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Month: April 2021

The danger of a giant Covid belly flop

As more and more vaccinations are administered in the US, the Covid-19 story, which once was nothing more than a tale of enormous tragedy, now has a new plotline: how best to return to normal. A key element of this latter story arc is the poorly understood concept of “herd immunity.” The idea is straightforward:

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Biden administration will not shut down Dakota Access Pipeline during environmental review, DOJ lawyer tells court

The Biden administration will not shut down the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline while an environmental review is conducted, a blow to the environmental and tribal groups that have rallied against the project for years. Government attorney Ben Schifman told a federal judge on Friday that the Army Corps of Engineers, which handles permits for the

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Texas GOP chairman Allen West falsely says Texas could secede from the US: ‘We could go back to being our own Republic’

Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West falsely suggested that Texas could secede from the United States and become an independent country, a CNN KFile review of his comments in recent months shows. In radio interviews after the 2020 presidential election, West suggested Texas could vote to again become a republic, as it was before joining

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Ford plans to run plants through traditional summer shutdown to recover from chip shortage

Ford will keep several of its plants running through the summer in hopes of offsetting production delays caused by the global computer chip shortage. The move follows an announcement from the automaker about a new round of temporary factory closures starting next week. Most major automakers, including Ford, typically shut down production for several weeks

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