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The CUNY board of trustees on Monday yanked a planned $3 million no-bid COVID-19 contract with powerhouse consulting firm McKinsey & Co. after facing criticism that it was unnecessary. Under the contract, McKinsey is supposed to help the City University’s college campuses…

A teacher in San Marcos, California was caught on camera yelling at students over their parents distance learning complaints during a Zoom class. The teacher at San Marcos High School, identified by Fox News as Alissa Pirro, could be seen chastising the…

A New Jersey man is in the hospital with COVID-19 — just five weeks after being vaccinated. Francisco Cosme, 52, was ecstatic when he booked an appointment for the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the Javits Center on March 6. After…

Today marks the final round of the 2021 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia with Justin Rose in the lead. Live coverage of the traditional golf showdown will begin at 2:00 p.m. ET and Hulu subscribers everywhere are…

JERUSALEM – The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa can “break through” Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country is low and the research has not been peer-reviewed. The study,…

It’s been some five weeks since Texas lifted its mask mandate, and there has yet to be an explosion of COVID-19 cases. It’s something Dr. Anthony Fauci can’t quite explain. “I’m not really quite sure,” he told MSNBC this week. “It…

New York’s coronavirus positivity rate hit the lowest level in a month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday. Of the 260,700 test results reported Friday, 7,283, or 2.79 percent were positive, Cuomo said. The statewide rate Friday when measured on a seven-day average…

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler flinched. In the midst of an unprecedented months-long surge in gun violence and homicides, Wheeler compromised with the Portland City Council and backed off from his request that the Portland Police Bureau be appropriated $2 million in emergency funding. Instead, Wheeler and…

LOS ANGELES – A new Avengers-themed area featuring a Spider-Man ride, roaming superheroes and a shawarma food cart will open at Walt Disney Co’s Disneyland Resort in California on June 4, the head of the company’s parks division said on Thursday. The…