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Aug 21 2020
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NYC Records Lowest COVID Test Positivity Rate Since March, De Blasio Aims to Reopen Schools
New York mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday that the city has recorded its lowest positive testing rate for coronavirus since the pandemic began in March.
The most recent daily results for citywide coronavirus tests, August 17, revealed that 0.24 percent of new patients tested positive. As of the same date, the city recorded a 7-day average of 320 people testing positive, a
National Review (News)Mar 23 2021
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Boulder’s assault weapons ban blocked by judge just 10 days before shooting
Ten days before a gunman killed 10 people at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket, a judge blocked the city from enforcing a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines — likely setting up a renewed gun control debate in the state.
Boulder County District Judge Andrew Hartman ruled March 12 that the city could not enforce its 2018 ordinance banning possession, transfer or sale of
New York Post (News)Mar 17 2022
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Biden Sends $800M In Weapons To Ukraine After Zelenskyy’s Emotional Appeal
The U.S. is sending an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an impassioned plea to Congress for more help.
The additional assistance, which brings the total the U.S. sent to Ukraine this week to $1 billion, is expected to help local forces better counter Russian
Defense OneSep 29 2020
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New Yorkers Receive Invalid Ballots With Wrong Names, Addresses, Sparking Confusion
New York City residents have reported receiving ballots with wrong information, sparking confusion and a response from the city board of elections department.
Multiple voters who live in Brooklyn have reported errors—including a wrong name on their ballot envelope—which would invalidate their ballots, according to Gothamist. The error was due to an “outside vendor error,” the New York
The Daily SignalDec 30 2021
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CDC changes to quarantine, isolation advice took local health officials by surprise
State and local health officials say they are struggling to make sense of the new Covid-19 isolation and quarantine guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
They say the CDC released the updated advice, which cuts in half the recommended times for staying away from others, with little consultation or preparation.
"We are very much trying to digest it now
CNN DigitalMar 16 2022
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Pennsylvania Republican voters are fired up for 2022
Army combat veteran Sean Parnell gave his in-person endorsement last night to Republican U.S. Senate primary candidate Dave McCormick at a microbrewery in this former steel town, located along the Monongahela River, 6 miles outside the city of Pittsburgh.
Parnell dropped out of the race in November after a judge gave his estranged wife custody of the couple's children. McCormick has
Washington ExaminerJan 10 2022
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Beyond voting rights, Georgia wrestles with Southern identity
Identity, history, and voting rights are set to collide in Georgia’s gubernatorial election, reflecting an evolution of American democracy and a contest over what it means to be Southern.
Writing from her desk at Andalusia Farm, Southern writer Flannery O’Connor once recalled witnessing a Ku Klux Klan gathering on the courthouse steps here in Milledgeville, Georgia.
O’Connor’s
Christian Science MonitorJul 06 2021
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4th Of July Shootings Across The Country Kill More Than 180 This Year
More than 180 people were killed in shootings across the country over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive and reviewed by NPR.
By 11:30 p.m. on Monday, the Gun Violence Archive reported 189 people killed and 516 injured in shootings over the course of a 72-hour period starting Friday. In total, there were more than 540 shootings
NPR (Online News)Dec 03 2021
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US will resume policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await immigration hearings, as the Biden administration reluctantly announced plans Thursday to reinstate the Trump-era policy and agreed to Mexico’s conditions for resuming it.
Revival of the “Remain in Mexico” policy comes even as the Biden administration maneuvers to end it in a way that survives
Associated Press Fact CheckFeb 07 2022
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Trump’s incendiary Texas speech may have deepened his legal troubles, experts say
Donald Trump’s incendiary call at a Texas rally for his backers to ready massive protests against “radical, vicious, racist prosecutors” could constitute obstruction of justice or other crimes and backfire legally on Trump, say former federal prosecutors.
Trump’s barbed attack was seen as carping against separate federal and state investigations into his efforts to overturn the 2020
The Guardian