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CDC chief: Schools can reopen before teachers are vaccinated – Los Angeles Times

CDC chief: Schools can reopen before teachers are vaccinated  Los Angeles Times CDC director says schools can safely reopen without vaccinating teachers  CNBC Teachers respond to CDC position that vaccinations not a needed for returning to school: Enforce hea  11Alive Teachers don’t need

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Walsh places new police commissioner on leave after past domestic violence allegation surfaces – The Boston Globe

Walsh places new police commissioner on leave after past domestic violence allegation surfaces  The Boston Globe Card-carrying union member Walsh, Biden’s Labor nominee, wins businesses’ respect  POLITICO Walsh Heads to Washington for Labor Secretary Confirmation Hearing  NBC10 Boston The Boston City Council just

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Vale Agrees to $7 Billion Settlement for Brumadinho Dam Collapse

Brazilian miner will pay $7 billion in compensation to the state of Minas Gerais where the collapse of its dam two years ago killed 270 people, polluted rivers and obliterated the surrounding landscape.

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ICC convicts Ugandan rebel commander of war crimes

The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a former commander in the notorious Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army of dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity ranging from multiple murders to forced marriages.

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Iran’s president claims ‘big victory’ in legal efforts to end US sanctions

Rouhani applauds UN court’s decision to hear case filed in 2018 over legality of sanctions reimposed by Trump

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Kahanists, Arabs, Gantz could help Netanyahu, in Israel’s least ideological vote

This is no familiar right-vs-left election. It’s Netanyahu versus the rest. But though ‘the rest,’ this time, includes potent challengers from his own camp, the PM is far from done

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Former Commander of Lord’s Resistance Army Convicted of War Crimes

Former child soldier Dominic Ongwen, who was the LRA’s most senior commander after Joseph Kony, helped lead the notorious rebel group that terrorized Central Africa for decades.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Tests the Limits of Some Voters

In her Georgia district, voters saw Ms. Greene as a conservative voice that would be impossible to ignore. Now the revelation of past social media posts has unsettled some who backed her.

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Myanmar and Russia show the limits of Biden’s pro-democracy agenda

A military armored vehicle in Myitkyina, Myanmar, on February 3, 2021, after pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi charged following a coup two days earlier. | Stringer/AFP via Getty Images A coup in Myanmar and the imprisonment of a pro-democracy

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