A door-to-door Covid-19 survey in Minnesota has been halted after team members reported receiving racial and ethnic slurs in the city of Eitzen, according to state health officials, but the city denies the claims.
Biden to mark one year of Covid-19 shutdown in primetime address Thursday
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President Joe Biden will deliver his first primetime address this Thursday, commemorating the milestone of one year since the global pandemic coronavirus shut down much of the nation. "The President will deliver his...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma test positive for Covid-19
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma, have tested positive for Covid-19, the president's office said in a statement Monday. The Assads were in "stable condition" and planned to self-isolate for two o...
Why you should wear a face mask even if your state doesn’t require it
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Health experts have long argued that face masks are critical to slowing the spread of the coronavirus and ending the pandemic. But some elected officials and their constituents still refuse to wear them. Last week, ...
Bowling Green State University sophomore dies after drinking at fraternity event, family attorney says
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A Bowling Green State University (BGSU) sophomore died after drinking at a fraternity event, an attorney for his family said. Stone Foltz, 20, was given "a copious amount of alcohol," attorney Sean Alto told The Col...
Team LeBron wins NBA All-Star Game, but HBCUs were the real winner of the night
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While Team LeBron defeated Team Durant 170-150 to win the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, the real winners of the night were historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Team LeBron represented The Thurgood M...
New York state senate majority leader calls on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign
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State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins is now calling for the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who faces escalating pressure to step aside from members of his own party. The Democratic govern...
Jackson, Mississippi, officials report progress in restoring water after last month’s powerful storm
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After more than two weeks without a drop of water, one Jackson, Mississippi, restaurant is finally back open for business. "It has been depressing, coming into work thinking we're going to open again, we get a drip...
How the Covid-19 hesitant population is declining rapidly
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The release of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine and its partnership with Merck means that President Joe Biden expects the US to have enough Covid-19 vaccines delivered to cover every adult by the end of May....
Mark Pavelich, member of ‘Miracle on Ice’ 1980 Olympic hockey team, dies at 63
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Mark Pavelich, a member of the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 Olympics US men's hockey team, has died at age 63. He died in North Sauk Centre, Minnesota, according to the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office in Ramsey, Minnesot...
Thousands of students have dropped out of school due to Covid-19. These are the educators trying to track them down
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The first thing you need to know about dropping out of school is that it doesn't happen all at once. Educators say students don't just wake up one day and decide that's it, no more school. It happens slowly. They ge...
Doctors in Chicago are making house calls to give vulnerable patients the Covid-19 vaccine
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Chicago Hattie Blumenberg can't easily get to a mass vaccination center. The 90-year-old woman has limited transportation, and leaving her Chicago home would require someone physically carrying her from the house to ...
Four sisters in their 80s and 90s reunited to get their Covid-19 vaccines together
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Four elderly sisters in New Jersey haven't been able to have their regular get-togethers during the coronavirus pandemic, but they made an exception to get their Covid-19 vaccinations. Edith Camp, 96, Bernice Cecil,...