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Month: February 2022

Jackson County leaders consider new school mask mandate, but hospitalizations are dropping quickly

By MORGAN MOBLEY, SHAIN BERGAN Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — Jackson County officials on Monday morning are set to discuss whether to bring back a countywide school mask mandate, even as local COVID hospitalizations numbers drop significantly. The Jackson County Legislature is set to discuss the matter at

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Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) nominee and presidential science adviser designate Eric Lander speaks during an announcement January 16

White House science adviser resigns and acknowledges ‘disrespectful and demeaning’ behavior after investigation

By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN Eric Lander, a top science adviser to President Joe Biden, resigned Monday after a White House investigation that found he had violated workplace policies became public. “We have assembled the most amazing set of people at OSTP, and we have together set out the most ambitious goals that

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MPS school officials to meet with Rufus King High School parents in response to recent gun violence on school grounds

By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee Public School (MPS) officials will meet virtually with parents at Rufus King High School for a townhall on Monday, Feb. 7 to address recent gun violence on school grounds. It comes after five people were shot outside the school last week

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