The agency also announced new guidelines that shorten recommended quarantines after close contact with someone infected with coronavirus.
Katherine Lee
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden, top Democrats swing behind bipartisan coronavirus aid bill
Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King are part of the group of 9 senators advocating the plan.
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U.S. lawmakers unveil anti-slavery constitutional amendment
The effort is aimed at amending the 13th Amendment’s ban on chattel enslavement, which has permitted exploitation of labor by convicted felons for over 155 years since the abolition of slavery.
Posted inNation & World, Sports
Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson, who helped subdue RFK assassin, dies at 86
Johnson was among the world’s greatest athletes from 1955 through his Olympic triumph in 1960, winning a national decathlon championship in 1956 and a silver medal at the Melbourne Olympics that same year.
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Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not scheduled to consider the vaccine until Dec. 10.
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Pushed to rush, FDA head says vaccine approval isn’t automatic
Dr. Stephen Hahn’s comments came just hours before he met with the White House chief of staff.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Trump campaign tries to overturn Biden’s Wisconsin win
The lawsuit suit argues that election officials improperly accepted more than 200,000 votes, but does not allege fraud.
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Biden stokes first nomination fight with pick for budget chief
Neera Tanden, the head of an influential Democratic think tank, is a veteran Hillary Clinton aide seasoned in Washington battles over Obamacare and Trump’s presidency.
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Cyber Monday shoppers fall short of projection but still post record at $10.8 billion
The gusher of online spending was a record, rising 15% from 2019.
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The Latest: U.S. morgues and hospitals overflow during ‘very dark couple of weeks’
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.