The family of an unvaccinated Florida man who died of COVID before he could get a shot will hold a vaccine and testing site at his funeral

A Florida family of an unvaccinated man will hold a vaccine and testing site at his funeral. Marquis Davis wanted to get the vaccine after he was hospitalized but it was too late, his wife told WFTV. The family, along with their church, will offer the community Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines.

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  CNN fires 3 unvaccinated employees for not receiving COVID shots

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  Family of unvaccinated Florida father organise Covid testing, vaccinations at his funeral

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Woman sues McDonald's after complaining that a cheeseburger advert was so irresistible it caused her to break her fast during Lent

The Russian is seeking $14 as compensation for sustained moral damage, Fox News reported. See more stories on Insider's business page. A woman from Omsk, Russia, is reportedly suing McDonald's over an advert featuring cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets, which she said caused her to break her fast during Lent.

Vaccine-resistant lambda variant is in the US

A new coronavirus mutation known as the lambda variant that is thought to have increased resistance to vaccines has appeared in the United States. Also known as C.37, the lambda variant was first discovered in Peru in November 2020. The lambda variant has since spread to eight countries in South America and 41 countries around the world, according to global science initiative GISAID.

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  Expert discusses COVID-19's Lambda variant and uptick in child infections

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  Tokyo Covered Up Arrival of Deadly New COVID Variant Just Before the Olympics

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Senate breaks filibuster, clears key hurdle on infrastructure bill

President Biden on Saturday gave a final push for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package as the Senate reconvened to advance the measure. Driving the news: The Senate on Saturday broke the filibuster, clearing the 60-vote threshold to advance the plan for final passage, after which it will head to the House. It is not clear when the final Senate vote will take place.

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  Senate's key vote advances $1T infrastructure bill

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  $1 trillion infrastructure bill advances in U.S. Senate

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Black principal calls out racism after he was told to remove photo kissing white wife

A Black principal opened up about his experiences with racism while serving in several administrative capacities at Colleyville District in the Dallas Fort-Worth area. Dr. James Whitfield, who was previously the principal of Colleyville Middle School from 2019-2020 and the assistant principal for the high school from 2018-2019, opened up on Facebook in July about racially motivated attacks he encountered after being called out in a school board meeting. In July, a former school board member called for Whitfield to resign and accused him of teaching critical race theory to the students — which was banned by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in mid-June.

A mother got her teenage kids to help clean up the crime scene after she shot and dismembered their stepdad, reports say

Thessalonica Allen, 34, shot her husband and cut his legs off, according to court documents. Allen also asked her children to help clean up the crime scene, ABC 7 reported. Thessalonica Allen is accused of shooting her husband, Randy Allen, inside an apartment in LaPorte, Indiana, after an altercation broke out over the woman's internet history, WCAX 3 reported.

18 US Orthodox Jewish girls kicked off a Delta flight following a COVID-19 protocols dispute, reports say

Eighteen Orthodox Jewish girls were barred from a Delta-KLM flight from Amsterdam to New York on Friday because of a dispute about COVID-19 protocols, according to The Jerusalem Post. The girls were part of a group of about 55 Jewish teenagers who had spent two weeks visiting religious sites in Kyiv, Ukraine, their rabbi told Fox News. During the first leg of their journey - a Delta-operated flight, in partnership with KLM, from Kyiv to Amsterdam - flight attendants reportedly disciplined the girls for failing to comply with coronavirus safety measures.

Ben Shapiro Embarrasses Himself on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’

On Friday night, two of the country's foremost Islamophobes sat across from one another on HBO to debate the issues of the day. In one corner was Bill Maher, a self-professed liberal who spends 90 percent of his Real Time show railing against Muslims, platforming conspiracy theorists and/or white nationalist trolls, and whining about “cancel culture. The other had Ben Shapiro, the Daily Wire co-founder who, when he's not being an outrageous hypocrite or distributing films by producers with a long history of overlooking sexual misconduct, spends 90 percent of his time whining about “cancel culture” or “owning the libs” by saying hateful drivel like this: The last time Shapiro visited Maher's ...

Gang Members Established ‘Autonomous Zone’ in Atlanta, Killed Eight-Year-Old Girl during Police Protest

In the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, violent gang members laid siege to a local Wendy's to protest his death — establishing an “autonomous zone” with a strict no-trespassing policy for police officers or pedestrians — before shooting and killing an eight-year-old girl, according to a warrant obtained by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Under the guise of protesting police brutality, members of the Bloods street gang established a perimeter around the Wendy's, with armed rogue members declaring control over the territory “brandishing, pointing and discharging of firearms at citizens and civilians to ensure compliance with their authority in a highly visible manner,” according to the arrest warrant for the gang member allegedly responsible for the girl's death.

The lawyer who was pardoned for pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters in St. Louis is suing to get his firearms back

The St. Louis couple who brandished guns at BLM protesters last summer are suing for their firearms. Mark and Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and surrendered the weapons. Mark McClosky, the St. Louis lawyer who was photographed last summer pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters marching down his private street, filed a lawsuit Wednesday to get his weapons back.

Yeonmi Park says she was robbed by three women, bystanders stopped her from calling police

What happened: Park, 27, recalled the incident in a new interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, which tackled her experiences as a child in North Korea and as a defector in the U.S. She said it occurred during lootings across the city last summer. At this point, the woman allegedly started accusing her of racism and punching her in the chest. The situation became more difficult for Park as bystanders -- whom she identified as white people -- gathered around the scene and allegedly prevented her from phoning law enforcement.

84-year-old man fined $293,000 for possessing a German World War II tank that he kept in his basement

An 84-year-old man from Germany has been convicted of illegal weapons possession. In 2015, an investigation found a WWII Panther tank in his basement, as well as a hoard of ammunition. An 84-year-old man from Germany has been convicted of illegal weapons possession and has been fined €250,000 ($293,972) along with a suspended prison sentence of 14 months.

A North Carolina man built a 13-foot skeleton in his front yard warning his unvaccinated neighbors: 'Not vaccinated, see you soon, idiots!'

Raleigh homeowner Jesse Jones put up a 13-foot-tall skeleton in his front yard to show what happens to the unvaccinated. Jones' skeleton bears a sign reading "Not vaccinated, see you soon idiots!" slung around its pelvis. Jones told the Raleigh News and Observer that he got the skeleton at Home Depot.

After 15 months of working from home, I bought a WeWork day pass. Now I'm convinced some in-office days could be a balm for the crushing monotony of pandemic life

I worked in a WeWork for a day, my first in-office experience since March 2020. I'm convinced that working in an office periodically could break up the monotony of pandemic-era work life. Many have voiced support for the hybrid work approach, or dividing time between the home and the office.

The Israeli Olympians who went viral breaking one of the village's cardboard beds apologized after Tokyo 2020 officials condemned their behavior: Report

A since-deleted video showed members of Israel's Olympic baseball team breaking a cardboard bed. The team apologized and the player who uploaded the video said it was a spare bed. Olympians have been testing the beds' limits by jumping onto, diving into, and punching them.

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  No, the Cardboard Beds at the Olympics Aren't "Anti-Sex" Beds

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An air passenger hit a flight attendant after becoming agitated when asked to wear a mask, according to Florida police

The passenger was apparently asked to wear a face mask when the incident occurred, say reports. Authorities told the Pensacola News Journal that he was charged with battery and resisting arrest. A 70-year old man was arrested in Florida after striking a flight attendant on a plane when he was asked to wear a face mask, according to police.

Cholesterol drug cuts coronavirus infection by 70%, researchers find

A drug meant to treat cholesterol was found to reduce coronavirus infection by 70% in lab studies, with researchers calling for additional clinical trials among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. A team of researchers from the U.K. and Italy published findings in the Frontiers in Pharmacology journal Friday, finding that fenofibrate and fenofibric acid resulted in a significant reduction in coronavirus infection in human cells when the drug was used in safe and approved concentrations, according to a news release posted Friday. "Our data indicates that fenofibrate may have the potential to reduce the severity of COVID-19 symptoms and also virus spread," Dr. Elisa Vicenzi of the San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan and co-author, said in the release.

Video film of mutiny by passengers at the unfair removal of two Black men from a flight

EasyJet tried to remove two Black men from a flight for refusing to put on their shoes for take-off. The men were ultimately allowed to stay on the flight, and the cabin crew was changed instead. Passengers on an EasyJet flight reportedly staged a mutiny to stop the airline from unfairly removing two Black men from the flight.

Mayflower 400 years: How many people are related to the Mayflower pilgrims?

Just over four centuries ago, the ship The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth in the UK to the shores of America, carrying with it a group of travellers who would go down in history. For some, these 17th Century "pilgrim fathers" are also real-life ancestors. According to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, there are "35 million Mayflower descendants in the world".

A Russian influencer who drove a Bentley with his girlfriend tied to the roof in a viral video is under investigation, agency says

Influencer Sergey Kosenko is reportedly under investigation by the Moscow Traffic Inspectorate. In an Instagram video, he drove a car while handcuffed to a woman who was tied to the roof. A Russian influencer who tied his girlfriend to the roof of a Bentley for a video is reportedly under investigation by the Moscow State Traffic Inspectorate.

A 100-year-old former Nazi death camp guard, accused of helping to murder over 3,500 people, to go on trial

A 100-year-old former guard at a Nazi concentration camp will stand trial in Germany later this year, public prosecutors have announced. The suspect was allegedly complicit in executions by firing squad and by using Zyklon B, the chemical notoriously used in gas chambers at Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps during World War II, The Guardian said. Around 200,000 people were imprisoned at the Sachsenhausen camp, which is on the outskirts of Berlin, between 1936 and 1945.

Republican to file articles of impeachment against Biden border chief Mayorkas

A House Republican announced a long-shot bid to remove President Joe Biden's top border official in response to the worsening situation at the border. Rep. Andy Biggs, whose Arizona district sits close to the U.S.-Mexico border, announced Friday evening that he will file articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the next few weeks. "Secretary Mayorkas is a threat to the sovereignty and security of our nation," Biggs wrote in a statement.

Rupert Murdoch hates Trump, but can't stop Trumpism on Fox News because he's lost control of the network, Murdoch biographer says in The 600-Word Interview

Your book makes it clear that Rupert Murdoch despises Donald Trump. This is surprising given how much his network, Fox News, helps the former president. Why does he allow that to continue?