Since appearing on the show, Detroit Maid owner Danielle Smith Parker has expanded her business from Detroit to Chicago and Wisconsin.
Appointments are being canceled, sites are temporarily closing, county waitlists are in the thousands and states are adjusting eligibility timelines as vaccines supplies dwindle nationwide. With shipments coming weekly, officials say they don't have much visibility on their supplies as they simultaneously schedule first and second doses, and plan to expand vaccination sites. "There's a lot of uncertainty right now," Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar with Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told ABC News.
There are strong parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918 flu pandemic, considered to be the deadliest of the 20th century. The 1918 flu pandemic killed an estimated 50 million worldwide, including nearly 675,000 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 1918, the first flu cases were reported in March at an Army base in Kansas.
At least eight people were arrested in Portland on Wednesday after rioters damaged both federal and private property, police said. Dozens of protesters took to the streets of Oregon's largest city following the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Although the demonstrations were largely peaceful, two protest events resulted in property damage and arrests, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
A major weather pattern change is expected in the United States as stormy weather moves from west to east with heavy snow, severe thunderstorms and Arctic cold. A new storm will move into the West Thursday and Friday and will bring much-needed rain to California, where dry winds helped spread another brush fire Wednesday. On Wednesday, winds gusted up to 85 mph in Southern California, helping fuel the fire in Carlsbad, near San Diego.
Erika Rischko is an 81-year-old mother of two, grandmother of one and, surprising to even herself, a fitness influencer. Rischko, of Langenfeld, Germany, describes herself as a "late bloomer" when it comes to fitness, but she now is inspiring people decades her junior with the workouts she shares on TikTok and Instagram. Rischko, a homemaker, said she did not start regularly exercising until her mid-50s when her daughter signed her up at a local gym.
Christina Meredith, a resident of Kyle, Texas, told "Good Morning America" that her 15-year-old daughter Katelynn Rodriquez, is still showing symptoms of the coronavirus after being hospitalized late last month. Meredith said Katelynn is an active cheerleader, volleyball player and runner with no pre-existing health conditions. "Katelynn wants to tell people to wear their mask and let them know that kids get sick," Meredith told "Good Morning America."
For many members of the country's South Asian population, Kamala Harris' historic inauguration was a major turning point in their community's place in America's story. Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, has never been shy speaking about her Asian heritage throughout her career. As she took the oath of office Wednesday, South Asian Americans young and old celebrated this occasion with eager anticipation for the possibilities for future generations.
The ceremony that made Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States was an inauguration like never before. Also absent were the morning traditions involving the outgoing and incoming presidents and their spouses meeting on the North Portico of the White House and sharing a limousine to the ceremony. Two weeks after an angry mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed Capitol Hill, some attendees even wore body armor.
Three soldiers are dead after a military helicopter crashed in upstate New York Wednesday evening, the New York National Guard said. MCSO has confirmed a military helicopter with what is believed to be 3 souls on board went down in a field on W. Bloomfield Rd. In Mendon at 6:32p.m. W. Bloomfield rd. Btwn Cheese Factory & Boughton Hill Rd. remains closed.
Just hours after Kamala Harris' own historic swearing-in as vice president, she ushered in three other historic firsts as she swore in three new senators. Harris received a standing ovation as she walked into the Senate for the first time as vice president on Wednesday afternoon. Moments later, Harris swore in her successor, Alex Padilla, to take her old Senate seat.
Joe Biden took the oath of office just before noon on a cold but bright and sunny Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, becoming the 46th president of the United States, the culmination of a nearly 50-year career in politics and a lifetime of tragedy and triumph. Democracy is fragile.
Inauguration Day already was historic for women, with Kamala Harris becoming the first woman and person of color to become vice president, and she soon could be joined by a similarly record-breaking Cabinet. Twelve of Biden's nominations for Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions are women, including eight women of color, and if they're all confirmed it would shatter former President Bill Clinton's record of nine women serving concurrently, which happened during his second term.
Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins reunited virtually to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the movie that netted them both Oscar trophies: "The Silence of the Lambs," Jonathan Demme's film adaptation of Thomas Harris' novel. The conversation was part of Variety's "Actors on Actors" series. Hopkins, who played cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter, admitted to being confused by the film's title at first.
Amazon sent a letter to newly inaugurated President Joe Biden on Wednesday offering to use its vast resources to assist with federal COVID-19 vaccination efforts. "Congratulations to you and Vice President Harris on your inauguration," the letter, signed by Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO Dave Clark, stated. "As you begin your work leading the country out of the COVID-19 crisis, Amazon stands ready to assist you in reaching your goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration."
Taylor Swift's debut single "Tim McGraw" turns 15 this year and, on Tuesday, the actual Tim McGraw opened up about what he really thought about the hit song. Speaking to Apple Music, the country legend admitted that he was shocked when he first learned of the song, which was performed by Swift when she was just 16. McGraw said that, upon giving the song more thought, he saw it in a completely different light.
Mindy Kaling took to social media as Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president on Wednesday with a message about representation. The "A Wrinkle in Time" actress shared a photo to Instagram of her daughter, 3-year-old Katherine, watching the television as Harris, 56, made history as the first woman and first Black vice president. Harris, a former attorney general and senator for California, is of Black and Indian heritage.
For four years, Republican staffers and agency chiefs worked for President Donald Trump to keep the federal government humming and, in many cases, dismantle Obama-era policies they believed ran counter to free-market principles. In the end, the political aides departed Washington this week with their legacies forever linked to a president who refused to concede a democratic election and instead inspired a mob of rioters to confront Congress. It was, as several Cabinet secretaries and political aides said in their final hours, regrettable.
World leaders have reacted to a "new dawn" in U.S. politics after Joe Biden was sworn is as the 46th president of the United States. Historic allies in the EU and U.K. have struck the most upbeat tone, with Ursurla von der Leyen, president of the EU Commission, saying there's a "friend in the White House" after four years where transatlantic relations often were strained. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson congratulated Biden ahead of the inauguration ceremony.
There was tradition to pair with tension, pageantry to counter any pettiness, and a thankfully peaceful transition day that saw former President Donald Trump leave the stage and President Joe Biden make his first attempt to seize it. Through powerful musical performances and poetry, and history-making formalities, a surreal fact lingered: Biden took the office by the same Capitol steps that violent protesters climbed to storm the halls of Congress, as part of an attempted coup that took place precisely two weeks earlier. "Democracy has prevailed," Biden said in his inaugural address, employing a common-enough phrase that took particular meaning this day.
Vice President Kamala Harris started her new role with a sophisticated and meaningful look. The vice president's ensemble was created by Black designers Christopher John Rogers and Sergio Hudson. "Thank you, Madam Vice President," Christopher John Rogers wrote in an Instagram post. "We are so honored and humbled to have played a small part in this historic moment."
