A civil trial in Charlottesville, Virginia will determine whether white nationalists who planned the so-called “Unite the Right” rally will be held responsible for the violence.
Katherine Lee
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Moderna says its low-dose COVID shot works for kids 6 to 11
Moderna hasn’t yet gotten the nod to offer its vaccine to teens but is studying lower doses in younger children while it waits.
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Peter Scolari of ‘Newhart,’ ‘Bosom Buddies,’ dies at 66
Scolari died Friday morning in New York after fighting cancer for two years.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Wisconsin audit finds elections are ‘safe and secure’
A key Republican legislative leader says the nonpartisan audit shows that the state’s elections are “safe and secure.”
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Crypto community secretly paid $4 million for Pharma Bro’s one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album
Martin Shkreli, who infamously raised the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000%, purchased the album by the Staten Island hip-hop greats for $2 million at an auction.
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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in kids
The shots could begin in early November – with the first children in line fully protected by Christmas – if regulators give the go-ahead.
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World’s biggest triceratops sells for $7.7 million in Paris
The skeleton, known as ‘Big John,’ has been sold to a private collector at a Paris auction house.
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CDC approves expanded rollout of COVID vaccine boosters
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says certain Moderna and Johnson & Johnson recipients qualify for boosters, and opens the option of ‘mixing and matching’ vaccines.
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Existing home sales in U.S. surge as interest rates point higher
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes bounced back in September to their strongest pace since January.
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De Blasio mandates vaccine for all NYC public workers — and offers $500 bonus
The mayor ordered all 160,000 municipal workers, including police and firefighters, to get vaccinated or face being placed on unpaid leave.