COVID-19 continues to menace nursing homes across the US, but a new report reveals just four out of 10 nursing home residents have gotten their updated COVID shot since last fall.
Ashley Tribble
Ashley (aka Tribble) joined the TPR team as a substitute afternoon host in 2023. Hailing from the Midwest, Tribble is a comedian, producer and host who has been working in digital media since 2015. She started her career in audio as the creator, producer and host of P Power Radio, a podcast that shares the stories of revolutionary millennial women and the history of the world they are working to change. The podcast featured a range of women artists, activists, entrepreneurs and bosses from Chicago and beyond, and was listed among Ebony’s “5 Black Podcasts to Have in Your Arsenal” in 2016. In 2019, she helped launch More Sauce, a network focused on stories from creators of color at Stitcher. There she started her journey as the producer for Dead Ass with Khadeen & Devale Ellis, where she currently leads creative audio and live show production. In 2020, Tribble helped launch The Black Effect at iHeart, a network focused on Black stories and experiences.
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Hurricane Beryl roars toward Jamaica after battering southeast Caribbean islands
Hurricane Beryl is nearing Jamaica as a Category 4 storm, and forecast to make landfall on Wednesday. Officials there have declared a “major disaster area” and implemented an island-wide curfew.
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Hail Caesar salad! Born 100 years ago in Tijuana
The Caesar Salad was invented at a hotel in Tijuana, Mexico on July 4, 1924 to feed hungry American tourists. We’ve been enjoying it in various incarnations ever since.
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In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids
The Supreme Court will hear a case on gender-affirming care in the next term after a flurry of legislation. Lower courts have come to conflicting conclusions when these bans were challenged.
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‘We’re not stuck.’ Why Boeing’s Starliner isn’t returning to Earth (yet)
The return of Starliner has been indefinitely delayed, but NASA and Boeing say the astronauts will use the spaceship to get home — eventually.
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Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark will play on the same team for the WNBA All-Star game
Clark and Reese developed a rivalry after facing off in the 2023 NCAA women’s basketball championship, and have played against each other since they both were drafted to the WNBA earlier this year.
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Democratic Rep. Doggett says Biden needs to drop out of the race or Trump will win
Texas Democrat asks Biden to drop out of the race to stop “an authoritarian strongman.”
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Haiti’s interim prime minister shares his vision to lift Haiti out of chaos
Haiti’s interim PM talks about tackling his country’s challenges.
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FDA approves a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow disease
The approval of Eli Lilly’s Kisunla provides a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.
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Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89
Robert Towne’s script for the 1974 film Chinatown became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native LA. His other credits include Shampoo and 1990’s Days of Thunder.
