Texas has been mask-free since the beginning of March, but it has created a standoff between business owners across the state trying to mitigate Covid-19 outbreaks and their customers. Gov. Greg Abbott announced March 2 that he was lifting the mask mandate. A week later, businesses of all types were allowed to open to 100%
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The Biden administration has so far denied journalists access to border facilities amid a surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the US-Mexico border, which has raised questions about its commitments to increased transparency. Senators from both sides of the aisle have called on the administration to allow journalists access to the facilities. White House press secretary
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Rep. Jody Hice had an interesting Monday. Hice, a Georgia Republican who has been in Congress since 2015, announced that he was running for Georgia secretary of state. He received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. Then Hice argued that the District of Columbia should not be a state, in part because it does
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Attorney General Merrick Garland is quietly ushering in a change in tone at the Justice Department, making few public comments and staying out of sight — and unlike his predecessor — eschewing commentary about ongoing investigations. That’s one reason why an interview by Michael Sherwin, the former acting US attorney for the District of Columbia,
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Multiple people, including a Boulder police officer, have been killed at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, authorities said Monday. A suspect is in custody, Boulder Police Cmdr. Kerry Yamaguchi said. When pressed several times on how many people died, authorities said they couldn’t give a specific number and they were still trying to notify the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was arrested Saturday after an alleged robbery where he took money and a gun from the victim. According to court documents, Tez Kaywood drove the victim home from Eldon. The victim attempted to pay Kaywood but Kaywood pulled out a gun and robbed the victim of his
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Officials in President Joe Biden’s administration are not confident that Johnson & Johnson will meet its self-imposed deadline to deliver 20 million coronavirus vaccines by the end of March, despite optimistic statements from the company. The US Food and Drug Administration granted Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine emergency use authorization nearly a month ago, but
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More women than men skipped health care services during the pandemic, and a disproportionate share of those with prior health or economic issues have experienced worsening health conditions as a result, according to a report released Monday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The report authors say the gaps in care could result in more women
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A simple trip to the grocery store for many became a fight for survival Monday at a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado. Witnesses said a person came into a grocery store in south Boulder, Colorado, and began shooting. Ryan Borowski told CNN’s Erin Burnett he was at the store to buy a soda and bag
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[Breaking news update, published at 9 p.m. ET] Multiple people, including a Boulder police officer, have been killed at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, authorities said Monday. A person of interest was taken into custody, police Commander Kerry Yamaguchi said. [Previous story, published at 8:49 p.m. ET] One law enforcement officer was killed in the
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Rep. Mo Brooks announced his campaign for Senate on Monday, placing his baseless opposition to the certification of the 2020 presidential election at the center of his candidacy. “Our republic’s election system, which is the underpinning of every republic, is under attack,” said the Alabama Republican. “In 2020, America suffered the worst voter fraud, and
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Beachcombers in southeast Florida got a surprise last week when the tide brought forth a 20-foot aerial target drone used by the US Air Force. The drone, part of the Air Force’s weapons system evaluation program, was found on Friday on the shore of Boynton Beach in southeast Florida’s Palm Beach County. It was quickly
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[Breaking news update, published at 8:49 p.m. ET] One law enforcement officer was killed in the shooting at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, two law enforcement sources told CNN. One senior law enforcement source also says the weapon used in the shooting was an AR-15-style rifle. [Previous story, published at 7:52 p.m. ET]
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A fifth company — AstraZeneca — released data Monday about how well its coronavirus vaccine works and said it plans to ask the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization in the coming weeks. Drug giant AstraZeneca said Monday its vaccine, developed with Britain’s Oxford University, showed about 79% efficacy in preventing symptomatic
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The Chicago suburb of Evanston could become the first US city to offer reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the impact of decades of discriminatory housing practices. Alderman Robin Rue Simmons and the Evanston City Council have developed plans to direct revenue from a 3% tax on legalized cannabis into assistance for home
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President Joe Biden is the first president in more than 30 years to have all of his original Cabinet secretary nominees confirmed to their posts. The Senate confirmed the final nominee, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, as Labor secretary Monday evening. He was the last of the 15 major agency heads to receive confirmation from the
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Miami Beach was forced to extend a curfew and state of emergency, possibly for several weeks, after city police struggled to control shoulder-to-shoulder crowds of spring breakers last weekend, Mayor Dan Gelber said Monday. “It feels in some ways like our city is a tinder right now,” Gelber said on CNN’s “New Day.” “It’s not
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Hours after witnesses said a person came into a grocery store in south Boulder, Colorado, and began shooting, the shopping center was still an active crime scene with a massive police presence and authorities had released few details about what happened. The Boulder police tweeted about 2:49 p.m. (4:49 p.m. ET) that there was an
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Boone County officials have removed occupancy limits for gatherings and group sizes will no longer be limited at bars and restaurants under a new health order that takes effect Wednesday.
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The governor of Sao Paulo state has called Jair Bolsonaro a “psychopathic leader,” in a sharp rebuke over the Brazilian President’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. “We are in one of those tragic moments in history when millions of people pay a high price for having an unprepared and psychopathic leader in charge of a
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