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U.S. administers 355.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 355,768,825 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 415,915,655 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Aug 14, 2021
Storm Fred expected to strengthen as it aims for Florida Panhandle
(Reuters) - The remnants of Storm Fred were moving across the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday and were expected to strengthen into a tropical storm overnight, potentially dropping several inches of rain on...
Aug 14, 2021
Biden approves additional forces to help drawdown of personnel from Kabul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that he had approved additional military forces to go to Kabul to help safely draw down the American embassy and remove personnel from ...
Aug 14, 2021
Court orders Biden to reinstate Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ policy
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered President Joe Biden's administration to reinstate his Republican predecessor's "remain in Mexico" policy, which forced tens of thousands of Ce...
Aug 14, 2021
Biden administration plans for vaccine boosters, perhaps by fall – NYT
(Reuters) - The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is developing a plan to start offering coronavirus booster shots to some Americans as early as this fall, the New York Times reported on Satu...
Aug 14, 2021
Children hospitalized with COVID-19 in U.S. hits record number
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States hit a record high of just over 1,900 on Saturday, as hospitals across the South were stretched to...
Aug 14, 2021
Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Alaska peninsula – EMSC
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck the Alaska peninsula, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1023362 on Satur...
Aug 14, 2021
California DOJ drops criminal charges against utility over role in igniting 2018 fire
(Reuters) - The California Department of Justice (CADOJ) said it will drop criminal charges against Southern California Edison after probing the utility company's role in igniting the 2018 Woolsey wil...
Aug 13, 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to dismiss sex trafficking indictment, despite Cosby claim
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to dismiss her sex-trafficking indictment, which the longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein claimed was ...
Aug 13, 2021
Portlanders hunker down through third day of oppressive heat
By Sergio Olmos PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Portland firefighters handed out water to the homeless and residents of the normally cool city flocked to cooling shelters as the U.S. Pacific Northwest bake...
Aug 13, 2021
