By Maggie Fox, CNN Booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot coronavirus vaccine generated a big spike in antibodies, the frontline immune system defenses against infection, the company reported Wednesday. People who received a booster six to eight months after their initial J&J shots saw antibodies increase nine-fold higher than 28 days after the first
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot coronavirus vaccine generated a big spike in antibodies, the frontline immune system defenses against infection, the company reported Wednesday. People who received a booster six to eight months after their initial J&J shots saw antibodies increase nine-fold higher than 28 days after the first
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines won’t force employees to get vaccinated, but it’s going to make unvaccinated workers pay a $200 monthly charge. Delta said Wednesday that it will also require weekly testing for unvaccinated employees starting next month, although the airline says it’ll pick up the cost of that testing.
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By Andrew James Click here for updates on this story CRUSO, North Carolina (WLOS) — A Haywood County woman survived after being swept away by floodwaters last week. Michelle Rice’s home off U.S. 276 in Cruso took a direct hit from flooding from Tropical Storm Fred. While she was trying to get to higher ground
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN The US Open will offer athletes mental health support during this year’s tournament, in addition to typical health services, US Open officials said in a statement Tuesday. Mental health care providers will join sports medicine experts from the Mount Sinai Health System at this year’s US Open in New York, scheduled
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN We now know more about the new “Matrix” sequel. Deadline reports that footage and a title were unveiled by Warner Bros. (which is owned by CNN’s parent company) at CinemaCon. According to the publication, the trailer for “The Matrix: Resurrections” includes Neil Patrick Harris as a therapist talking to Keanu
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By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines won’t force employees to get vaccinated, but it’s going to make unvaccinated workers pay a $200 monthly charge. Delta said Wednesday that it will also require weekly testing for unvaccinated employees starting next month, although the airline says it’ll pick up the cost of that testing.
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Se ha producido un descenso del 80% en las vacunaciones contra el virus covid-19 en Afganistán en la primera semana desde que los talibanes tomaron el poder, según el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (Unicef). Desde el 15 de agosto –el dÃa en que los talibanes tomaron la
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By Brian Fung and Chandelis Duster, CNN The Federal Communications Commission proposed a record-breaking $5 million fine against right-wing political operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman on Tuesday, after an investigation by the agency found that the two men appeared to have violated US robocalling laws. The decision, which is not yet final, follows charges
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By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer FIFA president Gianni Infantino has asked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to lift quarantine requirements for players to allow them to travel next week to compete in World Cup qualifiers. Infantino himself took advantage of an exemption in place for the European Championship so he could fly into
Continue Reading By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer OnlyFans says it has suspended a plan to ban sexually explicit content following an outcry from its creators and advocates for sex workers. The company says the ban is no longer required because of assurances from its banking partners. OnlyFans had said last week that it would ban explicit
Continue Reading By TALI ARBEL and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers OnlyFans says it has suspended a plan to ban sexually explicit content following an outcry from its creators and advocates for sex workers. The company says the ban is no longer required because of assurances from its banking partners. OnlyFans had said last week that it
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Just over half of Florida’s 2.8 million public school students now face mandates to wear masks in classrooms. More districts are defying Gov. Ron DeSantis amid a courtroom battle over the Republican’s efforts to leave such decisions to parents. The Orange County School Board voted
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By Rachel Clarke, CNN Children are heading back to school with the academic cost of the pandemic now being laid bare. Tumbling test scores reveal how much learning was not absorbed by students driven to virtual schooling when their classrooms were closed overnight, often staying shut for over a year. As school buildings finally reopen
Continue Reading By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A new show examining how some of the Nazis’ favorite visual artists were able to successfully continue their work in postwar Germany is set to open in Berlin this week. The exhibition, which opens Friday at the German Historical Museum, traces the careers and works of many
Continue ReadingBy Jackson Hicks Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A Kansas City man is suing the city and other officials after he says a projectile fired by KCPD left him blind in one eye. Sean Stearns was attending a Black Lives Matter rally on the plaza in may of
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By Taylor Johnson Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A common bond surrounding the love of beer has come a historic business venture called Vine Street Brewing. It will be the first of its kind. “We’ll be the first Black-owned brewery in Missouri and Kansas City,” said co-owner, Kemet
Continue ReadingBy Jackson Hicks Click here for updates on this story TONGANOXIE, Kansas (KCTV) — A Tonganoxie man has died after his motorcycle crashed into a dump truck Tuesday morning. William Guthrie, 34, of Tonganoxie was driving his Yamaha motorcycle on US-24 when a dump truck exited a construction site and made a U-turn against a
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 unveiled what they are calling an alliance of the three Power Five conferences. Is this a big deal? On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast, Brett McMurphy of The Action Network joins the AP’s Ralph Russo to
Continue Reading LEUVEN, Belgium (AP) — Belgium soccer great Wilfried Van Moer has died. He was nicknamed the “Little General,” played in two World Cups and led Belgium to the 1980 European Championship final. He was 76. The Belgian soccer association says the former midfielder suffered a brain hemorrhage and died at a hospital in Leuven. Van
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