New progress to report in the COVID crisis. Cases are now dropping or leveling off in every state. Last week, five states still hadn’t hit that mark. The week before it was ten states. The average number of infections has fallen 61-percent since last month to about 313-thousand cases a day, with the death toll topping 902-thousand. Health experts were confident the omicron surge was going to peak before the end of the month.
While the son of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin is recounting a near crocodile attack. Robert Irwin was pursued at the Australian Zoo in the latest episode of “Crikey! It’s the Irwins.” The 18-year-old says he gets used to their predatory instincts but know when it’s time to leave the animal’s enclosure. He told his fans on social media that in this case he had no choice but to bail
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