CDC cuts COVID-19 isolation guidance down to 5 days amid Omicron surge

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) announced on Monday that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 but do not have symptoms can stop isolating after five days as long as they continue wearing masks, cutting in half the agency’s previous isolation period down from 10 days.  The CDC also said it was loosening …

49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo suffers chipped bone, torn ligament in his right thumb

More information about the injury to Jimmy Garoppolo has been revealed. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback suffered a torn ligament and chipped bone in his right thumb. Those are details that head coach Kyle Shanahan failed to mention to reporters during a conference call after Monday’s practice. Garoppolo did …

NBA to shorten quarantine time to six days

According to a memo from the NBA, vaccinated NBA players, coaches, referees and staff members will now only have to quarantine for six days if COVID-19 testing data shows they are no longer infectious. The current time to clear quarantine is 10 days. The NBA and National Basketball Players Association agreed to the change. Individuals …

Meghan King reveals separation from husband Cuffe Biden Owens after 2 months of marriage

Former “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member Meghan King has split from husband Cuffe Owens after just two months of marriage. Owens is the son of Valerie Owens, who is President Biden’s younger sister. The 37-year-old King revealed news of the split from Owens, 42, in a series of Instagram stories on Monday. King …

Take a look at the new trailer for ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’

Marvel released the first trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a sequel to 2016’s Doctor Strange.  The film is a follow-up to Doctor Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) most recent appearance in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and will pick up on the revelations around Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) from ‘WandaVision.’ …

Retail holiday sales jump 8.5% compared to 2020, with big online gains

According to a report published Sunday by the credit card company Mastercard, retail sales during the holiday season jumped 8.5% compared with 2020  E-commerce sales were up 11% in 2021 for the holiday season running from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24 compared to the previous year, and online sales were up a massive 61% from …

Dr. Fauci warns Omicron cases may get ‘much higher’ as more flights are canceled over the Christmas weekend

On Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant are likely to climb “much higher” as the variant wreaked havoc on holiday traveling, with 2,271 flights cancelled as of Sunday.  Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told ABC New’s This Week that  “every day it (Omicron cases) …

Fenway Bowl, Military Bowl are both canceled amid COVID-19 outbreaks

Two more college football bowl games were canceled Sunday due to COVID-19 complications among the teams set to participate in the events. The 2021 Military Bowl was canceled after Boston College was forced to pull out of the game against East Carolina as it was short on available players due to a combination of COVID-19 …

NHL to bring back taxi squads when regular season resumes

The National Hockey League is tentatively set to resume its regular season on Tuesday, after COVID outbreaks throughout the league forced an extended holiday break to be taken. Some adjustments to minimize schedule disruptions and keep the 2021-22 season going will be instituted, specifically, the re-introduction of taxi squads that teams will be able to …

Take a look at Zendaya in the trailer for Season 2 of ‘Euphoria’

HBO has unveiled the first official trailer for season 2 of Euphoria.  Zendaya returns as Rue Bennett, and is joined by other familiar faces as she “must find hope while balancing the pressures of love, loss, and addiction,” per a series synopsis. The return of the drama—which was supposed to be filmed in March 2020 …