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Month: March 2021

Spring break could be a perfect storm for spreading coronavirus variants. Don’t let that happen

Highly contagious variants will soon have a ridiculously easy chance to spread rapidly across the US. Spring break starts for hundreds of universities this month. And typical spring break revelry could lead to countless more Americans getting infected as coronavirus variants threaten to outpace vaccinations. “It’s the perfect storm,” Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the

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‘A violent gamble’: Crash that killed 13 undocumented migrants highlights perils of desperate border crossings

IMPERIAL COUNTY, California — Hours after 13 undocumented migrants were killed in a collision on a desolate stretch of California’s Imperial Valley, Hugo Castro said a prayer and planted small crosses on the sandy, rocky edge of the cordoned off highway. The crosses were fashioned from cedarwood at a shelter just across the US-Mexico border

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University of South Alabama professors on leave – but some students say that’s not enough

Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Responding to a growing controversy over 7-year-old Halloween photos the recently resurfaced, the University of South Alabama on Friday put three professors on leave and launched an internal investigation. But several dozen angry students who gathered outside a board of trustees meeting said the

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Contractor accused of home improvement theft

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE (WSMV) — From accused to charged, public records show that a contractor, first reported upon by News4 Investigates, has been arrested on Home Improvement Fraud. Joshua Murphy, a man customers have complained they’ve had trouble getting to respond, is facing charges for Fraud by Home Improvement Services

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Biden, Democrats prevail as divided Senate approves $1.9T virus aid bill, House on track for final passage next week

WASHINGTON, DC — An exhausted Senate has narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill. The vote means that President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies have notched a victory that they say is crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and its economic doldrums. Final passage came after the Senate voted all

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