Die nuwe ronde stimulusbetalings wat in die $ 900 billion Covid relief package are expected to start going out this week, het 'n amptenaar van die administrasie aan CNN gesê, while acknowledging that the timing could slide.
Trump to lift Covid-19 related travel restrictions before he leaves office, White House official says
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President Donald Trump is expected to lift coronavirus-related travel restrictions starting on January 26, nearly a week after he leaves office, a White House official said Monday. The White House official said Trum...
Biden administration promises equitable vaccine access to Black and brown communities
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President-elect Joe Biden and his administration vow to ensure Black and brown people get equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine through mobile clinics, vaccination centers and partnerships with local communities, die...
Workers trapped in gold mine for more than a week send note to rescuers
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Twelve miners trapped underground for more than a week in a Chinese gold mine have managed to get a note to rescuers, state media reported Monday. The Xinhua news agency reports that the note confirmed 12 of the min...
Young leaders ask incoming Biden administration for a seat at the table
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Washington, DC A cohort of youth-led organizations has asked the incoming Biden administration to create official positions aimed at engaging younger Americans. The groups have drafted a memo asking the Biden adminis...
Massachusetts might soon have an official state dinosaur. A bunch of other states already do
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We've all heard of state flowers and state birds, but Massachusetts is stepping it up by proposing a state dinosaur. There's already a state fossil (surprisingly enough, dinosaur tracks), but now state Rep. Jack Pat...
Dustin Higgs executed less than a week before Inauguration Day
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Dustin John Higgs was executed in the early hours of Saturday morning becoming the 13th and last federal death row inmate to be executed since the Justice Department restarted federal executions in July 2019. He had...
Ex-Obama official who helped fix botched healthcare.gov rollout to join Biden’s Covid-19 team
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Andy Slavitt, the former acting chief of Medicare and Medicaid under the Obama administration, is expected to join President-elect Joe Biden's Covid-19 team in a senior advisory role, CNN verneem het. Slavitt's ro...
Netflix plans to release a new movie every week of 2021
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Netflix is promising to try to keep us entertained this year. The streaming giant announced plans on Tuesday to release a new movie every week for the next 12 maande. Some of the films on the slate include the weste...
Hooggeregshof verleen versoek aan Trump-administrasie om toegang tot aborsiemiddels te beperk
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Die Hooggeregshof het Dinsdag die versoek van die Trump-administrasie toegestaan om vroeëre swangerskap langdurige beperkings in te stel vir pasiënte wat 'n dwelm wil gebruik wat vir aborsies gebruik word. -- met die drie liberales ...
Die verwoestende stilte van die Trump-regering oor die Capitol-oproer
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Ses dae gelede, die Amerikaanse Capitol is oorval deur gewelddadige oproermakers wat deur die gebou getrap het, aangesien lede van die Kongres en die media alleen gelaat is om skuiling en veiligheid te vind. U kan dink dat dit 'n versekeraar is ...
A Florida sheriff’s deputy was killed by a suspect the week he was set to retire
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A Florida sheriff's deputy who was just one shift away from retirement was killed Monday by a suspect in a fatal car crash, Hillsboro County Sheriff Chad Chronister said during a press conference. Hillsboro County ...
The events of this week show the GOP has a big problem
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Let's state what happened on Wednesday for what it was: an insurrection by supporters of President Donald Trump storming the US Capitol. They were the definition of a mob. The insurrection and the Electoral College ...