| | | | | | THURSDAY, May 26, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Exhausted at the end of a workday, Dawn Turnage plopped into a comfortable chair on her patio to soak up some sun before going to bed early. | | | | | | Hundreds of flights worldwide were cancelled by midday Sunday, adding to the mounting number of scrubbed flights during the busy Memorial Day holiday weekend. Just over 1,000 flights had been canceled as of 11 a.m. EDT Saturday, according to tracking website FlightAware. That follows more than 2,300 cancellations Friday and another 1,500 on Saturday. More than 250 of Sunday's cancellations involved aircraft scheduled to fly to or from U.S. cities. Delta Air Lines cancelled the most flights among major U.S. airlines. Delta said Saturday's cancellations were because of bad weather and "air traffic control actions." | | | | | | SUNDAY, May 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- You probably slather on sunscreen to protect your skin, but your eyes need protection from the sun's rays, too. | | | | | | U.S. schools have bolstered security in the aftermath of the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Some of the changes include making visitors ring a bell and temporarily banning large backpacks. At least one district is ending the school year early. Administrators are especially jittery as more details about the shooting on Tuesday come out. Authorities say it took officers more than 45 minutes to confront the 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 at Robb Elementary School. The larger police presence at schools and a rash of copycat threats have only added to anxiety levels for students and educators. | | | | | | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and other top officials have discussed revising stringent anti-epidemic restrictions as they maintain a widely disputed claim that the country's first COVID-19 outbreak is slowing. The discussion at the North's Politburo meeting Sunday suggests it will soon relax a set of draconian curbs imposed after its recent admission of the omicron outbreak out of concern about its food and economic situations. The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim and other Politburo members "examined the issue of effectively and quickly coordinating and enforcing the anti-epidemic regulations and guidelines given the current stable anti-epidemic situation." Experts say North Korea is understating its fatality rate to prevent any political damage to Kim at home. | | | | | | | Dane County leaders are taking steps to address the challenges faced by health care workers through a new subcommittee dedicated to finding a solution to the struggles that have plagued the industry due to the pandemic. | | | | | | Shoppers are returning to the malls of Beijing as the Chinese capital relaxes pandemic restrictions after declaring a small but persistent COVID-19 outbreak effectively under control. A partial reopening of stores and offices in Beijing was welcomed by a weary populace and struggling shopkeepers eager for life to return to normal. Coupled with a gradual easing of restrictions in Shanghai, it signaled that the worst is over in the twin outbreaks in China's most prominent cities. Beijing allowed public parks, gyms and cinemas to reopen on Sunday at 50% of their capacity. China recorded 293 new coronavirus cases on Saturday. | | | | | | Britain is getting ready for a party featuring mounted troops, solemn prayers — and a pack of dancing mechanical corgis. The nation will celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne this week with four days of pomp and pageantry in central London. But behind the brass bands and the queen's appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace lies a drive to show that the royal family still remains relevant. The royals, sometimes criticized as being out of touch, want to show that their support comes from all parts of a society that has become more multicultural amid immigration from the Caribbean, South Asia and Eastern Europe. The jubilee is also part of the effort to prepare the public for the day when Prince Charles takes the throne. | | | | | | |
