Thursday, July 29, 2021

Tornadoes cause damage in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, 1 death reported

Severe Weather

Tornadoes touched down in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin amid powerful thunderstorms that caused widespread damage that contributed to the death of a man who crashed into a fallen tree and power line, officials said Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wisconsin-pennsylvania-tornados-damage-1.6123591?cmp=rss

U.S. navy charges sailor 1 year after fire destroyed docked warship

Handout photo showing fire on USS Bonhomme Richard

The U.S. navy charged a sailor Thursday with starting a fire last year that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, Calif., marking the maritime branch's worst warship blaze outside of combat in recent memory.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sailor-charged-uss-bonhomme-richard-fire-1.6123289?cmp=rss

Google and Facebook will require U.S. workers to be vaccinated to return to the office

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/VACCINE

Google and Facebook will require all of their U.S.-based staff to be vaccinated before being allowed to return to the office, and the policy could soon be enforced in other countries where they operate too.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/google-facebook-vaccine-1.6122847?cmp=rss

Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over hybrid Black Widow release

DAY 6 Black Widow

Scarlett Johansson is suing the Walt Disney Co. over its streaming release of Black Widow, which she said breached her contract and deprived her of potential earnings.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/scarlett-johansson-lawsuit-disney-1.6122875?cmp=rss

Israel to offer COVID-19 booster vaccine shot to citizens over 60

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett

Israel's prime minister on Thursday announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated. The announcement by Naftali Bennett makes Israel the first country to offer a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to its citizens on a wide scale.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/israel-covid19-booster-shot-seniors-1.6122683?cmp=rss