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University prevents return of students not tested for Covid

ANN ARBOR, Michigan: Some 375 University of Michigan students have been banned from entering school buildings because they have not taken Covid tests. The students had their electronic identification cards deactivated, which are required to be scanned when entering buildings. Prior to deactivating the identification cards, emails were sent to the targeted students to explain the action. Buildings students are banned from include those housing cla...

No Covid lockdown for Paris this weekend, curfews continue

Mar 6,2021

PARIS, France: The French government will not require residents of the Paris region to be locked down this weekend. However, those living in the...

Many residents sleep outside after 6.0 earthquake strikes Greece

LARISSA, Greece: Central Greece was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake on Wednesday, which was also felt in nearby Albania and North Macedonia, as...

Johnson & Johnson pledges 100 million vaccines with help from rival

WASHINGTON D.C.: In a bid to create a much greater supply of Coronavirus vaccines, the White House has announced that Merck & Co. will...

Texas governor orders end to Covid rules in public and for businesses

AUSTIN, Texas: Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that beginning next week face masks will no longer be needed to be worn and businesses can...

Deadline pushed up 2 months to deliver vaccines to all Americans

Mar 5,2021

WASHINGTON D.C.: President Joe Biden says he expects there to be enough vaccinations for all Americans by the end of May. Previously, the White...

Truck slams into vehicle near Mexican border, 13 killed

HOLTVILLE, California: An overloaded SUV carrying as many as 25 passengers slammed into a semi-truck in California on Monday, killing 13 passengers. The crash...

Seating, dancing restrictions in place for weddings in New York

ALBANY, New York: New York’s new coronavirus-period dance rules will allow some dancing at parties. The state said that when wedding receptions resume in...

Hefty price could rally Republican opposition to infrastructure work

Mar 4,2021

WASHINGTON D.C.: Looking beyond the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, President Joe Biden and other lawmakers are establishing the foundations of a new legislative...

Covid vaccination clinics to be set up in minority communities

WASHINGTON DC – To boost vaccination rates among minorities, particularly Black and brown Americans, senior Biden administration officials say the initial deliveries of the...

Texas eviction ruling to be appealed by White House

WASHINGTON D.C.: The U.S. Justice Department has announced it will appeal a court ruling that the federal prohibition on evictions during the ongoing pandemic...

White House press secretary calls charges against Cuomo “serious”

WASHINGTON, DC – Following accusations of sexual harassment against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Sunday that...

Quake hits California’s San Andreas fault, expert says it a ‘reminder’

Mar 3,2021

SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Small earthquakes reaching magnitude 3.7 were felt along California’s Central Coast after midnight on Sunday, according to officials. The U.S. Geological...

Take whatever COVID vaccine is available to you, says medical expert

WASHINGTON DC: Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he would not hesitate to be inoculated with the newly developed one-shot Johnson...

Media speculates about Disney-NFL deal on broadcast rights

NEW YORK, New York: Following news reports that the National Football League (NFL) had signed a new agreement with Walt Disney Co., The NFL...

Some African air passengers to be checked for Ebola at U.S. airports

WASHINGTON DC: Even as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring outbreaks of the Ebola virus in Africa’s Democratic Republic of...

Nursing homes delivered 7 million doses of COVID vaccines, says CDC

WASHINGTON DC: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that it has distributed 96,402,290 doses of Covid vaccines nationwide, and 72,806,180 doses...

Land protection bill passes House, faces opposition in Senate

Mar 2,2021

WASHINGTON DC: An additional 3 million acres of land in the United States will come under federal protection following the House of Representatives passing...

California seeks 1 million Johnson & Johnson vaccines in next 3 weeks

FRESNO COUNTY, California: There is new hope for those anxiously awaiting the coronavirus vaccine, as thousands of doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson...

Line jumping causes clinic to lose Covid vaccinations

A California healthcare provider is no longer receiving supplies of COVID vaccinations after their staff members allegedly allowed ineligible people to jump lines and...

NATO rather than deterring threats, is planning for wars

Mar 1,2021

The February meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Defense Ministers, the first since President Biden took power, revealed an antiquated, 75-year-old alliance that,...