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Fauci: COVID-19 Vaccinations Should Be Ready for All in US

By VOA News Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that by April, anyone in the United States who wants a COVID-19 vaccination should be able to get one. In an interview with the NBC morning television program “Today,” Fauci, who also is the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, said projections indicate […]Read More

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US Unemployment Benefit Claims Ease, But Remain High

By VOA News The number of people in the United States applying for unemployment benefits last week dropped slightly, the Labor Department reported Thursday, but remained historically high, despite a significant easing of a coronavirus pandemic that continues to weaken the world’s largest economy. The government said 793,000 workers filed for benefits last week, down 19,000 […]Read More

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Senate passes charter school moratorium

STATE HOUSE – The Senate today approved legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin to place a three-year moratorium on the expansion or creation of charter schools in Rhode Island. “At its core, this legislation is about giving the General Assembly the opportunity to review the current funding structure, which draws from traditional public […]Read More

Health

WHO Panel OKs AstraZeneca Vaccine Against COVID-19 Variants

By VOA News A World Health Organization panel of immunization experts Wednesday recommended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for all ages and in regions where variant strains of the virus are prevalent. The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization made the recommendation from agency headquarters in Geneva. The panel reviewed the […]Read More

Politics

Impeachment Prosecutor: Trump Was ‘Inciter in Chief’

By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Prosecutors at former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial began to lay out their case against him on Wednesday, saying he was “no innocent bystander” to the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol last month as lawmakers certified Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. Congressman Jamie Raskin, […]Read More

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US Coast Guard Rescues 3 Cubans From Deserted Island

By VOA News U.S. Coast Guard officials said Wednesday a coast guard helicopter crew rescued two men and a woman from a deserted island where they had apparently been stranded for more than a month. In a statement, the Coast Guard said the three people — later identified as Cuban nationals — were initially spotted Monday […]Read More

Politics

Trump’s Historic Second Impeachment Trial Starts Tuesday

By Ken Bredemeie WASHINGTON – The historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump starts Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, with Trump accused of inciting insurrection a month ago by urging his supporters to confront lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol as they were certifying that Democrat Joe Biden had defeated Trump in the 2020 election. […]Read More

Politics

Battle Lines Drawn for Impeachment Trial

WASHINGTON – Three paragraphs into the introduction to the brief submitted by Democrats in the House of Representatives is a window into their strategy for the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. In accusing the then-president of inciting a “violent mob to attack the United States Capitol,” the brief portrays the attackers […]Read More