AOC slams fellow Democrats for allowing the eviction ban to expire
By Jake Johnson Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday skewered conservative members of the House Democratic caucus who left town for vacation…
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COVID’s toll: National test scores show slowed progress in math and reading, wider gaps
By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat A pandemic that reshaped American society and disrupted more than a year of schooling also slowed…
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Fauci says we’re ‘going in the wrong direction’
Here in the U.S., top medical adviser, Anthony Fauci warned Sunday the U.S. is “going in the wrong direction” due…
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‘The biggest fraud wave in U.S. history’: Unemployment insurance fraud exploded during the pandemic
By Cezary Podkul, ProPublica. This story was originally published by ProPublica. A Bronx man allegedly received $1.5 million in just…
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‘What if you killed one of them?’ Many nursing home workers still refusing COVID vaccination
by Jenny Deam, Ryan Gabrielson and Bianca Fortis, ProPublica. This story was originally published by ProPublica. They are two sisters…
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COVID causes ‘steepest single-year decline in life expectancy’ since WWII
By Jake Johnson New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data out Wednesday shows that life expectancy in the U.S. fell…
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Missouri GOP oppose vaccination efforts even as state becomes COVID hotspot
By Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Amid the current surge in COVID-19 cases in Missouri,…
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Delta devastation: The pandemic is not over
COVID-19 cases in the United States have tripled over the past month as the highly contagious Delta variant rapidly spreads…
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Sports tickets, child care and free beer — Biden offers incentives for vaccinations
President Joe Biden has announced new incentives aimed at getting 70% of U.S. adults vaccinated against COVID by the Fourth…
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20 million AstraZeneca doses needed in Africa within weeks to complete vaccinations
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that African nations need to acquire another 20 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine…
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