Brooklyn Nurse Crushed To Death After Being Run Over By Backhoe
Estelle Davis was on her way to work when she died near New Lots and Van Sinderen Aves. in East New York.
Mexican Restaurant In Texas Threatened With ICE Calls For Keeping Mask Rule
Picos, a restaurant in Houston, said people sent hate messages after it decided to continue requiring masks and even threatened to report staffers to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Myanmar Asks India To Return Police Officers Who Fled To Seek Refuge
The police officers reportedly crossed the border after refusing to carry out the orders of the new military junta in Myanmar.
Emergency Crews Save COVID-19 Vaccines By Boat After Flooding In Kentucky
The batch was moved from the Lee County Health Department in Beattyville after heavy rains disrupted the power supply.
Brazil Hospitals Overwhelmed As New COVID-19 Variants Worsen Crisis
Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said the new COVID-19 variants have made it more difficult to control the pandemic.
Man Kills Officer After Argument Over Face Mask At New Orleans School
Tulane University police officer Martinus Mitchum intervened when John Shallerhorn punched a school staffer after refusing to wear a face covering.
Sailor Found Clinging To 'Sea Rubbish' 14 Hours After He Fell Aboard
Vidam Perevertilov decided to swim toward a black spot, which turned out to be an abandoned fishing buoy to which he clung onto till his rescue.
Man Drove With Mask-Wearing Mannequin To Use Carpool Lane In California: Police
The driver told the patrol officer he had been driving with the dummy for a year and a half before getting pulled over.
Mukesh Ambani Security Scare: Car With Explosives Found Near Home Of India's Richest Man
Police found gelatin sticks and a letter from inside an SUV parked near Mukesh Ambani's home, the chairman of Reliance Industries.
82-Year-Old Woman Drives Into New York Bakery After Accelerator-Brake Mix-Up
The owners and staff of Dolce and Biscotti bakery in New York have escaped unhurt.
Board Members Of Texas Electric Grid Operator Resign After Power Outages
The resignations come as the outrage over ERCOT's failure to prepare for the severe cold grows.
Thousands Of Tennessee's Vaccine Shots Wound Up In Garbage Last Month
The Tennessee Department of Health found in its investigation that the doses were wasted in seven separate expiration incidents since Feb. 3.
Farmer Grabs Lynx By Scruff, Scolds It For Killing His Chickens
Chris Paulson put the lynx in a dog kennel and released it back into the wild.
![India's huge Covid-19 vaccine push is faltering, because of safety fears, technical glitches and a belief that the pandemic is ending. "People are scared and they don't want to take [the vaccine]", says a nurse involved in administering the vaccine.](https://d.ibtimes.com/en/full/3129516/indias-huge-covid-19-vaccine-push-faltering-because-safety-fears-technical-glitches-belief.webp?w=466&h=311&f=7a82c99b8a2cb11b3e4908b3227e5efd)
India Sees Resurgence Of COVID-19 Cases Amid Slow Vaccine Rollout
India has reported more than 11 million cases, and two states — Maharashtra in the west and Kerala in the south — account for 75% of currently active cases.
Cuomo Rapidly Losing Sheen: Most New Yorkers Say Time To Elect New Governor—Poll
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come under fire after it was revealed that his administration had undercounted coronavirus-related deaths of state nursing home residents.
12-Year-Old Boy Narrowly Escapes Leopard Attack By Piercing Its Eye With His Thumb
The incident happened in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Families Of 3 Navy Sailors, 13 Wounded Sue Saudi Arabia Over Pensacola Shooting
The families alleged that the shooter told fellow Saudi air force trainees about his plans ahead of the attack on Dec. 6 in which three U.S. service members were killed.
NY Residents Asked to Revaccinate After Doses Stored At Wrong Temperature
People vaccinated at a state-run site at Jones Beach were informed of the storage error with an email.
India's Vaccine Maker Asks Countries To Be Patient After Being Told To Prioritize Domestic Needs
The institute, based in the city of Pune in western India, is manufacturing Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for the country and much of the developing world.
Germany: Zookeeper Rushed To Hospital After Being Attacked By Lion
The zookeeper at Osnabrück Zoo was attacked while cleaning the animal’s cage.
Texas Winter Storm: Refineries Released Tons Of Air Pollutants
As refineries and petrochemical plants shut down due to the frigid weather, they released gases to prevent damage.
Hawaii: Two Tourists Arrested After Trying To Bribe Airport Screener To Skip Quarantine
Johntrell White and Nadia Bailey arrived in Hawaii last week without valid COVID-19 exemptions or pre-tests.
Texas Outages: Amid The Freeze, Food And Water Shortages Continue; How To Help
While power came back for much of Texas, residents still lack clean drinking water and face food shortages.
South China Sea: USS Russell Sails By Islands Claimed By China As US Takes Tough Stance
Destroyer USS Russell “asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the Spratly Islands, consistent with international law.”
Two Arrested For Posing As U.S. Marshals To Avoid Wearing Masks
The two threatened to arrest the employees of a resort in South Florida when asked to cover their faces.
Texas Winter Storm: Mayor Resigns After Telling Residents 'Only The Strong Will Survive’
Tim Boyd, the mayor of Colorado City, stepped down after he posted on Facebook that it's not the local government’s responsibility to support citizens during trying times like this.
Biden Offers To Help Woman Get COVID Vaccine For Immunocompromised Son
Kerri Engebrecht said that her 19-year-old was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asked Biden if he had a plan to vaccinate those who are most vulnerable sooner.
South Africa To Share AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine With Other African Countries, Prepares For J&J Shots Rollout
The country paused the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine after a study showed that it offered minimal protection against mild to moderate illness from the variant first detected in South Africa.
Amazon UK Workers Get False COVID-19 Test Results
Nearly 4,000 staff members tested negative, but received notifications from NHS Test and Trace that they had tested positive.
New COVID-19 Cases On USS Theodore Roosevelt After Last Year's Outbreak
Three sailors aboard the aircraft carrier have tested positive for coronavirus, less than a year after a widespread outbreak in which hundreds of sailors were infected.
