Manaus The tense quiet outside the small hospital in Iranduba, Brazil, shattered when the ambulance rolled up.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy apologizes again for slow mail
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy apologized on Wednesday for slow mail during the peak holiday season, deeming it "unacceptable." "I apologize to those customers who felt the impact of our delays," DeJoy said at a Hou...
Philippines offers to let nurses work in Britain and Germany in exchange for coronavirus vaccines
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The Philippines will let thousands of its health care workers, mostly nurses, take up jobs in Britain and Germany if the two countries agree to donate coronavirus vaccines, a senior official said on Tuesday. Britain...
Senate confirms Tom Vilsack to serve again as agriculture secretary
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The Senate confirmed Tom Vilsack as President Joe Biden's agriculture secretary, sending the former Iowa governor to the same Cabinet position he served for the entirety of the Obama administration. The vote was 92...
Biden set to honor the half million US lives lost to coronavirus
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President Joe Biden is slated to deliver remarks and participate in a candle-lighting ceremony Monday evening at the White House as the country approaches the grim milestone of 500,000 American lives lost to coronav...
Brooke Shields says she broke her leg and is learning how to walk again
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Brooke Shields is staying positive after breaking her leg. The former supermodel shared a video on Instagram of herself walking through the hospital on crutches. Shields did not say how she got hurt. "Broke my femur...
Reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles may have triggered Neanderthal extinction — and it could happen again
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The reversal of Earth's magnetic poles, along with a temporary breakdown of the world's magnetic field about 42,000 years ago, could have triggered a raft of environmental changes, solar storms and the extinction of...
Who’s actually to blame for the Texas power disaster?
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With millions of Texans still without power in the wake of a winter storm and frigid temperatures, everyone is looking for someone to blame. Many Democrats are blaming Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for failing to adequately...
Former Biden coronavirus advisers push White House to more widely recommend use of N95 masks
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Several members of President Joe Biden's former coronavirus advisory board are urging his administration to more widely recommend and mandate the use of N95 masks, citing a "pressing and urgent need for action" driv...
A woman wins a 6-figure lottery prize. The next day, she wins again
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Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. Two days. Two back-to-back lottery wins. Both in the six figur...
A new children’s book about Wuhan’s coronavirus whistleblower teaches bravery
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New York (CNN Business)A new children's book called "Doctor Li and The Crown-Wearing Virus" is the origin story of Doctor Li Wenliang, who first raised the alarm that a novel coronavirus was spreading in Wuhan, China...
‘The Equalizer’ gets a new look (again) with Queen Latifah answering the call
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"The Equalizer's" evolution continues, from that stately old British gent in the 1980s to a couple of Denzel Washington movies to Queen Latifah in a new CBS series. But the character isn't all that's changed, as the...
Hospital staff treat an elderly couple hospitalized with coronavirus to a dinner date together
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A dinner date in a hospital brought together a couple -- married for 63 years -- that had been separated by Covid-19. Frank Martinez, 93, and Mansako "Terry" Martinez, 86, were placed in different areas of St. Eliza...