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Feds urge schools to provide COVID-19 shots, info for kids
Nov 08, 2021 by Rick Watts
By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is encouraging local school districts to host clinics to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to kids — and information to parents on the benefits of the shots — as the…
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Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%
Nov 05, 2021 by Rick Watts
By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joins the race…
US mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4
Nov 04, 2021 by Rick Watts
By DAVID KOENIG AP - Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus…
Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: Bad omens for Democrats
Nov 03, 2021 by Rick Watts
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI The off-year elections for governor in Virginia and New Jersey tend to receive outsize attention, and the results are mined for deeper meaning about what they portend for the midterm elections the following year that determine…
Over 100 countries vow to end deforestation at climate talks
Nov 02, 2021 by Rick Watts
By FRANK JORDANS and JILL LAWLESS GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — More than 100 countries pledged Tuesday to end deforestation in the coming decade — a promise that experts say would be critical to limiting climate change but…
UK’s Johnson warns of ‘doomsday’ as climate summit begins
Nov 01, 2021 by Rick Watts
By SETH BORENSTEIN GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened a global climate summit Monday, saying the world is strapped to a “doomsday device.” Johnson likened an ever-warming Earth’s position to that…
‘Everything is at stake’ as world gathers for climate talks
Oct 29, 2021 by Rick Watts
By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS More than one world leader says humanity’s future, even survival, hangs in the balance when international officials meet in Scotland to try to accelerate efforts to curb climate change.…
Is it OK to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic?
Oct 28, 2021 by Rick Watts
By EMMA H. TOBIN NEW YORK (AP) — Is it OK to go trick-or-treating during the pandemic? It depends on the situation and your comfort level, but there are ways to minimize the risk of…
Democrats unveil billionaires’ tax as Biden plan takes shape
Oct 27, 2021 by Rick Watts
By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing past skeptics, Senate Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a new billionaires’ tax proposal, an entirely new entry in the tax code designed to help pay for…
Billionaire tax criticized as Biden pushes for budget deal
Oct 26, 2021 by Rick Watts
By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’ idea for a new billionaires’ tax to help pay for President Joe Biden’s social services and climate change plan quickly ran into criticism as…
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