EU regulator OKs Pfizer vaccine booster for 18 and older
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator has given its backing to booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 18…
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Dave Chappelle debuts trailer for new comedy special
By Lisa Respers France, CNN This is not a drill. Dave Chappelle is dropping another comedy special on Netflix. The trailer for “Dave Chappelle:…
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After 2nd-half meltdown, Mets let go Rojas, set for overhaul
By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 2021 season was going so well for the New York Mets. And then Jacob deGrom got hurt.…
Continue Reading Sweden seeks building explosion suspect, orders custody
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A tenant in a Swedish apartment building that was rocked by an explosion and fire last month that injured 16 people has formally…
Continue Reading Tennis tour investigating abuse accusations against Zverev
LONDON (AP) — The men’s professional tennis tour has opened an investigation into a former girlfriend’s accusations of domestic abuse by…
Continue Reading Court rejects DC residents’ bid for voting representation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling that said District of Columbia residents are not entitled to voting…
Continue Reading Doubt lingers in Balkans after years of broken EU promises
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Twenty years ago, North Macedonia had narrowly averted a civil war and NATO was collecting rebel…
Continue Reading FIFA clears defender Araujo to play for Mexico national team
United States defender Julián Araujo has been cleared to change his national eligibility to Mexico. FIFA confirmed the switch on Monday. The…
Continue ReadingNYC vaccine mandate takes effect with 96% of teachers receiving at least one dose, mayor says
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said 96% of all city public school teachers have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, as a vaccine…
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High court rejects lawsuit over canceled Pentagon contract
The Supreme Court says it will not get involved in a lawsuit over a disputed Pentagon cloud computing contract, a decision that follows the…
Continue Reading Polish church urges help for migrants amid border crisis
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s influential Catholic Church has appealed for humanitarian assistance for migrants from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere…
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$699.8M Powerball jackpot won, ticket sold in California
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After 40 drawings without a big Powerball winner, a single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers and was the…
Continue ReadingWomen in Kabul return to work, school and the streets, in defiance of the Taliban
By Brent Swails, Clarissa Ward and Scott McWhinnie, CNN A terrorist attack didn’t stop Atifa Watanyar from teaching, but she worries the…
Continue Reading UK eases travel rules but upsets nations not on list
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. says it will seek to regularly expand new international travel rules to more countries as a…
Continue ReadingVirginia family is trying to process how their healthy 10-year-old daughter died from Covid in five days
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Virginia family is trying to process how their 10-year-old daughter went from being perfectly healthy to dying in five…
Continue ReadingA Virginia fifth grader is one of 13 child Covid deaths in the state. Her mom’s message to non-believers: ‘I am here to tell you it is not over’
CNN By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Virginia family is trying to process how their 10-year-old daughter went from being perfectly healthy to dying in five…
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George Clooney jokes he’s too short to share the screen with Ben Affleck
The two appeared on the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of “The Tender Bar,” which Clooney directed and Affleck stars…
Continue Reading Henrietta Lacks estate sues company using her ‘stolen’ cells
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, saying…
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Billie Eilish will be youngest solo Glastonbury headliner
The singer, who turns 20 in December, has been announced as the headliner for next year’s Glastonbury…
Continue ReadingJamie Lee Curtis and Kyle Richards reunite for ‘Halloween Kills’
Jamie Lee Curtis and Kyle Richards have reunited more than 40 years after starring together in 1978’s…
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