FDA OKs Mixing COVID Vaccines; Backs Moderna, J&J Boosters
Written by MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on...
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India Celebrates 1B Vaccine Doses, Hopes To Speed 2nd Shots
Written by KRUTIKA PATHI India celebrated giving its billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose on Thursday, a hopeful milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled a crushing surge earlier this year and missteps...
Read MoreTool for Police Reform Rarely Used by Local Prosecutors
Written by MARTHA BELLISLE Isaiah Obet was behaving erratically and in mental distress in 2017 when Officer Jeff Nelson ordered his police dog to attack and then shot Obet in the torso. Obet fell to the ground and Nelson fired...
Read MoreStrong Winds Cause Damage, Disruptions in Western Europe
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A powerful autumn storm, named Aurore, blasted parts of western Europe on Thursday, knocking out power to a quarter of a million French homes and damaging buildings in at least four countries....
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NC GOP Leaders Send New Budget-Bargaining Offer to Cooper
Written by GARY D. ROBERTSON Republican legislative leaders sent another negotiating offer to...
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White House Details Plans to Vaccinate 28M Children Age 5-11
Written by ZEKE MILLER Children age 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their...
Read MoreTiny Wrists in Cuffs: How Police Use Force Against Children
Written by HELEN WIEFFERING, COLLEEN LONG and CAMILLE FASSETT Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a...
Read MoreJan. 6 Panel Votes To Hold Steve Bannon in Contempt
Written by MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted unanimously to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after the longtime ally of...
Read MorePig-to-Human Transplants Come a Step Closer With New Test
Written by CARLA K. JOHNSON Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Pigs have...
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UNC May Keep Affirmative Action in Admissions, Judge Says
A federal judge has ruled that North Carolina’s flagship public university may continue to...
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