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• Africa reaches 100,000 known COVID-19 deaths as danger grows Africa has surpassed 100,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 as the continent praised for its early response to the pandemic now struggles with a dangerous resurgence and medical oxygen often runs desperately short. “We are more vulnerable than we thought,” the director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, told The Associated Press in an interview reflecting on the pandemic and a milestone he called “remarkably painful.” He worried that “we are beginning to normalize deaths,” while…
• The coronavirus variant found in South Africa has been detected in a New York resident for the first time. 10 states have reported cases so far. Summary List PlacementThe coronavirus variant found in South Africa has been confirmed in a New York resident for the first time, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Sunday. A resident of Nassau County tested positive for the variant from South Africa, which is called B.1.351. Further details about the case were not provided, including when it was detected, or whether the person had recently traveled.  A man from Connecticut was hospitalized in New York City with the same variant on February…
• Pfizer says South African coronavirus variant could reduce efficacy of vaccine by two-thirds The data from the study didn’t include real world vaccinated participants.The South African coronavirus variant may reduce protection from the Pfizer vaccine by two-thirds, according to a new laboratory study from Pfizer and BioNTech. Though it is not clear if the shot is effective against the mutation, the study did find the vaccine is still able to neutralise the virus – and there isn’t real-world evidence from human trials yet that the vaccine is ineffective against the variant. But the…
• Alexandra Burke tears up as she recalls mum dying in her arms and shares regret over touring while she was sick Alexandra Burke recalls mum dying in her arms (Picture: Getty)Alexandra Burke broke down in tears as she recalled her mother Melissa Bell’s death and shared her regret over touring, knowing her mum was sick. The former X Factor winner, 32, opened up on losing her mum and explained how she had died in her arms at hospital, within 10 minutes of Alexandra arriving to see her. Soul II Soul singer Melissa died in 2017, following a nine-year battle with kidney…
• Dancing On Ice deny plans to bring back former celebrities as five stars are forced to drop out Emmerdale star Joe-Warren Plant had to drop out after testing positive for coronavirus (Picture: ITV)Dancing On Ice has denied plans to bring back ex-contestants to ‘save the show’ and fill its two-hour running time after five celebrities have been forced to drop out this series. The latest leaver is professional skater Hamish Gaman, who had to quit after injuring his hand while putting on a sock. It came after the exits of TV presenter Denise Van Outen and reality TV…
• Fire-breather gets horns, tattoos eyeballs and carves scales on arms to look like a dragon Joshua Burns prefers to go by his last name (Picture: PA Real Life/instagram.com/clairephotographs)A fire-breathing performer has spent £11,000 on procedures to look like a dragon, and plans to get more. Joshua Burns, 30, has, among other things, had his eyeballs tattooed, silicone ‘horns’ inserted into his forehead and scales carved into his arms. The fire-breather and reptile seller, who goes by his last name, has his heart set on becoming the most modified person in the world. Burns started his…
• Ken Knight helped pave the way for African Americans to get into broadcast industry Mention the name Ken Knight and many people think of the street Ken Knight Drive, a thoroughfare in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Northwest Jacksonville. But Ken Knight Drive is named after Adrian Kenneth Knight, a legendary broadcaster who broke barriers in radio and television broadcasting. His niece Martha Washington George is a radio historian who says her uncle got his start at a Daytona Beach country radio station in 1947. He had a significant following that got the attention…
• Chris D’Elia says ‘sex controlled my life’ as he returns to public eye after sexual misconduct allegations Chris D’Elia has returned to YouTube (Picture: Netlix)Chris D’Elia has returned to YouTube and the public eye, eight months after he was accused of sexual misconduct. Back in June 2020, the comedian was accused of harassing teenagers and soliciting naked pictures on social media, and in September, he was accused of exposing himself to three women. At the time, an attorney for D’Elia said that the You star ‘emphatically states that he has never engaged in any sexual conduct with…
• High school wrestling: Pleasant Grove rolls to another state title, its 10th in past 11 years West’s Drew Lang, right, defeats Westlake’s Jacob Finlinson in the 132-pound finals match at the 6A wrestling state championship at Corner Canyon High School in Draper on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret NewsWhen Gov. Gary Herbert hit the two-week pause button on high school sports back around Thanksgiving, Herriman senior Talmage Carman was one of thousands of winter sports athletes across the state who had no idea what that meant for his upcoming season. Two and half…
• Ex-US priest on trial in East Timor on sex abuse charges A defrocked American priest went on trial Tuesday to face charges he sexually abused young girls at his shelter for orphans and children from impoverished families, marking the first clergy sex case to emerge in East Timor — the most Catholic place in the world outside the Vatican. Richard Daschbach, 84, a former missionary from Pennsylvania, is facing 14 counts of sexual abuse of children under 14 years old, as well as one count each of child pornography and domestic…