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Frustrations Mount Over Vaccine Shortages in New Orleans

By Matt Haines NEW ORLEANS – Ian Farrell was just two days away from getting the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. He was looking forward, he said, to a major step toward life returning to normal. So he admitted it was frustrating when he learned, without warning, that his appointment had been pushed […]Read More

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Days Before Impeachment Trial, Trump Names New Lawyers

By VOA News Former U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday a new team of lawyers to lead his defense at his second impeachment trial.  Defense lawyer David Schoen, a frequent television legal commentator, and Bruce Castor, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania who has faced criticism for his decision to not charge actor Bill Cosby in […]Read More

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SNOW PARKING BAN IN PAWTUCKET

Due to the impending snowstorm, the City has initiated a parking ban beginning at 8:00AM tomorrow, Monday, February 1 until further notice. Trash pick-up will begin an hour early in an effort to get vehicles off the road prior to the impending storm. Please stay warm and be safe! For more information, go to http://www.pawtucketri.com/…/snow-parking-ban-information. […]Read More

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Public Health Experts Cheer Biden COVID Plan, But Is It

By Steve Baragona When President Joe Biden released a 200-page, bullet-point-laden national coronavirus plan the day after taking office, public health experts cheered.   Sort of.  “All of us in public health had been asking for a plan from the Trump administration,” noted former Baltimore health commissioner Leana Wen, a public health professor at The George Washington University. […]Read More

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5 Republicans Join Democrats in Vote to Push Trump Impeachment

By Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON – Most Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday against holding an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump on whether he incited insurrection in the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, signaling that he likely has enough votes to secure an acquittal. The vote was 55-45 in favor of proceeding […]Read More

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Trump’s Gone, But Tensions Still Loom in US-South Korea Alliance

By William Gallo SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – After U.S. President Joe Biden took office last week, perhaps no world leader breathed a bigger public sigh of relief than South Korean President Moon Jae-in.   “America is back,” Moon declared in a congratulatory message marking Biden’s inauguration. The statement didn’t directly mention outgoing President Donald Trump, but the intent […]Read More

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Peru Company Approved to Sell COVID-19 Test Kits That Detect

By VOA News A Peru-based company says it has developed a COVID-19 molecular test kit that can detect the variants of the virus found in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil.  The director of BTS Consultores Research, Milagros Zavaleta says the CavBio can detect the variants in a swab sample but does not distinguish the type of variant.  The low-cost COVID-19 test kits became available for sale after Digemid, the government organization&Read More

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Biden Says Quick Action Needed on Coronavirus Aid

By VOA News U.S. President Joe Biden expressed a sense of urgency for lawmakers to find agreement on a new coronavirus aid package, saying Monday, “Time is of the essence.”  Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion plan that includes money to increase the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations, help for schools to reopen, financial relief for state […]Read More