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Mar 18 2022
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Why California has the highest gas prices in the nation
California has the most expensive gas in the nation, reaching an average statewide price of $5.44 per gallon early in March even as the nationwide average set a record of $4.173.
Experts say the higher prices are due to a unique combination of emission regulations, higher gas taxes and the Golden State’s status as a “fuel island.”
The U.S. has grappled with record inflation
The HillSep 02 2021
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NHTSA: Traffic deaths rise again as drivers take risks
U.S. traffic deaths in the first quarter of 2021 rose by 10.5% over last year, even as driving has declined, the government’s road safety agency reported Thursday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that 8,730 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes from January through March, compared with the 7,900 fatalities from the same period in 2020.
The
ABC News (Online)Oct 07 2021
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Pfizer Asks F.D.A. to Authorize Its Covid-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11
Pfizer and BioNTech asked federal regulators on Thursday to authorize emergency use of their coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, a move that could help protect more than 28 million people in the United States.
The companies say they are submitting data supporting the change to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency has promised to move quickly on the request and has
New York Times (News)Mar 17 2022
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Koch Industries To Stay In Russia, Defying Zelenskyy's Calls For Isolation
Koch Industries, Inc., led by billionaire conservative donor Charles Koch, will stay in Russia, defying calls for American companies to exit the country, according to a statement published on its website Wednesday. More than 400 companies have either withdrawn, suspended or scaled back their operations in Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine, a list compiled by Yale’s School of Management
HuffPostJan 27 2022
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Poll: White Liberals 9 Times More Likely Than Hispanics To Use ‘Latinx’
White liberals are at least nine times more likely than Hispanics to say "Latinx" is the correct term to describe individuals of Spanish-speaking heritage, according to a recent poll.
The data firm Echelon Insights found that, among registered American voters, just 3 percent expressed a preference for "Latinx," including less than 1 percent of Hispanic voters.
By contrast, 9
Washington Free BeaconJan 27 2022
Analysis
DeSantis fumes over FDA interference
Gov. Ron DeSantis is blasting the Biden administration after the FDA revoked the use of two different monoclonal antibody treatments, forcing Florida to shutter treatment clinics across the state.
Driving the news: The FDA halted monoclonal antibody cocktails made by Regeneron and Eli Lilly on Monday after finding they’re not effective against the Omicron variant.
The FDA pointed
AxiosFeb 14 2022
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Texas sues Facebook for hundreds of billions over facial recognition practices
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton reportedly sued Facebook on Monday for violating the state's privacy protections for personal biometric data through facial recognition technology it used until recently.
Paxton filed the suit in a state district court in Marshall and sought civil penalties in the hundreds of billions of dollars because of the company's history of recording facial
Washington ExaminerApr 11 2022
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Fauci warns: Don’t ‘pooh-pooh’ COVID because of low hospitalizations, as new daily cases and deaths extend increases
A new rise in COVID-19 cases may have already begun, and, while U.S. officials have expressed concern about the potential for another surge, they’ve stopped short of recommending new public health protocols and restrictions, at least for now.
Hospitalizations remain at the lowest levels since around the time the pandemic began, suggesting the severity of cases has been reduced as more
MarketWatchJan 28 2021
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Novavax vaccine protects against coronavirus in variant hot spots but proved less effective against strain in South Africa
A coronavirus vaccine made by Maryland biotech company Novavax proved effective at stopping symptomatic infections in global hot spots where concerning variants are dominant, the company announced Thursday. But warning signs lurked amid those findings: The protective effect of the vaccine was substantially muted in South Africa, where a worrisome virus variant is in wide circulation.
Washington PostMay 07 2021
Analysis
The normally measured Dr. Sanjay Gupta blasts Tucker Carlson over dangerous vaccine comments
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson says so many outrageous things that it’s probably better off to ignore much of it. If I wanted, I could probably write a Carlson item every day.
But this week, Carlson said something so irresponsible that even the normally measured Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN blasted him. This week, Carlson started his primetime show saying, “How many Americans have died after
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