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Iceland says tourists who had COVID-19 can skip quarantine

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:44:45 GMT

Some tourists traveling to Iceland who have had COVID-19 and recovered will soon be able to bypass coronavirus testing and quarantine, a new report suggests. Travelers arriving to the Nordic island country from the European Economic Area (EEA) who show documents that prove they’ve contracted COVID-19 and are healthy again will be exempt from testing and Iceland’s 14-day...

Lotto winner used late husband’s lucky number for 20 years

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:40:40 GMT

“Like everyone, we’ve had a bit of a s - - t year, and this will help everyone get back on their feet," she said.

Prince Harry: COVID-19 is what we get for messing with ‘Mother Nature’

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:31:23 GMT

See the raindrop. Be the raindrop. The red-headed royal rebel begs you.

Woman busted smuggling drugs in ‘watermelon baby’

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:53:12 GMT

It was a crack baby.

You can get paid $2,500 to watch 25 holiday movies in 25 days

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 01:26:46 GMT

What if you could get paid to binge-watch all your favorite holiday movies?

This record-breaking baby is 27 years old — 2 years younger than her mom

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 23:06:12 GMT

There’s a mere 18-month age gap between this proud mom and her baby – and thanks to the wonders of science, the record-breaking infant is technically 27 years old.

Nepal’s female soldiers break taboos to tackle COVID crisis

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 22:01:20 GMT

KATHMANDU – Four women wearing protective gear lift the body of a coronavirus victim at the Pashupati crematorium in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, and hand it over to crematory workers – a scene unimaginable in the conservative country in recent years. Women touching a dead body is still a cultural taboo in Nepal. But rights for...

UN: Food has run out for nearly 100,000 refugees in Ethiopia

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:38:41 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations says food has now run out for the nearly 100,000 refugees from Eritrea who have been sheltering in camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, which has been cut off from the world for nearly a month amid fighting. “Concerns are growing by the hour,” U.N. refugee spokesman Babar Baloch...

How ‘unbearably cute’ Canadian marmots were saved thanks to ski slopes

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:35:18 GMT

"They are entertaining to watch. And there's no doubt about it, they are unbearably cute."

‘Breakup Bootcamp’ author shares how to get over a quarantine breakup

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:47:43 GMT

Amy Chan, author of new book "Breakup Bootcamp," hosts groups online, where she coaches single women for $800 a head.

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:27:58 GMT

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data showed on Monday, with destruction soaring since President Jair Bolsonaro took office and weakened environmental enforcement. In 2020, destruction of the world’s largest rainforest rose 9.5% from a year earlier to 11,088 square kilometers (2.7 million acres), according to data...

UK bars, cinemas may require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to visit

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:27:08 GMT

Nadhim Zahawi, the U.K.’s vaccine minister, said on Monday that bars, cinemas and sports venues may compel people to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination before entering. Zahawi clarified that getting a vaccine ought to be voluntary, but businesses might be able to use a contact tracing phone app that could include a person’s vaccine status. “I think you’d probably...

TikTok’s viral Aerie crossover leggings are sold out: Here are 5 dupes

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:20:07 GMT

"Y'all, these leggings are a life saver. They make your waist look 10000 smaller. Promise my waist doesn't look like that without the lines facing in."

Portland has worst stolen-car rate per capita in US, study finds

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:04:19 GMT

Life isn’t all roses for car owners in Portland. The Oregon city topped a list of major metropolitan areas with the worst auto theft rates compiled by AutoInsuranceEZ.com. The report used data from the 2017-2019 FBI Uniform Crime Reports and ranked the top 15 metro areas with populations of a million or more, excluding Denver due to a lack...

US students falling behind in math amid COVID-19 school closures

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:57:17 GMT

A disproportionately large number of poor and minority students were not in schools for assessments this fall, complicating efforts to measure the pandemic’s effects on some of the most vulnerable students, a not-for-profit company that administers standardized testing said Tuesday. Overall, NWEA’s fall assessments showed elementary and middle school students have fallen measurably behind in...

Couple married for 47 years die of COVID at the same time

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:54:23 GMT

Until death did they part. A Michigan couple who spent nearly a half-century together have tragically died of COVID-19 on the same day — and at the same time. Jackson natives Leslie and Patricia McWaters succumbed to the disease at a hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 4:23 p.m., ending their 47-year marriage. They were...

TikTok user goes viral with story about ‘squiggly white’ worms in her butt

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:27:33 GMT

Mercedes Edwards recounted in graphic detail how she came down with a pinworm infection as a child in a video, which has racked up more than 1.7 million views on the platform.

PS5 fans cause Black Friday chaos at GameStops across the country

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:53:57 GMT

Videos show hourslong lines in front of GameStop stores and unruly crowds of eager fans trying to get their hands on the freshly released $500 console.

French lawmakers to rewrite proposed bill on filming cops

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:47:03 GMT

PARIS — Lawmakers from French President Emmanuel Macron’s party will rewrite the most criticized article of a proposed security law, involving a measure aimed at banning the publication of images of police officers with intent to cause them harm. The move comes after tens of thousands of protesters marched Saturday in Paris and across the country to...

Twitter celebrates Dec. 1st, the beginning of the end of 2020

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:29:51 GMT

Oh, the pandemic outside’s been frightful. Political drama, not at all delightful. Toilet paper was running low. 2020’s gotta go, gotta go, gotta go!