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The CDC has overhauled its COVID-19 isolation guidelines, saying the virus no longer represents the same threat to public health as it did several years ago. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption toggle caption Markus Schreiber/AP The CDC has overhauled its COVID-19 isolation guidelines, saying the virus no longer represents the same threat to public health as it did several years ago. Markus Schreiber/AP The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dropping its 5-day isolation guidance for people with COVID-19. The agency made the announcement on Friday, following reports last month that the policy change was in the works. Until now,…
Listen to this articleProduced by ElevenLabs and NOA, News Over Audio, using AI narration.Almost one-third of the way through Usher’s performance at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, Alicia Keys appeared, attached to a billowing red cape and seated at a matching piano. As the Grammys-festooned pop and R&B singer-songwriter gently played the opening arpeggios of one of her biggest hits, 2004’s “If I Ain’t Got You,” something small but unexpected happened. Instead of easing into the song with the first verse, Keys skipped straight to the chorus—and right on the dramatic opening note, her famously velvety-smooth singing voice noticeably…
The swoop was made with ruthless speed and stealth. It came just as the Muslim preacher was settling down to read his newspaper after enjoying a family lunch.Shuffling to the front door to see who was banging so loudly, Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi found himself confronted by 15 plain-clothes police officers.They had emerged from a convoy of cars and descended without warning on his home in Bagnols-sur-Ceze, a quaint, 13th-century town near Avignon where British tourists often stop off en route to the French Riviera.After marching inside they ordered the imam (who had lived in France for all but 12 of…
Host Wendy Williams appears at the Soul Train Awards in Las Vegas on Nov. 7, 2014. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Host Wendy Williams appears at the Soul Train Awards in Las Vegas on Nov. 7, 2014. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP The premiere of a controversial Lifetime docuseries about the ongoing health and financial battles of former talk show host and shock jock Wendy Williams has sharpened the focus on her court-appointed financial guardianship. The two-part docuseries Where is Wendy Williams? — described as an “unfiltered look” at the 59-year-old’s life after the end of her iconic syndicated show…
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Freedom and democracy have endured a long winter of setbacks. Spring will bring its own challenges both overseas and in the United States.First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:A Lingering WinterPhoto by J. David Ake / GettyView in browserFor many of us, March 1 is the unofficial start of spring. The head may know that it’s still winter, but the heart feels that…
Claire Saunders has revealed how she feels ‘lucky’ and ‘grateful’ after making a shock health discovery.The Farmer Wants a Wife star took to Instagram on Friday to share the news with her 42,000 followers that she has the early stages of skin cancer.She explained how her mother had noticed a ‘pimple mark’ on her face and urged her to get it checked, but she had simply ‘brushed it off’.However, after the mark came back another four times, she went to the doctors to get it checked and was shocked to discover it was the early stages of skin cancer.Claire, who…
A team of researchers tried something that’s never been done as a conflict rages. Instead of trying to calculate the toll of war in the moment, they looked forward. What’s the reaction to their study?
The notorious social-media app has become less … social.Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: LesDaMore / Getty.March 1, 2024, 4:08 PM ETWhen the Universal Music Group decided to pull its songs from TikTok last month in the midst of a protracted rights dispute, some called the move the “nuclear option.” UMG handles major artists including Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, and isn’t music the lifeblood of the social app? Billboard has a separate chart for the most popular songs on TikTok; artists such as Lil Nas X effectively owe their career to the platform. Surely this would mark the end of…
Hairy Biker Dave Myers passed away on Wednesday night with his TV partner Si King and his family by his side after a battle with cancer. Known best as one-half of the cooking duo, the TV chef had announced he was receiving treatment for an unspecified form of cancer in May 2022.He leaves behind his heartbroken wife Liliana Orzac and her two children Izabelle and Sergiu who supported him throughout his illness. Dave and Liliana kept their personal life incredibly private after they tied the knot back in 2011 at the star’s hometown in Barrow, Cumbria.Speaking about the support he had received from his…
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Allen G. Breed/AP hide caption toggle caption Allen G. Breed/AP Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Allen G. Breed/AP CVS and Walgreens, two of the country’s largest retail pharmacies, received federal certification to begin dispensing mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, in states where it is legal to do so, the companies separately confirmed to NPR. CVS will start…