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LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA (NYTIMES) – When President Joe Biden arrived in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Thursday (May 6) to push for spending trillions of dollars on infrastructure nationwide, plywood still covered windows broken from back-to-back hurricanes that devastated the city last summer. “I promise you, we’re going to build back better,” Biden said, talking about the need to act as […]
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ATLANTA — Keisha Lance Bottoms, the first-term Atlanta mayor who rose to national prominence this past year with her stern yet empathetic televised message to protesters but has struggled to rein in her city’s spike in violent crime, will not seek a second term in office, according to two people who were on a Zoom call with the mayor on […]
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Three people have been shot after a young girl brought a gun to her school and opened fire. The girl was in a school hallway on Thursday morning when she pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds at Rigby Middle School in Idaho. Two people were hit inside before she went outside and injured a third. The […]
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The American public’s willingness to get a Covid vaccine is reaching a saturation point among adults, and many parents do not plan to vaccinate their children, a new national survey suggests. Only 9 percent of respondents said that they had not yet gotten a shot but intended to do so, according to the survey, which was published in the April […]
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A series of vaccine developments and the loosening of restrictions amid an improving virus trajectory may foreshadow a welcome return to normalcy for many young Americans, just as summer vacation nears. By early next week, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to issue an emergency use authorization allowing the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to be used in children 12 to […]
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LAKE CHARLES, UNITED STATES (AFP) – President Joe Biden warned on Thursday (May 6) that Congress needs to adopt his multi-trillion dollar spending plans to renew the US economy because China is “eating our lunch.” Speaking in deep-Republican Louisiana, Biden pitched his US$2.3 trillion (S$3 trillion) infrastructure proposal as a way to secure US preeminence on the global stage as […]
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The daughter of a doctor who was charged with stealing after he gave out 10 Covid vaccines just before they expired has pleaded for support on social media. Dr Hasan Gokal worked for Harris County Public Health and was helping at a vaccination event for healthcare workers in Houston, Texas, on December 29 last year. The team administered 250 jabs […]
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Moderna said on Thursday (May 6) its Covid-19 vaccine is 96 per cent effective among youths aged 12 to 17, according to the results of its first clinical trials. Two-thirds of the 3,235 participants in trials in the United States received the vaccine and one-third were given a placebo. The study “showed vaccine efficacy against Covid-19 of […]
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A woman was arrested on Wednesday and charged with starting a fire in 2018 that burned more than 63,000 acres, damaged 20 homes and injured two people in Northern California, the authorities said. The woman, Cynthia Ann Leroux, was arrested at her home in Mountain Gate, Calif., Shasta County and Cal Fire officials said in a news conference. Shasta County […]
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A 61-year-old man has been charged with killing his one of his ex-wife’s friends 26 years ago after police make a DNA breakthrough in the cold case murder. Clayton Foreman, from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, has been accused of the 1995 murder of Mary Edwards, a teacher who was once a bridesmaid at his wedding. He was arrested and charged with Edwards’ […]
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