COVID cases falling, but trouble signs arise as winter looms

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COVID cases falling, but trouble signs arise as winter looms

Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks, some rural hospitals…

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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in kids

Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers…

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Haiti gang seeks $1M each for kidnapped US missionaries

PORT-AU-PRINCE – A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group demanded $1 million ransom per person, although authorities were not clear whether that amount included the five…

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At least 13 auto safety rules are years overdue

WASHINGTON – After their 16-year-old daughter died in a car crash, David and Wendy Mills wondered whether she would be alive if federal rules on rear seat belt warnings had…

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Fauci says fine to trick-or-treat this year

WASHINGTON — The government’s top infectious diseases expert says families can feel safe trick-or-treating outdoors this year for Halloween as COVID-19 cases in the U.S. decline, especially for those who…

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Biden, a convert to vaccine mandates, champions compliance

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday championed COVID-19 vaccination requirements, determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledged that mandates…

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COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued for Department of Defense civilian employees

WASHINGTON (WFXR) – On Monday, Oct. 4, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for civilian servicemembers. On Sept. 9, 2021, President Biden directed agencies of the…

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COVID cases are falling, but US on the brink of 700,000 dead

MINNEAPOLIS – A decline in COVID-19 cases across the United States over the past several weeks has given overwhelmed hospitals some relief, but administrators are bracing for yet another possible…

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Maryland newspaper gunman gets more than 5 life prison terms

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A man who killed five people at a newspaper in Maryland was sentenced on Tuesday to more than five life sentences without the possibility of parole…

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