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    • WHO chief expresses alarm over COVID-19 infection rate

      WHO chief expresses alarm over COVID-19 infection rate

      The number of new coronavirus cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic.

      'Situation is extremely challenging' »
      • Suspect in FedEx shooting was a former employee

        Suspect in FedEx shooting was a former employee

      • No response as divers knock on capsized ship hull off La.

        No response as divers knock on capsized ship hull off La.

      • Chauvin trial leaves police officers feeling disillusioned

        Chauvin trial leaves police officers feeling disillusioned

      • Waters tells Jordan 'shut your mouth' in tense exchange

        Waters tells Jordan 'shut your mouth' in tense exchange

      • Liberty seeks millions from disgraced former president

        Liberty seeks millions from disgraced former president

    • 'You will be just fine,' says surgeon general of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, though pause continues
      Health
      Yahoo News

      'You will be just fine,' says surgeon general of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, though pause continues

      Surgeon General Vivek Murthy had a message Friday afternoon for the 6.8 million Americans who have received the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and who, in recent days, have read concerning reports about blood clotting: “The vast and overwhelming likelihood is that you will be just fine,” Dr. Murthy said during a briefing of the White House COVID-19 response team. He added that the response team was quite confident in that assertion, which is in keeping with what scientists know about the vaccine. The Biden administration told states on Tuesday to stop using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six reports of blood clotting, including one death.

      • Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Yahoo Finance
      • America is about to hit a 'vaccine wall' as demand drops — with or without Johnson & Johnson
        America is about to hit a 'vaccine wall' as demand drops — with or without Johnson & Johnson
        Yahoo News
    • Israel says it will 'definitely' stop Iran from getting bomb
      World
      Associated Press

      Israel says it will 'definitely' stop Iran from getting bomb

      Israel's foreign minister said Friday that his country was determined to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, after Tehran promised to step up its uranium enrichment process. “We will do whatever it takes to prevent the extremists (in Iran) from succeeding, and definitely will prevent this regime from having a nuclear weapon,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told reporters on a visit to Cyprus. Iranian officials say the country will begin enriching uranium up to 60% purity following an attack on its nuclear facility at Natanz, in central Iran, on Sunday, that it blamed on Israel.

      • Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever
        Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever
        Associated Press
      • Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid strains over enrichment, Natanz attack
        Iran, world powers resume nuclear talks amid strains over enrichment, Natanz attack
        Reuters
    • Spain acquits man of sexually abusing 14-year-old stepdaughter who gave birth to his child
      World
      The Telegraph

      Spain acquits man of sexually abusing 14-year-old stepdaughter who gave birth to his child

      A Spanish court has provoked outrage by acquitting a man of sexually abusing his 14-year-old stepdaughter despite the fact she gave birth to his child. The Pamplona court accepted the defendant's claim that the teenager had sat astride him while he was asleep on the sofa and engaged in penetrative sex. The girl's mother reported the father for alleged sexual abuse of her daughter, who initially said she had been raped in the street before changing her story to corroborate her stepfather's claim that he had not been conscious when they had sex.

    • Biden Reverses Course, Declines to Raise Trump-Era Refugee Cap
      Politics
      National Review

      Biden Reverses Course, Declines to Raise Trump-Era Refugee Cap

      President Biden on Friday signed an emergency determination to speed the processing of prospective refugees, but will retain the Trump administration's refugee cap of 15,000-per-year, backtracking on an earlier pledge to raise the cap and allow for additional refugee resettlement. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Congress on February 12 that the Biden administration planned to raise the cap to allow up to 62,500 refugees to settle in the U.S. by the end of the current fiscal year. The Biden administration was concerned that raising the refugee cap would put undue pressure on the Department of Health and Human Services while the agency attempts to house migrant children at the southern border, a senior administration official told the New York Times.

      • Democrats Criticize Joe Biden Over Low Refugee Admissions Announcement
        Democrats Criticize Joe Biden Over Low Refugee Admissions Announcement
        HuffPost
      • Dozens Of House Democrats Urge Joe Biden To Lift Cap On Refugee Admissions
        Dozens Of House Democrats Urge Joe Biden To Lift Cap On Refugee Admissions
        HuffPost
    • The 9 Best Wireless Headphones for Every Kind of Use
      Lifestyle
      Architectural Digest

      The 9 Best Wireless Headphones for Every Kind of Use

      From the most comfortable pair to the best value buy, these headphones will carry you through the spring, summer, and beyond Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • J&J scientists refute idea that COVID-19 vaccine's design linked to clots
      Health
      Reuters

      J&J scientists refute idea that COVID-19 vaccine's design linked to clots

      Scientists at Johnson & Johnson on Friday refuted an assertion in a major medical journal that the design of their COVID-19 vaccine, which is similar AstraZeneca's, may explain why both have been linked to very rare brain blood clots in some vaccine recipients. The United States earlier this week paused distribution of the J&J vaccine to investigate six cases of a rare brain blood clot known as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), accompanied by a low blood platelet count, in U.S. women under age 50, out of about 7 million people who got the shot. The blood clots in patients who received the J&J vaccine bear close resemblance to 169 cases in Europe reported with the AstraZeneca vaccine, out of 34 million doses administered there.

      • Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Coronavirus update: J&J vaccine pause remains, Oxford studies blood clots and COVID-19 vaccines
        Yahoo Finance
      • America is about to hit a 'vaccine wall' as demand drops — with or without Johnson & Johnson
        America is about to hit a 'vaccine wall' as demand drops — with or without Johnson & Johnson
        Yahoo News
    • World
      Yahoo News Video

      Daunte Wright's mother calls for accountability

      On Thursday, Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center, Minn. expressed her grief and called for accountability for her son's death.

    • New blast at St. Vincent volcano; cruise ship helps evacuees
      World
      Associated Press

      New blast at St. Vincent volcano; cruise ship helps evacuees

      La Soufriere volcano shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash on Friday as a cruise ship arrived to evacuate some of the foreigners who had been stuck on a St. Vincent island coated in ash from a week of violent eruptions. Friday morning's blast “wasn't a big explosion compared to the ones that we last weekend, but it was big enough to punch a hole through the clouds," said Richard Robertson, lead scientist at the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, in an interview with local NBC radio. During a comparable eruption cycle in 1902, explosive eruptions continued to shake the island for months after an initial burst killed some 1,700 people, though the new eruptions so far have caused no reported deaths among a population that had received official warning a day earlier that danger was imminent.

      • St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations
        St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations
        Associated Press
      • St Vincent volcano: UN warns humanitarian crisis will last months
        St Vincent volcano: UN warns humanitarian crisis will last months
        BBC
    • Attorneys for Black Army officer threatened by police criticize response as chief refuses to apologize
      U.S.
      NBC News

      Attorneys for Black Army officer threatened by police criticize response as chief refuses to apologize

      Attorneys for a Black Army officer whom police can be heard threatening during a traffic stop in Virginia have criticized what they called "cutting-corner policing." Windsor police on Tuesday fired Officer Joe Gutierrez, who was initially disciplined after an internal review of the incident in December concluded in January. Police Chief Rodney Riddle addressed the incident publicly for the first time Wednesday, saying Gutierrez was fired after the video of the traffic stop went viral this week.

    • Beijing warns US, Japan against collusion vs China
      World
      Associated Press

      Beijing warns US, Japan against collusion vs China

      China said Friday it has expressed “serious concerns” to the United States and Japan over what it calls negative moves and collusion between the two countries against China. The statement from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian came just before President Joe Biden welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to the White House on Friday in his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader. That meeting is seen as reflecting Biden's emphasis on strengthening alliances to deal with a more assertive China and other global challenges.

      • Japan's Suga comes to US for China-focused talks with Biden
        Japan's Suga comes to US for China-focused talks with Biden
        Associated Press
      • Biden to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Suga to White House for talks on China, climate change, Olympics
        Biden to welcome Japanese Prime Minister Suga to White House for talks on China, climate change, Olympics
        USA TODAY
    • Hungary in talks to plug expected shortfall in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries
      World
      Reuters

      Hungary in talks to plug expected shortfall in COVID-19 vaccine deliveries

      BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary's government is in talks with all possible suppliers to make up for an expected shortfall of half a million vaccine doses against COVID-19, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday. Hungary has been at the forefront of the European Union's inoculation drive, while its death rates have also been among the highest in the world. The European Medicines Agency is expected to issue a recommendation next week on use of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, following reports of rare blood clots similar to those reported for the AstraZeneca shot.

      • Johnson & Johnson asked rival COVID-19 vaccine makers to probe clotting risks - WSJ
        Johnson & Johnson asked rival COVID-19 vaccine makers to probe clotting risks - WSJ
        Reuters
      • UK scientists find higher risk of brain clots from COVID-19 compared with vaccines
        UK scientists find higher risk of brain clots from COVID-19 compared with vaccines
        Reuters
    • ‘Alarm is growing’: Michigan governor faces shutdown dilemma as Covid cases rise
      Politics
      The Guardian

      ‘Alarm is growing’: Michigan governor faces shutdown dilemma as Covid cases rise

      The coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions that Michigan's governor, Gretchen Whitmer, enacted in March last year were among the nation's toughest, and the governor's leadership is thought to have saved lives. Now, as Michigan faces another surge of cases and hospitalizations, its worst yet, Whitmer has changed tack. Despite past success and growing calls for another lockdown from public health experts, and doctors managing hospitals with Covid patients, the governor is resisting further restrictions, and is instead largely relying on a vaccination rollout and a voluntary suspension of in-person dining services.

      • Michigan governor talks about spring surge of COVID cases in her state
        Michigan governor talks about spring surge of COVID cases in her state
        ABC News Videos
      • Gretchen Whitmer Resists Biden Administration on Coronavirus Lockdowns
        Gretchen Whitmer Resists Biden Administration on Coronavirus Lockdowns
        National Review
    • Search for kayaker’s body suspended after dog was found in Colorado lake, cops say
      U.S.
      Raleigh News and Observer

      Search for kayaker’s body suspended after dog was found in Colorado lake, cops say

      Crews have suspended the search for a missing man, who is now presumed dead, after officials spotted a capsized kayak on Sunday and rescued his dog from Carter Lake in Colorado, according to officials. The Larimer County Sheriff's Office officials said on Friday that the search has been suspended after teams have spent more than 700 hours looking for the man believed to be from Loveland. Rangers found an uninjured dog wearing a flotation device and a kayak in the lake Sunday afternoon but no kayaker.

    • Blood type not a COVID-19 risk factor in U.S.; inhaled asthma drug may keep mild illness from worsening
      Health
      Reuters

      Blood type not a COVID-19 risk factor in U.S.; inhaled asthma drug may keep mild illness from worsening

      The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Blood type not a factor in COVID-19 risks in U.S. patients Blood type does not affect susceptibility to COVID-19 in U.S. patients, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data on nearly 108,000 people from Utah, Idaho, and Nevada who were tested for COVID-19 and whose blood type was listed in their medical records.

    • Officials: 2nd dead worker from capsized boat found in Gulf
      U.S.
      Associated Press

      Officials: 2nd dead worker from capsized boat found in Gulf

      The Coast Guard said Friday that it has found the body of a second dead worker from the lift boat that capsized off Louisiana's coast earlier this week. Rescuers in the air and the sea have been searching for the 19 workers who were aboard the vessel when it overturned Tuesday in rough weather about 8 miles (13 kilometers) from the Louisiana coast. The second body was found in the water near the partially submerged Seacor Power lift boat Thursday night, according the Coast Guard news release.

      • Loved ones wait for missing from capsized boat
        Loved ones wait for missing from capsized boat
        Associated Press Videos
      • Families of boat workers clinging to hope
        Families of boat workers clinging to hope
        Associated Press Videos
    • ‘#OneNation’ American flags along Curtiss Parkway stir controversy
      U.S.
      Miami Herald

      ‘#OneNation’ American flags along Curtiss Parkway stir controversy

      Fifty American flags were recently placed along Miami Springs' popular Curtiss Parkway walking path as a show of local patriotism. “One nation is a right-wing, 501 (4)(c), dark-money fundraising group,” said resident Dan Wells, at last Monday's City Council meeting. Wells referred to a section of Miami Springs' code that states: “No political or election signs may be placed or located on the swales, medians, sidewalks, streets, alleys, bike paths or other public rights-of-way of the City.”

    • A week after she was found in a Florida Keys swimming pool, Georgia toddler dies
      U.S.
      The State

      A week after she was found in a Florida Keys swimming pool, Georgia toddler dies

      A 2-year-old Georgia girl died Thursday, almost a week after she was found unresponsive in the swimming pool of the Florida Keys vacation rental home in which she and her family were staying. Leland Rudeen's family released a statement on Facebook Thursday saying that she had died a day after undergoing an MRI at Nicklaus Children's Hospital near South Miami. “Shortly after the devastating MRI results, as we were trying to wrap our head around some hard decisions ahead of us, Leland took the choice out of our hands and started her painless decline,” the statement reads.

    • Shortage of intubation drugs threatens Brazil health sector
      World
      Associated Press

      Shortage of intubation drugs threatens Brazil health sector

      Reports are emerging of Brazilian health workers forced to intubate patients without the aid of sedatives, after weeks of warnings that hospitals and state governments risked running out of critical medicines. One doctor at the Albert Schweitzer municipal hospital in Rio de Janeiro told the Associated Press that for days health workers diluted sedatives to make their stock last longer. Lack of required medicines is the latest pandemic problem to befall Brazil, which is experiencing a brutal COVID-19 outbreak that has flooded the nation's intensive care units.

      • Brazil's hospitals running out of sedatives as COVID-19 rages
        Brazil's hospitals running out of sedatives as COVID-19 rages
        Reuters
      • Brazil’s COVID Patients Tied to Beds and Ventilated Without Sedatives
        Brazil’s COVID Patients Tied to Beds and Ventilated Without Sedatives
        The Daily Beast
    • Antony Blinken makes surprise stop in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal
      World
      USA TODAY

      Antony Blinken makes surprise stop in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal

      U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to sell Afghan leaders and a wary public on President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw all American troops from the country and end America's longest war. Blinken sought to assure senior Afghan politicians that the United States remains committed to the country despite Biden's announcement a day earlier that the 2,500 U.S. soldiers remaining in the country would be coming home by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that led to the U.S. invasion in 2001.

      • Biden Visits Arlington Cemetery After Afghanistan Withdrawal Speech
        Biden Visits Arlington Cemetery After Afghanistan Withdrawal Speech
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      • Blinken in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal
        Blinken in Afghanistan to sell Biden troop withdrawal
        Associated Press
    • World
      WABC – NY

      Woman shot and killed on street, boyfriend hits suspect with car

      A 52-year-old woman walking with her boyfriend in the Bronx was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon, and her boyfriend then ran down the suspect with his car.

    • Ted Cruz among six Republicans to vote down bill to end anti-Asian hate crimes
      Politics
      The Independent

      Ted Cruz among six Republicans to vote down bill to end anti-Asian hate crimes

      Ted Cruz was among six Republicans who voted against a bill on Wednesday that would strengthen federal efforts to end rampant anti-Asian hate crimes in America. An overwhelming majority of senators voted to advance the legislation directing the Justice Department to "facilitate the expedited review" of hate crimes against Asian communities. But six Republicans — Texas senator Mr Cruz, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Josh Hawley from Missouri, Rand Paul from Kentucky, Tommy Tuberville from Alabama, and Roger Marshall from Kansas — voted against it.

      • Senate Advances Bill Seeking To Address Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans
        Senate Advances Bill Seeking To Address Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans
        HuffPost
      • Senate advances measure that addresses anti-Asian hate crimes
        Senate advances measure that addresses anti-Asian hate crimes
        The Week
    • Shop Troye Sivan’s Eclectic Home Style
      Entertainment
      Architectural Digest

      Shop Troye Sivan’s Eclectic Home Style

      Take a page out of the stylish young star's book, from must-have splurges to affordable accessories Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest

    • Australian judge rules Google misled Android users on data
      Technology
      Associated Press

      Australian judge rules Google misled Android users on data

      Google broke Australian law by misleading users about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices, a judge found Friday. The Federal Court decision was a partial win for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the nation's fair trade watchdog, which has been prosecuting Google for broader alleged breaches of consumer law since October 2019. Justice Thomas Thawley found that Google misled Android mobile device users about personal location data collected between January 2017 and December 2018.

      • Google found to have 'partially' misled Australian users in location tracking case
        Google found to have 'partially' misled Australian users in location tracking case
        Engadget
      • Google misled consumers over location data settings, Australia court finds
        Google misled consumers over location data settings, Australia court finds
        TechCrunch
    • Alexei Navalny says prison authorities threatened to force-feed him because his health has declined so much
      World
      Business Insider

      Alexei Navalny says prison authorities threatened to force-feed him because his health has declined so much

      Alexei Navalny said prison authorities threatened to force-feed him during his hunger strike. Navalny said in March he was going on hunger strike after being denied medical help jail. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said that authorities in his prison threatened to force-feed him because his health was declining so much amid his hunger strike.

      • Kremlin critic Navalny says prison staff threatening to force-feed him imminently
        Kremlin critic Navalny says prison staff threatening to force-feed him imminently
        Reuters
      • Navalny allies plead for EU to pressure Moscow over medical access
        Navalny allies plead for EU to pressure Moscow over medical access
        Reuters
    • SolarWinds: Russian intelligence behind major cyber attack, Raab reveals as US expels diplomats
      World
      The Independent

      SolarWinds: Russian intelligence behind major cyber attack, Raab reveals as US expels diplomats

      Russian intelligence was behind a major cyber attack that effected more than 100 major US firms as well as branches of the US government, the UK foreign office has revealed. In a statement the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said British Intelligence had assessed that it was “highly likely” Moscow was behind the SolarWinds hack, which saw hackers infiltrate government agencies and corporate secrets of the likes of Microsoft in early 2020. The Russian ambassador was summoned to the FCDO to be told the UK will continue to work with allies to “call out and counter malign operations” undertaken by Russian intelligence.

      • US expels Russian diplomats in response to SolarWinds hack
        US expels Russian diplomats in response to SolarWinds hack
        Engadget
      • Britain calls out Russia for 'malign' cyber attacks
        Britain calls out Russia for 'malign' cyber attacks
        The Telegraph
    Companies speak out on voting rights
    • “There’s no ‘both sides of the debate’ when it comes to active voter suppression.”

    • “Companies that do this ooze contempt for their own customers and employees who are not in the leftmost quarter of opinion.”

    • “The truth is that Fortune 500 companies were never taking moral stances from the goodness of their corporate hearts.”

    • “The truth is, the companies hold the cards…If companies stick to their guns, Georgia is likely to back down as well.”

    • “When a company folds to the unfounded outrage of a few misinformed nuts, they are forever at the mob’s beck-and-call.”

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