A small number of COVID-19 “breakthrough” cases are expected after vaccination, and health officials say they’re not a cause for alarm.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inNation & World
Vaccinations rise in some states with soaring infections
Coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters that several states with the highest proportions of new infections have seen residents get vaccinated at higher rates than the nation as a whole.
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Death rates soar in Southeast Asia as virus wave spreads
Indonesia, Myanmar and Malaysia have all surpassed India’s peak per capita death rate as a new coronavirus wave, fueled by the virulent delta variant, tightens its grip on the region.
Posted inBusiness
Small businesses lifted by return of summer tourists
Still, the return to a pre-pandemic “normal” is a way off for most.
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Biden admininstration stepping up community grants from COVID-19 bill
The grants will be targeted at supporting local infrastructure, job training programs and developing new industries.
Posted inBusiness
On Amazon’s wishlist: A ‘key’ to your apartment building
Amazon is pushing landlords around the country to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment building front doors whenever they need to leave packages in the lobby instead of the street.
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Merkel tours ‘surreal’ flood scene, vows aid, climate action
Merkel toured Schuld, a village on a tight curve of the Ahr River in western Germany where many buildings were damaged or destroyed by rapidly rising floodwaters Wednesday night.
Posted inLocal & State, New England
Rainstorm batters Vermont, New Hampshire; no flash floods in Maine
But Portland set a new rainfall record for the date with 1.17 inches recorded Sunday at the jetport.
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Miami security firm faces questions in Haiti assassination
The U.S. military once trained a ‘a small number’ of the Colombians implicated in the plot, the Pentagon says.
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White House convenes mayors to discuss strategies on crime
Republicans are increasingly looking to use a nationwide increase in violent crime as a political cudgel against Democrats ahead of next year’s midterm elections.