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There is no easy way to determine who has been vaccinated and who hasn’t. The new CDC guidelines essentially leave it up to people to do the right thing.
The majority of the league’s 20,000 retirees are Black. And only a quarter of the more than 2,000 men who sought awards for early to moderate dementia have qualified under the testing program.
Store employee Esperanza Hernandez told the Whittier Daily News that a woman came in Wednesday and told workers that she had put the ticket in her pants and it was destroyed in the laundry.
President Joe Biden on Friday put the kibosh on his predecessor’s planned “National Garden of American Heroes” and revoked former President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at social media companies’ moderation policies and branding American foreign aid.
It would have subpoena power and be charged with issuing a final report by Dec. 31, along recommendations to prevent future attacks.
In a plea agreement filed Friday in court in Orlando, Florida, Joel Greenberg admits he paid an underage girl to have sex with him and other unidentified men.
The National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin issued by the Department of Homeland Security is an extension of one issued earlier this year in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. That alert was due to expire Saturday.
Defense attorneys for a man accused of fatally shooting a Madison doctor and her husband last year have been allowed to withdraw from the case.
The CDC said Thursday that fully-vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear masks indoors except in crowded public spaces.
The sentence of 15 years and 8 months imposed on Peter Dzibinski Debbins, 46, of Gainesville, Virginia, by U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton was largely in line with the 17-year term sought by prosecutors. Defense lawyers sought a 5-year term.
During an earnings call on Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Chapek hinted that there could be a change to the mandatory mask requirement at Disney parks in the near future.
The name will be changed to Vandenberg Space Force Base during an afternoon ceremony on the parade field at the sprawling base on the state’s Central Coast, which tests ballistic missiles and conducts orbital launches for defense, science and commercial purposes.
Veterans of the campaign that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead to eradicate racial segregation in Birmingham nearly 60 years ago remain firmly in the corner of racial justice now.
Japan has been struggling to slow infections ahead of the games.
Republican legislative leaders have decided to join a multi-state lawsuit seeking a ruling that federal coronavirus relief money can cover tax cuts.
Friday’s report comes amid other signs the economy is improving as vaccinations accelerate and business restrictions are relaxed.
The legislation passed on a 72-61 vote after nearly five hours of debate on the House floor.
Wildlife conservation experts say state governments have allowed too many wolves to be killed since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lifted protections in January.
HBO said in a statement that Bill Maher was fully vaccinated and is “asymptomatic and feels fine.”
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty became the major leagues’ first seven-game winner this year with a 2-0 victory over Milwaukee as the Brewers’ Corbin Burnes extended his streak to 58 consecutive strikeouts before his first walk.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 40 points, 15 rebounds and six assists and the Milwaukee Bucks wore down the short-handed Indiana Pacers in a 142-133 victory Thursday night.
The Duke of Sussex speaks candidly during a Thursday episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast.
Rhode Island police said nine people have been wounded in a shooting.
Wisconsin wildlife officials are considering drafting new regulations that would prohibit hunting wolves at night and shorten the window for registering kills after hunters blew past their quota in February.
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan when Muslims abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset.
President Joe Biden is welcoming a group of Republican senators to the White House to talk infrastructure.
McDonald’s, Sheetz and Chipotle are just some of the latest companies to follow Amazon, Walmart and Costco in boosting wages, in some cases to $15 an hour or higher.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp up spending and more businesses reopen.
It will be up for bidding on Oct. 23 at an auction organized by the Larsen Gallery in Scottsdale. The gallery estimates it could fetch anywhere from $2.5 million to $4.5 million.
In a Thursday update, Georgia based-Colonial Pipeline said gasoline delivery is now underway in most of its markets.
Ransomware attacks have reached epidemic levels as foreign criminal gangs paralyze computer networks at state and local governments, police departments, hospitals and private companies.
Veterans homes could tap into a $10 million fund for emergencies, like a pandemic or natural disaster, under the proposal.
Former Trump attorney and self-proclaimed “Kraken releaser” Sidney Powell has told prospective donors that her group, Defending the Republic, is a legal defense fund to protect the integrity of U.S. elections.
Most schools have less than a month left before they release for summer break.
School districts across the country are weighing whether they can safely hold an event that many seniors consider a capstone to their high school careers.
A Georgia judge will continue hearing legal motions Thursday in the murder case of three men facing a fall trial in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the defendants’ neighborhood.
The president said he expects the pipeline to resume normal operations by next week and stressed the importance of improving the durability of U.S. infrastructure as part of his $2.3 trillion jobs plan.
Amazon didn’t say if it is having trouble finding workers, but other companies have said they are as Americans start heading out again.
A key figure in the federal investigation of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges next week.
According to 3M, Spencer Silver was working in a company lab in 1968 when he discovered an adhesive formula that allowed notes to be easily attached to surfaces, removed and even re-posted elsewhere without leaving a residue.
The action on the so-called benefit-cost rule follows an executive order Biden signed on his first day in office, directing EPA to review all regulations and policies undertaken by the previous administration.
The court of appeals said the requirement would not promote the woman's rehabilitation.
CMT on Thursday announced the nominees for their June 9 fan-voted awards show.
Wholesale prices rose a higher-than-expected 0.6% in April, driven by escalating food costs.
The fast-food giant followed Chipotle, which also announced pay hikes this week.
Enbridge says only the federal government has authority to order a shutdown.
Many factors are playing into the price hikes: strong demand, understaffed manufacturers and higher shipping costs.
Dozens have died in the most severe outbreak of violence since a 2014 war, with no resolution in sight.