Haiti, which has one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the Western Hemisphere, will be returning thousands of unused doses donated by the U.S. to keep them from expiring.
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By Jim Wyss / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/14/21
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices indicated they are likely to reinstate the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted of setting off one of the bombs that killed three …
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By Greg Stohr / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/14/21
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A federal judge barred United Airlines Holdings Inc. from placing unvaccinated workers with a religious or medical exemption on unpaid leave, as part of its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination program for …
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By Peter Jeffrey / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/13/21
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GOLETA, Calif. — There’s a time of year many Santa Barbara County residents fear, when the warm ocean breezes that typically meander in from the coast give way to howling winds that …
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By Hayley Smith, Lila Seidman and Al Seib / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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10/13/21
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Only a fraction of the tens of thousands of Afghan refugees who have arrived in the United States in recent months have been resettled into American communities, while the vast majority remain on …
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By Caroline Simon / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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10/13/21
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If you lie to your doctor about your mental well-being, you’re not alone. According to a newly released survey from AdventHealth, 21% of adults said they dodge the truth when it comes to …
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By Kate Santich / Orlando Sentinel (TNS)
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10/13/21
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Emal Ahmadi and his older brother Zemari Ahmadi were inseparable. They’d sit on the plush red and tan rug in their shared living room and eat meals together, …
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By David Pierson and Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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10/13/21
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WASHINGTON — The House raised the nation’s debt ceiling on Tuesday, averting a default for about three months but setting up a tougher political hurdle for Democrats at the end of the …
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By Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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10/13/21
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ALBANY — A federal judge dealt a blow to Gov. Hochul’s vaccine mandate for medical workers, ruling Tuesday that New York must allow religious exemptions to the state’s COVID-19 …
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court wiped out a lower court ruling Tuesday that had found the House had a right to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration for the use of funds to construct a …
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By Todd Ruger / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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10/13/21
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will halt massive work site immigration raids while it prepares policies offering deportation protection to undocumented immigrants who report their …
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By Suzanne Monyak / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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10/13/21
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WASHINGTON — Executives from BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc will testify before a House committee investigating allegations that oil giants misled the public about the role of fossil fuels in …
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By Ari Natter / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/13/21
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Gabby Petito, the Long Island woman whose mysterious killing has sparked a manhunt for her fiancé, died from strangulation, the Wyoming coroner who performed her autopsy said Tuesday.
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By Nelson Oliveira / New York Daily News (TNS)
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10/13/21
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SAN DIEGO — A Navy salvage and diving team has recovered the wreckage of a helicopter and the remains of five sailors who were killed in an August crash about 60 miles off the San Diego coast, …
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By Andrew Dyer / The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)
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10/13/21
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Merck & Co. and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP sought emergency use authorization in the U.S. for molnupiravir, moving the pill closer to becoming the first oral antiviral treatment for …
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Recent cases of high school hazing in Colorado Springs, Cañon City and Littleton shed light on a phenomenon that experts say is rarely documented but could be …
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By Carol McKinley / The Gazette (TNS)
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10/11/21
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called on Congress to increase the federal government’s debt limit by December, warning on Sunday that inaction could cause a recession.
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By Shant Shahrigian / New York Daily News (TNS)
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10/11/21
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MINNEAPOLIS — A shootout at a popular St. Paul bar killed one woman and injured at least 14 early Sunday morning, marking the city's largest mass shooting in recent history.
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COVID-19 deaths are likely to go down this winter, but the U.S. shouldn’t declare victory in the pandemic yet, the country’s top infectious disease expert said on Sunday.
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By Shant Shahrigian / New York Daily News (TNS)
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10/11/21
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. arrested a Navy Department employee and his wife on spying-related charges after they allegedly sold restricted data on nuclear-powered submarines to an FBI agent posing …
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By Tony Czuczka / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/11/21
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