More children and people under age 50 are currently hospitalized with Covid-19 than at any other time in the pandemic, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. is now seeing an average upwards of 11,000 new hospital admissions over the last week, and the country is on track to
Travis Tritt isn’t about these vaccine mandates. Amidst a rise in COVID cases, we’ve already seen some artists and venues start to require vaccines or negative COVID tests for attendees at their shows. And most recently, the two largest concert promoters in the country announced that they would be requiring proof of vaccination at their
Husband and wife Dillon Hodges and Heidi Feek are, together, Firekid. The duo blends bluegrass with indie rock and electronic music to create their newest project, and The Boot’s readers are getting to hear their first single from the release, “Backwoods,” first. As the title of “Backwoods” suggests, Firekid take plenty of inspiration from the outdoors.
Former X-Men star Evan Peters credits Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige for his “weirdly meta” Marvel return in WandaVision, where Peters seemingly reprises his role as the mutant Quicksilver — this time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Episode 5 of the Disney+ series, “On a Very Special Episode…,” ends with the reveal of a very
Platformers have long been an entry point for new gamers. Video games may have greatly expanded in scope over the years and now offer so many different genres and experiences that it’s nearly impossible to keep track of them, but that’s actually a big part of the reason why it’s still so much fun to
Sad and infuriating news out of SeaWorld where a 6-year-old female orca is dead, and the embattled San Diego marine park says it has no clue why. SeaWorld says the orca, named Amaya, died unexpectedly Thursday with her animal care specialists by her side. The park says she’d shown signs of illness on Wednesday, but
Salma Hayek says it’s “a miracle” she’s playing Ajak, the spiritual leader of the Eternals, in “the one Marvel movie that is completely diverse and very different” for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. First-time Marvel director Chloé Zhao, who made history in April as just the second woman and the first woman of color to win
Motorola Edge 20 and Motorola Edge 20 Fusion were launched in the Indian market a few days ago. The Motorola Edge 20 was all set to go on sale on August 24 while the Motorola Edge 20 Fusion was announced to go on sale on August 27. In a new development, Motorola has now said
John Flint, the former HSBC Holdings chief executive, is in talks with Whitehall officials about becoming the inaugural boss of the government’s new £22bn UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB). Sky News has learnt that Mr Flint, who left HSBC two years ago, is among the leading candidates to run the new lender. The UKIB has been
After it came to light that Mike Richards, newly-named host of Jeopardy, had a history of abuse and scandal connected to him, he’s now out of a job. Fans of the show wary of Richards’s capacity to carry on its legacy and popularity can breathe a sigh of relief. The Ringer reported earlier this week
The male driver of a stolen U-Haul lead authorities on a two-hour pursuit that began in Orange County and made its way into Los Angeles County and back again Tuesday morning, traversing several area freeways in the process, before the U-Haul caught fire in Bellflower and the suspect was captured while trying to escape. Tina
His name is Nick Bannister (Hugh Jackman), the kind of handle that suggests someone destined to be a private dick from the moment the doc slapped his pink keister. He’s not a detective, though. Not really. Nick deals in memories. In the retro-dystopic Miami that he calls home — the city still scarred from the
Veteran cook Frank Santos and a coworker who were laid off from Terranea Resort’s hotel last year are returning to work in the wake of complaints filed against the resort with California’s labor commissioner, but Santos says he’s lost his seniority and is taking a $2-an-hour pay cut. In filings last month, Santos, fellow cook
President Joe Biden has told US citizens stuck in Afghanistan and allies who worked alongside American forces “we will get you home”, but admitted he cannot promise what the “final outcome” of the troop withdrawal will be. In a news conference at the White House, he admitted images of people desperately trying to flee the
Boris Johnson says he “absolutely” has confidence in Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab – and insisted the government is working “virtually round the clock” to help evacuate people from Afghanistan. Speaking after a meeting of the government’s emergency COBRA committee on Friday afternoon, Mr Johnson dismissed criticism of Mr Raab’s summer holiday as Afghanistan’s capital Kabul
Signature Theatre, one of New York’s premiere Off Broadway venues, has postponed its fall production of Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Baker’s Infinite Life due to “ongoing health and safety concerns.” The production – the last of three plays in Baker’s residency with the company – was to have opened Oct. 5, but Signature announced the
Web infrastructure and website security company Cloudflare on Thursday disclosed that it mitigated the largest ever volumetric distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack recorded to date. The attack, launched via a Mirai botnet, is said to have targeted an unnamed customer in the financial industry last month. “Within seconds, the botnet bombarded the Cloudflare edge
When you’re executed in Oklahoma, the process begins 35 days before your death, according to inmate Richard Glossip. First, they take your belongings, then they transfer you to a block of four cells called Death Watch. If you’re the only one on the block, they put you in the first cell, where you’ll stay for
Songwriter and country music legend Tom T. Hall has reportedly passed away today. He was 85. One of the best to ever play the game, Tom was responsible for writing hit songs like “Harper Valley PTA,” “I Like Beer,” ‘That’s How I Got To Memphis,” “Little Bitty,” and more. The Olive Hill, Kentucky, native had
“One Mississippi” may be Kane Brown‘s new radio single, but it was a particularly life-changing song for his co-writer, Levon Gray. The Alabama native tagged Brown in an Instagram Story and wound up signed to Brown’s Verse 2 Music. It wasn’t quite that easy, of course — Brown was impressed with what he heard on the