According to the New York Times, Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations on his first day in office. Such actions included requiring masks to be worn on all federal property and by all federal employees, preventing undocumented immigrants from being left out of the census count, stopping the construction of the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and re-entering the Paris climate accord. One of the issues Biden did not address with his executive actions is stimulus checks....

The hashtag #ToadCruz was trending on the social media site early on Thursday—a play on the lawmaker’s name alluding to toads, which eat flies. The Claim Twitter users on Thursday morning shared what appeared to be a brief video clip of Cruz on Fox News. In a six-second video without sound, which was also shared as a GIF, an insect of some kind can be seen crawling along Cruz’s face and under his mouth....

Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are the leaders in creating FDA-approved vaccines, with Pfizer’s showing a 95 percent efficacy rate and Moderna’s at 94.1 percent. No vaccine has been approved in the U.S. as of December 1, but both developers applied for emergency use authorizations through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late November. Both companies said their vaccines will require an initial dose and a booster a few weeks later....

A number of explosive revelations in the Duchess of Sussex’s privacy battle with the Mail on Sunday have emerged in relation to her lawsuit against the newspaper for publishing extracts of a letter sent to her father in August 2018. Meghan’s former communications secretary Jason Knauf released a witness statement this week saying that she wrote the letter in question to her father in the knowledge it may be leaked....

Citizens in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson were said to have voted overwhelmingly in favor of joining—results the U.S. State Department and democracy advocates described as a “sham.” However, following Putin’s decree and signing on September 30, 2022, of annexation documents, there is still dispute over just how much of these regions Russian forces hold on to. The Claim Multiple tweets sent ahead of Putin’s decree to recognize the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, on September 30 claim that Russia does not have full control over the regions it wants to bring under its control....

The Claim A tweet with more than 11,000 likes at the time of writing stated that Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, known as REGEN-COV, costs the U.S. government $2,100 per dose. Trial lawyer Max Kennerly flagged the cost of REGEN-COV doses when replying to tweets from former congressman Allen West, who is running to be Texas governor. West tweeted about the treatment after receiving it and wrote: “I can attest that, after this experience, I am even more dedicated to fighting against vaccine mandates....

His movies have grossed over $6.3 billion, with the upcoming sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, sure to add to that figure. Whilst he is an award-winning filmmaker, he’s also known for his excursions to the bottom of the ocean, which has bled back into his movies. One rumor doing the rounds online suggests that Cameron was actually in a submarine, deep underwater on September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center was struck by a terrorist-controled plane and collapsed in New York City....

An Andrews ad claims an editorial described Lautenberg as “doing nothing” in the midst of rising oil and food prices. The editorial actually hauls the entire New Jersey congressional delegation –including Andrews–on the carpet for not bringing enough of New Jersey residents’ tax dollars back to the state. The same Andrews ad accuses Lautenberg of hiding “his profits from the millions he invested in Big Oil.” But Lautenberg’s holdings in energy and natural resources, according to his most recent Senate disclosure form, account for less than 1 percent of his multimillion-dollar fortune....

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, the number of fake donation websites has steadily increased, according to WSB-TV, as scammers are hoping to take advantage of the kindness and generosity of would-be donors to enrich themselves. WeLiveSecurity.com pointed out several domains that are trying to prey upon donors, such as help-for-ukraine.eu, tokenukraine.com, supportukraine.today, and ukrainesolidarity.org to name a few. The fake sites looking to financially take advantage of others will use some common tactics to make themselves appear legitimate, according to WTOP....

Three wooden legs have appeared at the site over the past few months, local law enforcement told The Cape Cod Times. The memorial is dedicated to Arthur Medici, who died last September. The first fake leg was thrown away by public works employees in March. But the second, which was bolted to a fence in June, is being stored by police. The leg had a tag around the ankle that read “RIP....

The contamination is linked to prescription opioids like Oxycontin, Percocet, Vicodin, Xanax or stimulants like Adderall, which are often sold illegally on social media and e-commerce platforms, according to the DEA. The alert does not apply to drugs prescribed by medical professionals and dispensed by licensed pharmacists. These fake pills may contain increased potency of already dangerous drugs and contribute to the overdose deaths, which have hit a record high during the COVID-19 pandemic....

McKinley spoke with reporters briefly after OTAs and provided a very Marshawn Lynch-esque interview. He kept all of his answers short, and used the word “good” in every response. MORE: Ranking 2019 NFL quarterbacks from best to worst There’s no obvious reason why McKinley didn’t want to answer questions from the media this afternoon. It was his first time speaking to the media since he was detained in January and underwent a mental evaluation....

“He’s dealt with these strains before and he is a fast healer,’’ Falcons head coach Dan Quinn said, via ESPN.com. “So we’ll find out how long he’ll be out.'' MORE: Best images from Week 7 Devonta Freeman is the only other running back on Atlanta’s active roster, but Quinn said the team will look internally for options should Coleman miss time. Terron Ward is an option currently on the practice squad....

Following in the footsteps of fellow Americans Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman, Glenn Close makes her London stage debut in September, starring as fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams’s steamy classic “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Directed by Trevor Nunn, fresh from producing “The Coast of Utopia,” Tom Stoppard’s new trilogy of plays, star power alone virtually guarantees that the production will be the National Theatre’s hit of the autumn....

‘War and Peace,’ Leo Tolstoy, October: The coincidence of two new translations was more than we could ignore. Andrew Bromfield has translated—for the first time in English—the original 1866 version of Tolstoy’s novel, which the author later rewrote at least twice. The celebrated husband-and-wife team of Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have translated the 1868 edition, a much longer, more complex version in which Tolstoy inserted all manner of philosophical and historical digressions and radically reworked important characters and plotlines....

This offseason, that meant getting out of his comfort zone . . . and into a prison bus? Minshew spent the summer living in a renovated inmate transport vehicle, living out a childhood dream in the process. The mustachioed Mississippian took his talents to Bonita Spring, Fla., where he lived outside his trainer’s gym from the end of February until the start of training camp. MORE: Who is Devon Allen?...

Sporting News has obtained details on the incident from a fan (Dave R.) who was on the field at the time. The first confrontation, which took place during pregame warmups, was started by comments yelled by an Eagles fan, who we’ll call “Cunningham” due to his jersey. Cunningham was yelling at Marshall with comments like, “How’s it gonna feel to be 0 and 3?” and, “Get all your catches in now during warm up, cause we know you can’t catch during a game....

Brooks revealed the news via Twitter on Monday after reportedly hurting himself while working out at Philadelphia’s training complex. The seven-year veteran previously tore his right Achilles tendon during the Eagles’ loss to the Saints in the 2018 playoffs. Brooks returned in time for the 2019 campaign and started all 16 regular-season games before suffering a dislocated shoulder against the Giants in Week 17, forcing him to miss the Eagles’ wild-card loss to the Seahawks in January....

Earnhardt was stuck in the outside lane at Martinsville Speedway when contact with David Ragan caused Junior’s left-rear tire to go flat just five laps into the race. MORE: White’s arrest latest in NASCAR dark history | Martinsville more than sports landmark Earnhardt pitted and came back on the track in 40th and down a lap. He won at the short track in the fall of 2014.

LAS VEGAS – Super Bowl betting action slowed over the weekend, and the latest movement we’ve seen has been the Westgate SuperBook moving from pick ’em to Patriots -1 on Sunday, joining most of the other books in the city. The other change was a slide on the total, where Aliante and South Point went from 48.5 to 48, and the Westgate from 48 to a Las Vegas-low 47.5....