woman in connection with a video of an allegedly “empty” hospital in Gloucestershire that was posted on social media.

The majority of Cadets who are reported to have been apart of the cheating scandal which has rocked West Point are athletes.

The State of New York has given the OK for the Buffalo Bills to let a limited number of fans into Bills Stadium to watch the Playoff game.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that the new, more easily transmissible strain of coronavirus found recently in the United Kingdom had also been discovered in California.

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) warned that Democrats will nationalize lockdowns if they seize both U.S. Senate seats from Georgia.

Scientists don’t know if the coronavirus’s new variant will worsen the pandemic as L.A. officials believe it is already fueling infections.