New Zealanders have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia for people with a terminal illness — clearing the way for the controversial proposition to become law in 2021.
Switzerland narrowly votes to ban face covering in public
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Swiss voters have approved a ban on full facial coverings including niqab and burqa in nearly all public places in a closely contested referendum on Sunday. The result means facial covering will be banned in all pub...
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 ...
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine given to first patients in Ohio
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The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States. Barbara Schmalenberger, 86, was the first to receive the vaccine at the Schottenstein Center, in Colu...
Two GOP lawmakers who supported the Equality Act in 2019 changed their votes this time
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Washington Two House Republicans who voted in 2019 to support the Equality Act flipped their votes Thursday and opposed the legislation, which intends to protect people from being discriminated based on sexual orient...
Grand jury votes not to indict police officers in Rochester death of Daniel Prude
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A grand jury voted not to indict any officers in the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after police pinned him to the ground in March, New York Attorney General Leticia James said Tuesday. "Daniel Prude wa...
Schumer says he is working with Biden ‘to find the extra votes’ to confirm Neera Tanden
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday he is working with President Joe Biden to gather the support needed to confirm Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget. "I am working with Pr...
Free sanitary products for all New Zealand schools to beat period poverty, Ardern announces
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WellingtonAll New Zealand schools will have free access to sanitary products from June, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday, an initiative aimed at stamping out period poverty in the country. The anno...
Mississippi Senate votes to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports
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The Mississippi Senate voted Thursday to ban transgender athletes from competing on women's sports teams in the state's high schools and universities. The sponsor of the bill, Republican Senator Angela Hill, told he...
Vaccinated workers at Massachusetts hospital volunteer to sit with Covid-19 patients
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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. When her husband was exposed to Covid-19 in early January, Ke...
Māori lawmaker ejected from New Zealand parliament for refusing to wear a ‘colonial noose’
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Wellington, New ZealandA New Zealand Māori leader who was ejected from parliament this week for refusing to wear a necktie in the chamber said forcing him to a Western dress code was a breach of his rights and an att...
Ecuador votes for president as voters lean toward socialism
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QuitoEcuadoreans choose a new president on Sunday, with many voters weary of painful economic austerity measures and eager for a return to socialism, encouraging left-wing candidate Andres Arauz who hopes to win with...
Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for cancer patients? Here is what cancer experts say
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Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for cancer patients? It's a question that has been on the minds of researchers and oncologists long before the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine rollouts began. Although there is a consensus tha...