Scientists Fear We’re Not Ready for Nightmare New COVID Variant

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyA wave of COVID infections caused by the BA.5 subvariant has crested. All over the world, daily new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are going down.But the SARS-CoV-2 virus is almost certainly here to stay. Another wave is all but inevitable as new variants and subvariants mutate, compete for dominance, and find new transmission pathways.How fast that wave comes, and how bad it gets, probably comes down to a genetic competition between different mutat

Pete Davidson wore a T-shirt with a cryptic message a day after announcing his split from Kim Kardashian

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  Kim Kardashian Reportedly Wasn't Ready for "Something Serious" with Pete Davidson

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  Kim Kardashian Reportedly Broke Up With Pete Davidson Because They Were Getting Too ‘Serious’

In a growing schism in the GOP, Matt Gaetz slammed Kevin McCarthy at CPAC: 'He should not be the leader of the Republican conference'

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  The Daily Beast

  J.D. Vance Quietly Supports Bill His GOP Allies Hate—and His Opponent Sponsored

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  Liz Cheney says she favors serving with Democratic women with national security backgrounds over GOP lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert

Rita Ora's 'going out' top has *the* lowest neckline ever

Rita Ora wears a black 'going out' top on Instagram that extends from her neck all the way down to her belly button, held in place by horizontal straps.

Anne Heche's life before near-fatal wreck included mental health struggles, Ellen DeGeneres romance

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  Anne Heche hospitalized in 'stable' condition after fiery car crash in Los Angeles

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  Anne Heche in 'stable condition' after fiery Los Angeles car crash: Rep

Lauren Boebert Compromises Herself With Badly Flawed Attack On Hunter Biden

Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele dismissed her latest act as "performative bulls**t."