The Daily Populous

Wednesday December 22nd, 2021 evening edition

image for Fox cancels ‘New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2022’ telecast due to omicron surge

Fox has decided against moving forward with its “New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2022” production in New York due to the ongoing surge of Covid-19 and its omicron variant.

“While we are confident in the health and safety protocols for ‘Fox’s New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2022,’ the recent velocity of the spread of Omicron cases has made it impossible to produce a live special in Times Square that meets our standards,” Fox Entertainment said in a statement.

“We will not be moving forward with ‘Fox’s New Year’s Eve Toast & Roast 2022’ in New York,” it said.

Replacement programming for New Year’s Eve on Fox will be announced in the coming days.”.

It remains to be seen whether these names will still be attached to whatever type of production Fox decides to move forward with for its New Year’s Eve event.

With the cancellation, Fox becomes the first network to announce a major shift in its planned New Year’s Eve programming.

ABC is also proceeding with its annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” event, with broadcasts from N.Y.’s Times Square, New Orleans, L.A. and Puerto Rico. »

Putin says Russia has 'nowhere to retreat' over Ukraine

Authored by reuters.com

Putin addressed his remarks to military officials as Russia pressed for an urgent U.S. and NATO reply to proposals it made last week for a binding set of security guarantees from the West.

"What the U.S. is doing in Ukraine is at our doorstep... And they should understand that we have nowhere further to retreat to.

1/3 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board in Moscow, Russia December 21, 2021. »

Cardboard box filled with a $180,000 cash donation mailed to The City College of New York

Authored by edition.cnn.com

Menon, the chairman of the physics department, at first thought it was some sort of memento sent by a former student, but when he opened the box on September 1, he found stacks for $50 and $100 bills -- $180,000 in all.

"I've never seen this kind of money in real life in cash form," Menon told CNN.

"I've never seen it except in movies, and so, yeah, I was shell shocked and I just did not know how to react.". »

Mum has arms ripped off, dies stopping pit bull from attacking 4-year-old son

Authored by news.com.au

A mother from Wisconsin in the US had her arms ripped apart by a pit bull while saving her four-year-old son from the dog and later died, her sister says.

She said, ‘I have no arms, and I’m dying,’” Ms Pingel’s sister, Shannon Pingel, told the Wausau Daily Herald.

The pit bull likely turned on her as she tried to shield the boy from further injuries. »