Pandemics
'Shock therapy' �how to get our 7 million dropout men working again
President Trump wants to get America’s vast army of “dropout�men back into the workforce. Attention to this problem is long overdue.
Bill Maher doubts Andrew Cuomo can overcome this major scandal to become NYC mayor
The former New York governor had ordered nursing homes to take in COVID-19 patients in 2020.
NYC's already-controversial 'Open Streets' program revising rules to use public space for profit: 'Fresh kind of hell'
The NYC Department of Transportation is scheming to sell off prime public space it initially commandeered for its utopian “open streets�- to the highest bidder.
Families of COVID nursing-home victims blast Cuomo lawsuit being tossed: 'He should be in prison'
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo all but got away with murder after a federal judge this week tossed a lawsuit blaming him and his administration for thousands of COVID-19 deaths during...
Democrats still won't face the toll of their COVID hysteria
The fearmongering and statism leftists applied to the pandemic mirrors their reaction to virtually every other issue �and is a big reason why Dems are now floundering.
Five years later, NYC nowhere close to building COVID memorial: 'It's disgusting'
New York City was at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, losing 46,000 residents -- but five years later, a memorial to the victims and their heroic caregivers is nowhere close to...
Grieving families join Cuomo's mayoral foes to mark grim COVID nursing-home debacle: 'Failure of leadership'
"She was abandoned by the very system that was supposed to protect her when the pandemic struck," Alexa Rivera said of her elderly mother.
Former ‘Squad�Rep. Cori Bush’s husband indicted for allegedly pocketing $20K in PPP loans for 'personal benefit and enjoyment'
Cortney Merritts, 46, was charged in a federal indictment Thursday with two counts of wire fraud related to allegedly fraudulent applications he filed with Small Business Administration in 2020 and...
Minnesota non-profit leader convicted of pilfering $250M meant for underserved children in country's largest COVID fraud scheme
The fraudsters blew more than $240 million meant for kids on fancy cars, international travel and luxury real estate in Minnesota, Ohio, Kentucky, Kenya and Turkey.
NYC mayoral hopeful among critics demanding ex-NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo return $5M profits from COVID book
A state ethics panel already tried to force Cuomo to return the $5.1 million in book money in 2021, saying the three-term governor violated pledges not to use state resources or...
Lockdowns made us rude, MAGA vs. the ‘realists�and other commentary
“If the world seems to you a little nastier and more confrontational than it was just a few years ago,�notes Reason’s J.D. Tuccille, “you’re not alone."
CNN host recalls how COVID caused the 'radicalization' of parents
March 11 marked the fifth anniversary of the WHO declaring COVID-19 a pandemic.
Here's how many more NYPD cops Andrew Cuomo plans to hire if elected NYC mayor
Andrew Cuomo’s political comeback bid includes promising the NYPD will hire 5,000 more cops -- increasing its police force by 15% -- if he’s elected New York City’s next mayor,...
Keep corrupt, dishonest Cuomo from office, warns FDNY battalion chief whose parents died during pandemic
Disgraced former Gov. Cuomo is corrupt, dishonest and uses well-known intimidation tactics to get his way, which is something my family and I have never bowed to.
COVID-like bat virus discovered by researchers in same Chinese lab accused of leaking deadly 2020 outbreak: study
The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the infection has not yet been identified in a living person, according to a...
What is 'lemonading'? How this simple trick can help you better cope with stress
Chronic stress continues to be a significant US public health concern that contributes to heart disease, diabetes, depression, anxiety and other problems.
New head of NYC Council's GOP reveals what she wants to tackle first
Queens council member Joann Ariola took the helm of the council's small GOP contingent after a prior vote to name Staten Island's David Carr top dog was tossed in the...
Progressive activists rule the DNC, probe Berkeley for Jew-hatred and other commentary
The Democratic Party is supposed to try to win political power through elected office, but “this might seem hard to believe on the evidence provided by its official proceedings,�marvels...
Test scores show how teacher union-driven lockdowns devastated kids
Most of America's kids aren't regaining the ground lost to school shutdowns during the pandemic.
Trump’s valuable blow to DEI, there was no ‘Biden doctrine�and other commentary
President Trump “wants to pivot from his predecessor’s obsession with racial differences, as do millions of Americans,�cheers The Wall Street Journal’s Jason L. Riley.