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A very bad idea has picked up more steam than it deserves in recent days. Fed up with surging Delta cases and lagging vaccination rates, commentators have begun to opine that unvaccinated people ought to pay more for health insurance, or pay full freight for any care they require if…

On Sunday, as the Taliban entered Kabul—the last remaining major Afghan city not under the group’s control—the President of the country, Ashraf Ghani, fled to Tajikistan, making clear that the U.S.-backed Afghan government had collapsed. Five months ago, in April, President Joe Biden announced that all U.S. and NATO troops…

There was pandemonium at the Osun State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, on Saturday, as party members and hoodlums loyal to Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, clashed at a meeting. The meeting was the sitting of the Ward Congress Appeal Committee in Osogbo, the…

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has received another Chibok schoolgirl who presented herself to the Nigerian Army. The young woman, Hassana Adamu and her two children, were handed over to Zulum by the Commander, 26 Taskforce Brigade, Brigadier General DR Dantani. Zulum received the young girl at Gwoza…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would have triumphed over an impeachment investigation. The 63-year-old Democrat, who announced this week he would resign after Attorney General Letitia James released an explosive report claiming he engaged in sexual misconduct with 11 women and fostered a culture of intimidation, said he…

New York Anita Hill educated a nation about workplace sexual harassment back in 1991 with calm, deliberate testimony against Clarence Thomas. And today, 30 years later, she speaks in the same measured tones, eschewing dramatic declarations – especially of victory – and sounding more like the soft-spoken academic she is than an…

Passengers show their passports before a JetBlue flight to London at JFK International Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, on Aug. 11, 2021. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters) JetBlue Airways Corp started transatlantic flights between New York and London on Wednesday, planning to grab market share with low fares and…

New York, NY, August 12, 2021 --(PR.com)-- ABD Insurance and Financial Services (ABD) announced today that it has hired RJ Coar as Senior Vice President of the Executive Risk Solutions Practice. The New York office where RJ is based establishes a national presence for ABD and accelerates plans for ABD’s expansion…

An American woman who says she was a victim of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has filed a lawsuit in New York, accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her when she was just 17. In the court documents, Virginia Giuffre said it was “long past the time for him…

Brooklyn imprint Daptone Records is testament to the way unadulterated passion for music can re-shape the world. Launched by a group of crate-diggers, musicians, songwriters, and producers, Daptone went on to re-define soul for a 21st century audience. Bringing the world such inimitable, instantly recognisable voices as Sharon Jones and…