Nearly every state saw sharp declines in birth rates since pandemic began

One year into the pandemic, the U.S. has not been experiencing a baby boom but rather a baby bust.  Total births in 2020 fell in every state aside from Delaware and Rhode Island, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which examined deliveries between January … Read more

Tourist sues Las Vegas hypnotist claiming he was injured after being placed in a trance during show

Tourist sues Las Vegas hypnotist claiming he was injured after being placed in a trance during show at Planet Hollywood Resort A tourist in Las Vegas claims he was injured while under hypnosis at the Marc Savard Comedy Hypnosis Show in 2019 Kevin Casselbury, of Scottsdale, Arizona, has filed a lawsuit against Savard, his company, … Read more

New theory of interstellar visitor Oumuamua says it is NOT an alien craft, but a nitrogen iceberg

The interstellar visitor Oumuamua has baffled scientists since it passed through our Solar System in 2017, sparking a number of speculations as it left – a Harvard professor claims it is an alien traveler and others say it is a massive cosmic ‘dust bunny’ or just a comet. Now, a team from Arizona State University … Read more

COVID baby boom was a bust: Five states report up to 50,000 fewer births since pandemic began

Early in the pandemic, many experts predicted that lockdowns at stay-at-home orders would lead to a surge in births. In fact, the opposite happened. As it turns out, Americans have not been getting pregnant.   There are five U.S. states that have provided preliminary birth data for 2020: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii and Ohio, all of … Read more

Biden called ‘cringy’ by Donald Trump Jr. after he tells nurse she ‘looks like a freshman’

Brittney Hayes, pictured, was told by Biden that she ‘looks like a freshman’ President Joe Biden has been called ‘creepy’ after he was seen telling a nurse running a vaccine site that she ‘looks like a freshman.’ The president has been accused of attempting to flirt with the young nurse during a public video conference call … Read more

Frank Shankwitz, who created the Make-A-Wish Foundation in honor of a terminally ill boy, dies at 77

Frank Shankwitz is a founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The former Arizona Highway Patrol officer has died at age  77 Frank Shankwitz, the co-founder of the Make-A-Wish charity and a former Arizona state trooper, has died. The Make-A-Wish organization confirmed Shankwitz died at his home in Prescott of esophageal cancer. He was 77. Make-A-Wish is … Read more

Smartphone-based coronavirus test produces results in just 10 minutes using the device’s microscope

Scientists are developing a smartphone app that can detect COVID-19 in saliva in about 10 minutes. The technology pairs a phone with a small microscope that analyzes a saliva sample for evidence of the virus.  Designed by the University of Arizona, the team’s goal is to combine the speed of an antigen test with the accuracy … Read more

Previously ‘hidden’ weekly state COVID reports released by Biden officials

Weekly state COVID-19 reports ‘hidden’ by the Trump administration are released for the first time under Biden – and reveal that Arizona, South Carolina and California are the nation’s WORST hotspots Trump administration officials sent states weekly COVID-19 reports  Confidential but often leaked reports painted  a more dire picture of the pandemic than officials painted … Read more