Prince, Beyonce and Lady Gaga performing in past Super Bowl Halftime shows. Getty Images This year’s Super Bowl may kickoff at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, but for some the true entertainment starts at halftime. Since the very first Super Bowl in 1967, the championship football game has always included a halftime show. However, for
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Blimps were once at the forefront of aviation innovation. They took passengers across oceans in luxurious cabins, and they protected U.S. warships in open seas. But as the airplane quickly took over the age of aviation, blimps and airships faded from widespread use. “Everybody talks about the Hindenburg crash being the end of the airship,”
A woman receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center established at the Triton College in River Grove, Illinois, on February 3, 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images Dozens of states and cities are clawing back thousands of extra doses of Covid-19 vaccine that were meant to be used by CVS and
With more than 100 million viewers tuning in, some of the largest U.S. brands shell out millions of dollars every year for airtime during the Super Bowl. In years past, the likes of Doritos and T-Mobile have paid for multiple ads to run during the NFL championship game in the hopes of creating a splash
A waiter wears a face mask at an outdoor dining area outside a restaurant during a snow storm on December 16, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to exacerbate socioeconomic inequalities, Black workers in the restaurant industry are feeling the effects, according to a new report.
Director Woody Allen starts filming a new movie in San Sebastián on July 09, 2019. Europa Press News | Getty Images The story of Woody Allen’s notorious relationship with Mia Farrow and their family is set to be explored in a four-part documentary on HBO. Directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, Oscar-nominated documentarians, the
Florida, Fort Myers, Publix, supermarket Entrance. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images In Florida, hundreds of neighborhood grocery stores have become a cornerstone of the state’s Covid-19 vaccination program. Publix was tapped by the governor’s office in early January to administer shots to
Medical officer prepares the administrations for mass Covid-19 vaccination program for health workers in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on February 4 2021. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images It’s no surprise that questions related to the coronavirus pandemic have dominated search engines over the past year. More recently, and as vaccines have started to be rolled
Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson applied for an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for its coronavirus vaccine after releasing data last week showing it was about 66% effective in protecting against the virus. If J&J’s application is approved, it would be the third Covid-19 vaccine authorized
Association of Flight Attendants International President Sara Nelson joins airline executives, fellow union heads and political leaders to call on Congress to pass an extension of the Payroll Support Program to save thousands of jobs, during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol September 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Some
Ken Frazier, Chairman and CEO, Merck & Co., speaks during a meeting of the Economic Club of New York, October 3, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The outspoken CEO of Merck, Ken Frazier, is retiring from the company effective June 30 after almost 30 years with the company, Merck announced on Thursday. A former attorney,
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks during a White House press briefing, conducted by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House January 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images There have been “no red
A person wears a protective face mask outside McDonald’s in Union Square during the coronavirus pandemic on April 30, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images McDonald’s on Wednesday said that it has entered its final phase of testing a U.S. loyalty program before it launches nationwide later this year. The fast-food
Planters Peanuts Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kraft Heinz is nearing a deal to sell its Planters brand to Spam owner Hormel for roughly $3 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Hormel’s stock spiked more than 6% on the report before closing up 3.9% at $48.75. Shares of Kraft Heinz closed down
A woman wearing a facemas exits a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant with her takeout order on January 14, 2021 in Monterey Park, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill is expected to report its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv are
A man waits for pharmacist Joe Borge in Danvers, MA on Feb. 1, 2021. On the first day of Phase 2 of the COVID-19 rollout, seniors, 75 and over, get vaccinated in the Walgreens Pharmacy, at 107 High Street, in Danvers. Pat Greenhouse | Boston Globe | Getty Images The U.S. will increase its weekly
A driver for an independent contractor wears a protective mask while operating a delivery truck to delivery N95 respirator masks outside a United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) Ground sorting facility in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Monday, April 13, 2020. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of UPS jumped by about 4% in premarket
The first major snowstorm of 2021 is underway, with power outages hitting New Jersey, a state of emergency declared across 44 counties in New York state, and the largest recorded snowfall at Chicago O’Hare Airport since 2015. As of midday Monday, about 1,500 customers in New Jersey were without power, Gov. Phil Murphy said on
Close-up of Moderna vaccine at the Park County Health Department COVID-19 vaccination clinic for seniors 80 years and older on January 28, 2021 in Livingston, Montana. William Campbell | Getty Images Some health-care providers have been regularly holding back Covid-19 vaccine doses to ensure there will be supply when people come back to get their
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan holds a press conference to address COVID-19 concerns in Annapolis, MD on November 17. Bill O’Leary | The Washington Post | Getty Images Maryland has reported a case of the new, highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first found in South Africa, marking the third case to be detected in the U.S., Gov.