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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Thursday that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are allowed to engage in indoor and outdoor activities without the use of a mask or keeping to a six feet (1.8 m) social distance.
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In a move announced Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reinstated anti-bias protections in health care based on sexual orientation and gender bias — reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to limit the protections’ scope by focusing them on sex assigned at birth.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a number of voting provisions into law on Thursday that will, among other measures, restrict the use of mail-in ballots and limit access to ballot drop boxes.
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Several months after elected officials certified 2020 presidential election results declaring Joe Biden president, state senators in Arizona used subpoena powers to take possession of and audit paper ballots and voting machines in Maricopa County, Arizona, according to The Associated Press.
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On Aug. 13, 2012, the FBI reported that freelance photo-journalist Austin Bennett Tice was kidnapped inDaraya, a suburb of Damascus, Syria while reporting on the Syrian Civil War.
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In his first address in front of a joint session of Congress, Biden discussed a number of pressing topics, including pitching his American Families Plan and updates on his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The US Census Bureau announced on Monday that the total population of the United States is over 331 million people, a decrease in population growth when compared to growth between 2000 and 2010, according to CNN.
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Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is increasing food assistance to low-income seniors – a population that has been especially hard-hit by the pandemic – by providing nearly $37 million in additional support to the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
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The US Senate passed legislation on Thursday aimed at addressing the recent spike in hate crimes against Asian Americans across the US amid the ongoing pandemic.
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Paula Bryant told reporters at the scene of the incident that her daughter, 16-year-old Makhia Bryant, was shot and killed by an officer in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon.
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