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Month: March 2021

Jackson, Mississippi, gets clearance to lift boil water notices weeks after brutal winter storms

All boil water notices in the city of Jackson, Mississippi — put in place after last month’s powerful winter storms — have been lifted, city officials announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday. “The City of Jackson has officially received clearance from the Mississippi State Department of Health to lift the precautionary boil water notice

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The race between variants and vaccines in US will be a close call, expert warns, and eased restrictions aren’t helping

Experts say there’s a tough race between Covid-19 vaccinations and a contagious variant that’s rapidly spreading across the US, threatening another dangerous surge — and the eased restrictions only further complicate things. “It’s going to be a close call,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health told CNN on Tuesday.

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There have been at least 10 suspected hate crimes against Asians this year in New York City, police say

At least 10 suspected anti-Asian hate crimes have been committed in New York City between January 1 and March 14 this year, according to statistics from the New York Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force. The information highlights the recent spate of anti-Asian incidents felt in cities nationwide, coinciding with the Covid-19 pandemic that began

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There have been at least 10 suspected hate crimes against Asians in 2021 in New York City, police say

At least 10 suspected anti-Asian hate crimes have been committed in New York City between January 1 and March 14 this year, according to statistics from the New York Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force. The information highlights the recent spate of anti-Asian incidents felt in cities nationwide, coinciding with the Covid-19 pandemic that began

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China’s ambassador to US says he doesn’t have ‘high expectations’ for Alaska summit with Biden officials

Beijing does not have “high expectations” for upcoming talks with the United States in Alaska, China’s ambassador to the US told reporters Wednesday, in what will be the first meeting of senior officials from both countries since US President Joe Biden took office. China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi and State Councilor Wang Yi will meet

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Covid-19 reinfections are rare, but more common in people 65 and older, study finds

Coronavirus reinfections are relatively rare, but it’s more common for people 65 and older to get infected more than once, according to a study published Wednesday in the Lancet medical journal. A team of scientists, including some from Denmark’s Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, noted that most people who have had Covid-19 seemed

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Black US Capitol Police officer recounts January 6: ‘They showed that they hated us and they hated our skin color’

A Black US Capitol Police officer said he and his fellow Black officers are still grappling with their harrowing experience on January 6, when they endured insurrectionists hurling racial slurs at them during a physical assault on the iconic building. “The Black officer struggle was different as in, like I said, we fought against not

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