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The terrible reality is that from the beginning, the coronavirus seemed almost tailor-made to put pressure on nursing homes. The combination of a highly contagious virus and vulnerable residents living in close quarters has made nursing homes one of the front lines in the fight against this virus. My agency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), develops and enforces health and safety standards that over 15,000 nursing homes must meet in order to receive federal funding through Medicare....

This year’s lucky yet-to-be-named turkeys hail from Jasper, Indiana, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced last Friday. “We’re all very excited to meet the soon-to-be famous turkey and its alternate,” Psaki said, according to the Indianapolis Star. When Is the 2021 Presidential Turkey Pardon Presentation? The annual ceremony usually takes place in the morning days before Thanksgiving. In 2021, it will be held on November 19. A Brief History of the Presidential Turkey Presentation Presidents have received turkeys for the holiday from at least the 19th century....

The second round of the FA Cup quarter-finals will be played this Friday and Sunday, with three ties still very much up for grabs. Negeri Sembilan vs Sabah In Seremban, Premier League leaders Negeri Sembilan will host Sabah, currently 10th in the same league, with the Deers having recorded a slim 1-0 first leg win at the Likas Stadium. The hosts have the better recent record in comparison, having picked up three wins and two draws in their past five matches across all competitions....

Select stores will be carrying the Moderna COVID vaccine, which research suggests is 94.5 percent effective in protecting against COVID after two doses are given 28 days apart. The Price Chopper/Market 32 website currently features information on how to register for COVID vaccines in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, as well as the individuals the states are offering vaccines to. Price Chopper and Market 32 pharmacies in New Hampshire and Vermont have not yet received the COVID vaccine....

There are some clever tricks to help users get the best out of the Prime Day deals, from app plug-ins to helpful hacks. As well as this, if you’re looking for specific items, it will send notifications when deals go live, meaning you’re more likely to get the thing you want at the cheapest price. Join the waitlist Items are deleted from a person’s cart after 15 minutes if purchases aren’t completed, which means for those who join the waitlist, they will be alerted if an item becomes available again....

The nice “Twin Peaks” is still a crowd pleaser. Suggestion: soften the Woody Allen thing. Susan and Tommy are saving this dehunked, suddenly tired show. And where did all the laughs go? Not bad as nostalgia. But it’s a bit like how Kathie Lee Gifford might envision the post-WW II era. Interesting touch with a too-stale subject. Sam Waterston is terrific-and rises above the melodrama.

The Duke of York has been accused of having sex with Virginia Giuffre when she was a 17-year-old Jeffrey Epstein trafficking victim. She has claimed that he sweated heavily as they danced at Tramp nightclub in London before she was later forced to sleep with him. However, the prince told the BBC in November that he could not have been there on the night she named as he was at a party in Pizza Express that afternoon and at home in the evening....

Though Beatrice and Mapelli Mozzi were originally scheduled to be wed May 29, the ceremony was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Though royal weddings are normally an outsized affair, Beatrice’s ceremony was a private event at The Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor. The small size of the event led some of the British press, like The Mirror and Tatler, to deem the ceremony a “secret wedding....

The Prince of Wales and charity boss Michael Fawcett were reported to U.K. police a week ago, with officers yet to decide whether to launch a criminal investigation. Now Scotland’s charity regulator has launched an inquiry into wide-ranging allegations relating to how the Prince’s Foundation raised money. The Sunday Times yesterday published a letter sent by Charles to a Russian financier Dmitry Leus, who they reported had given £535,000 ($740,000) to the charity....

Charles officially opened the games in Birmingham alongside wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, on behalf of the queen, who owing to her age and what Buckingham Palace has called “episodic mobility problems” asked her son to deputize. As the opening ceremony proceeded, celebrating the 4,600 sportsmen and women from 72 countries, the prince and Camilla made a special entrance driving themselves in Charles’s Aston Martin sportscar—James Bond’s preferred mode of transport....

The discussion comes as the 73-year-old prince takes on more and more of his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s official public facing duties including representing the monarch at the State Opening of Parliament in May. A series of health scares last fall resulting in an overnight stay in hospital as well as ongoing “episodic mobility problems” have seen the 96-year-old queen cancel her attendance at a number of high profile royal events including the royal Easter church services and a number of the celebrations marking her Platinum Jubilee....

The superstar musician, who passed away in April 2016 at the age of 57, worked on the project back in 2010, before deciding to shelve it. A notorious perfectionist, Prince kept his album locked away, with the project being discovered only once the sizable library of unreleased tracks at his Paisley Park studio was combed through following his death. Neal Karlen—who enjoyed a 31-year friendship with Prince and authored the 2020 biography This Thing Called Life: Prince’s Odyssey, On + Off the Record—insists Welcome 2 America wouldn’t have seen the light of day if he were still alive....

On a visit to Pant Farm with Prince William as part of a recent royal visit to Wales, Kate met members of the local farming community and heard about the various roles needed to help it function. During an inspection of the farm’s facilities, Kate was shown a new piece of farming machinery which was used to sweep up silage. When told by farmer Gary Yeomans that the machine could also be used to move feed around the barns, Kate was overheard telling him, via Hello!...

The photos, taken Monday at Horth Hill Regional Park on Vancouver Island, show Meghan walking with baby Archie, who she is seen carrying in a sling, and her two dogs. Lawyers at Schillings, which is also representing the couple in a lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday newspaper, said photos were taken by a photographer “hiding in the bushes and spying,” and that Meghan did not give permission to have her photo taken, reports The Telegraph....

Harry took part in the interview as part of a wider series of media interactions during the 2022 Invictus Games currently being held in The Hague, the Netherlands. The prince has dominated headlines since making an unannounced visit to the queen at Windsor Castle with wife, Meghan Markle, on their way to the games last week. The visit marked the first time the couple had publicly visited the U.K. since their stepping down as full-time working royals and their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey....

The viral video which has over 130,000 views on Twitter, was posted as reports surfaced that the results of a Buckingham Palace investigation into bullying allegations against Meghan would not be made public. Harry participated in a one-on-one sit-down discussion with television host Oprah Winfrey in the 2021 series which was released after the landmark joint interview given by Harry and Meghan to Winfrey in March of the same year....

The Duke of Sussex spoke in glowing terms about the ability of people with the virus to “bounce back” as he admitted the pandemic has been “challenging” for many. His words, for the AIDS 2020 Conference today, came just a day after he joined wife Meghan Markle to discuss racism and Britain’s colonial history. Today’s message came in the form of a video shot at Hollywood producer Tyler Perry’s Beverly Hills mansion....

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s youngest child appeared to be feeling confident as he approached Lambrook School in Berkshire, England, holding mother Kate Middleton’s hand. During the long walk, William could be seen stooping to offer a hand to the 4-year-old, who did not offer one back. The future king then ruffled his son’s hair, and Louis appeared to shake his head as he walked to meet his new headmaster....

The duke’s life in war and in peace was devoted to duty. He was a truly remarkable man, a visionary in environmental and conservation matters, and the longest-serving royal consort in British history. What a contrast his life represents when compared with the current duke and duchess of Sussex. Just think—Prince Philip did not retire from public life until he was 96 years old. The sheer volume of the work he undertook with the queen, year after year, is hard to grasp....