Competitors Merck and Johnson & Johnson Will Partner to Increase Production of COVID Vaccine

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.Photo: Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via Getty Pharmaceutical competitors Merk & Co and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up in the fight against COVID-19. According to reports, President Joe Biden is scheduled to announce on Tuesday that Merk will be helping Johnson & Johnson manufacture itsCOVID-19vaccine after failing to develop its own, bothThe Washington PostandThe New York Timesreported. “It’s a historic partnership,” one of Biden’s senior administration officials told thePostanonymously.

Complaint Against New Rep. George Santos Alleges His Campaign Lied About the 'True Source' of Its Funding

George Santos.Photo: Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty A federal complaint filed Monday argues that “unknown individuals or corporations may have illegally funneled money” into the campaign of controversial Rep.George Santoswho has in recent weeks been the subject of numerous headlines after admitting to lying about large portions of his past. In an interview given days later to theNew York Post, thenew congressman said he lied aboutworking at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, as he had previously asserted, and revealed that he had also embellished his education, noting that he did not attend Baruch College or New York University.

Complete Strangers Find Out They're Brothers Thanks to TV — and Now They're Making 'New Memories'

It started with asnowball fight. Now, after more than 50 years, long-lost brothers Randy Waites and Ed Waites of California have found each other and are starting a whole new, blissfully unexpected chapter in their lives. “I wasn’t looking for him and he wasn’t looking for me,” Randy, 55, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue about the half-brother he only just learned he had. “We just didn’t even know either one of us existed, so the way that we found each other is just unbelievable to me.

Composer and Musician Julien Gauthier Dragged from His Tent and Mauled to Death by a Bear

Photo: Julien Gauthier/facebook Gauthier, 44, was dragged from his tent while he and his traveling companion Camille Toscani were sleeping near the Mackenzie River on Thursday, French outletLe Parisienreported. The outlet also said that both a grizzly bear and black bear found in the areawere killed on Friday, and authorities will conduct necropsies to determine if either animal were involved in the fatal attack. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, encounters with bears in the area are not uncommon, but “fatalities are rare,” theCBC reported.

Composer John Williams Breaks Own Record as Most Oscar-Nominated Person Alive

John Williams in 2019.Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty John Williamsis still making history. On Tuesday, the legendary composer received a Best Original Score nomination at the upcoming 95thAcademy Awardsfor his work onSteven Spielberg’sThe Fabelmans. This makes for his 48th nomination for a score and 53rd overall Oscar nomination. Williams, 90, is the most-nominated person alive andbroke his own recordwith the nomination, which he last broke in 2020 as he was nominated forStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.