Justice Department Appoints First Director of National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) earlier this week appointed Eun Young Choi to serve as the first Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) it established last year. The NCET was created to tackle the criminal misuse of

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CDC estimates 13% of all cases in NY and NJ could be omicron infections, Director Dr. Walensky says

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The new, highly mutated omicron Covid-19 variant now accounts for an estimated 13% of all cases in New York and New Jersey, according

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NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins: ‘Certainly possible that this is not the last emerging variant’

Omicron is likely not the last COVID-19 variant that will cause a “lot of concern,” the director of the National Institutes of Health warned on Sunday. Dr. Francis Collins said that the virus likely will continue to mutate from the

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Steve Bashore is WBA’s new regional director for North America

Steve Bashore was appointed regional director for North America by the World Boxing Association (WBA). An appointment that fills with excitement the pioneer organization thanks to all that America will bring to the table. Bashore has been involved in boxing

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Questions on Baldwin Shooting Turn to Assistant Director

In his affidavit, Detective Joel Cano said that Mr. Halls had grabbed one of three guns set up by the film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. The guns were on a cart left outside a wooden structure because of Covid-19 restrictions, the

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Francis Kurkdijan Becomes Dior’s Perfume Creation Director

Image: Parfums Christian Dior Dior has appointed Francis Kurkdijan as its newest fragrance creative director. He will succeed François Demachy, who was Parfums Christian Dior’s first in-house perfumer and is retiring.  Kurkdijan rocketed onto the fragrance scene in 1995, when

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CIA director “fuming” after Havana syndrome strikes team member in India

Enlarge / William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), arrives for a closed hearing at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. A US intelligence officer traveling in India earlier this month with CIA

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WHO director scolds rich countries, calls for booster moratorium until 2022

Enlarge / World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories The director-general for the World Health Organization on Wednesday called for a longer moratorium on high-income countries administering COVID-19 booster shots—extending the agency’s requested moratorium from

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