Category: Community
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If You Haven’t Got the Flu Vaccine Yet, Now Is the Time
The flu season this year has already started spreading across the United States, according to data from the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There have been at least 880,000 cases of flu, nearly 7,000 hospitalizations, and tragically, 360 flu-related deaths at the beginning of this fall, including one pediatric death. Since 2009,…
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Epic – Henrique & Juliano Record DVD at Times Square
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2022 is certainly THE YEAR for the brothers who have always sought authenticity in everything they did in music. The celebration project brings together the best of the duo and already has a date and location for recording. Yes, it will be at TIMES SQUARE/NY, on the next November 19th. The idea of the brothers…
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American Daylight Saving Time Ends This Sunday
Daylight saving time in the United States ends this Sunday, November 6, at exactly 2 AM, when you should set your clock back to 1 AM. Yes, you will gain an extra hour of sleep or, for partygoers, an extra hour of fun. In the northern and northeastern parts of the country, the time change…
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Powerball Remains Accumulated. The Prize Can Now Reach $1.5 Billion
Your chance to become a billionaire continues for another round. No winning ticket was sold for Wednesday’s drawing for the $1.2 billion jackpot. The winning numbers were 2-11-22-35-60 and the Powerball was 23. It is estimated that $1.5 billion is the new jackpot for the next drawing, which will take place on Saturday, November 5.…
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Annual Enrollment for ‘Obamacare’ Begins Today
The enrollment season for the “Affordable Care Act” (ACA), known as “Obamacare,” begins today, November 1, for American citizens and residents who wish to obtain or change their government-subsidized health insurance coverage. Interested individuals have until January 15, 2023, to select a health plan at HealthCare.gov. To ensure that coverage takes effect on the first…
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Trick or Treat?
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Halloween, the scariest festival of the year, is celebrated in various parts of the world today, October 31, which is also the eve of “All Saints’ Day” in the Christian calendar. Halloween is a shortening of “All Hallows’ Eve” or “All Saints’ Eve.” Although of Christian origin, in much of Europe and most of North…
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Election Results: The Country Remains Divided
The narrow victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with just over 60 million votes, against Jair Bolsonaro, who received just over 58 million votes, shows how divided the Brazilian people are between a very conservative right and a left that, in this election, had to move more towards the center to have any chance…
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Lula Elected President for the 3rd Time
Brazilians elected Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva to the presidency again on Sunday, October 30, in the second round of elections, which was contested against current president Jair Bolsonaro. A tight victory for Lula, with less than 2% of valid votes, but no less significant, as it represents the return of the left to power…
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Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen Announce End of Marriage
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American football star Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bündchen, who married in 2009, announced their divorce on Friday, October 28. After weeks of speculation in American tabloids, the couple confirmed the end of their marriage with statements on their Instagram accounts: Gisele said: “It is with great gratitude for our time together that Tom and…
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Spanish Prosecutors Withdraw Criminal Charges Against Neymar
Neymar, the forward for the Brazilian National Football Team, no longer faces the possibility of imprisonment after Spanish prosecutors withdrew, on Friday, October 28, the charges of fraud and corruption against the football player, his parents, and several high-ranking football executives involved in his transfer to Barcelona in 2013. However, the trial will continue because…