Coronavirus US: Deaths fall for first time in over a month

Coronavirus deaths in the United States are now declining for the first time in more than a month as the number of infections continue to drop across the country and only 11 states are seeing an increase in cases in the last week.  The nationwide death toll dropped 16 percent last week compared to the … Read more

Embarrassing moment mother-in-law reads wife’s ‘dirty’ text message to her husband 

‘Did you read that?’ Embarrassing moment mother-in-law reads wife’s ‘dirty’ text message to her husband Rory Mellor, 26, was enjoying a quiet night in at his family home in Austin, Texas His wife Anna, 25, sent him a risqué text message during a game of cards  But it was intercepted by her exasperated mother-in-law Maurie … Read more

Los Angeles Angels fielder Jo Adell endures fielding howler in MLB clash against Texas Rangers 

Los Angeles Angels’ Jo Adell commits embarrassing ‘four-base error’ by accidentally knocking a routine fly ball over the outfield fence Angels right fielder Jo Adell committed a rare four-base error on Sunday by misplaying a routine fly ball that popped out of his glove and flew over the fence The official scorer changed what would … Read more

Trump says AGAIN that COVID will disappear, citing declining new cases in Florida, Texas and Arizona

President Donald Trump has highlighted declining new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in former hotspots Florida, Texas and Arizona, asserting that the pandemic ‘will disappear’ – even as deaths topped 2,000 in 24 hours for the first time since May.  Trump said at a press conference on Friday night at his golf club in New Jersey … Read more

Trump says AGAIN that COVID will disappear, citing declining new cases in Florida, Texas and Arizona

President Donald Trump has highlighted declining new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in former hotspots Florida, Texas and Arizona, asserting that the pandemic ‘will disappear’ – even as deaths topped 2,000 in 24 hours for the first time since May.  Trump said at a press conference on Friday night at his golf club in New Jersey … Read more

‘Invisible’ words like ‘a’, ‘the’ and ‘it’ are found in a similar pattern across narratives

Small and ‘invisible’ words like ‘a’, ‘the’ and ‘it’ appear in a similar pattern across most narratives ranging from Dickens to Spielberg – forming a blueprint for storytelling, a study has found.  Researchers from Lancaster University and the University of Texas recorded 39,000 uses of these words in fictional and non-fictional text from novels to … Read more

Trump urges NRA to move to Texas as New York lawsuit filed

President Donald Trump unloaded on New York Attorney General Letitia James’ action to go after the NRA Thursday – and suggested the gun-rights group move to Texas to find a home free of legal hassle.  ‘That’s a very terrible thing that just happened,’ Trump said Thursday shortly after James made the high-profile announcement of her … Read more

SpaceX completes first successful ‘hop’ test flight of its Starship rocket 500-feet above Texas

Elon Musk’s SpaceX took one small ‘hop’ closer towards the surface of Mars on Tuesday after completing the first successful launch and landing of its Starship rocket. Dubbed the SN5, the potentially revolutionary prototype performed an almost 500-foot leap above SpaceX’s development facility in Boco Chica, Texas, at 5pm local time. The nine-story large metallic … Read more