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Pfizer vaccine for children may be ready by Thanksgiving -White House adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pfizer Inc's new vaccine for children aged five to 11 could be ready as early as November pending approval from federal regulatory health agencies, White House COVID-19 response ...
Oct 07, 2021
Pfizer, BioNTech ask U.S. regulators to OK COVID-19 vaccine for kids
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and BioNTech said on Thursday they had asked U.S. regulators to approve emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged from five to 11, Pfizer said in a po...
Oct 07, 2021
Biden’s CIA director creates high-level unit focusing on China
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The career diplomat U.S. President Joe Biden named to lead the Central Intelligence Agency is creating a high-level unit aimed at sharpening the agency's focus...
Oct 07, 2021
U.S. Senate Democrats, Republicans haggle over short-term debt fix
By Susan Cornwell and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans were expected to continue negotiating on Thursday to avert a debt crisis after Democrats showed openness...
Oct 07, 2021
Biden to tout vaccine mandates for large companies in Chicago trip
By Jarrett Renshaw and Alexandra Alper (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is set to visit Chicago on Thursday to meet with United Airlines' chief executive and local Democratic leaders as he touts h...
Oct 07, 2021
Rescues underway after flash flooding in parts of Alabama
(Reuters) - Rescues were under way and roads were closed in several places near Birmingham, Alabama, late Wednesday after heavy rains flooded parts of the state, and the weather department issued a fl...
Oct 07, 2021
Analysis-Will Washington truce stick? Wall St assesses U.S. debt ceiling risk
By Karen Pierog (Reuters) - An apparent truce in the U.S. debt-ceiling standoff in Congress has offered some relief to Wall Street investors on edge about a possible debt default, but analysts are lef...
Oct 07, 2021
Texas schools remove children’s books branded ‘critical race theory’
(Reuters) - A Texas school district has removed two books by Jerry Craft from its libraries after parents complained his graphic novels teach critical race theory, possibly in violation of a new state...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. Coast Guard probes whether ship struck oil pipeline -LA Times
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday inspected a vessel in Oakland focusing on the possibility that a ship's anchor struck a pipeline, causing an oil spill in California, the Los Angeles Time...
Oct 06, 2021
U.S. judge blocks enforcement of near-total abortion ban in Texas
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a near-total ban on abortion in Texas, the toughest such law in the United States, in a challenge brought by Pr...
Oct 06, 2021
