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Study asks if vaccinated people can still transmit virus, Fauci says

Dr. Anthony Fauci said at the White House coronavirus briefing Friday that a large trial is under way involving 12,000 college students at more than 20 universities.

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DOJ Has Charged Nearly 500 With COVID-Related Fraud In The Past Year

A year after the first major coronavirus relief packaged passed, the Justice Department has charged defendants over exploiting loan and unemployment programs, as well as frauds targeting consumers. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch/AFP via Getty Images)

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Jacob Blake Files Excessive Force Lawsuit Against Kenosha Police Officer Who Shot Him

Attorneys for Jacob Blake have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey over the August shooting, which left Blake paralyzed and sparked days of unrest. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

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Why Georgia’s New Voting Law Is Such A Big Deal – FiveThirtyEight

Why Georgia’s New Voting Law Is Such A Big Deal  FiveThirtyEight Georgia state Democrat arrested as GOP Gov. Kemp signs election overhaul bill into law  Fox News It’s now a crime in Georgia to give voters in line food and water  CNN Raffensperger:

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Mexican child, 9, dies trying to enter US: border patrol

A nine-year-old Mexican child died while trying to cross the Rio Grande River into the United States, the Border Patrol said Friday amid a surge in migrants seeking to enter the country. The child was found together with a Guatemalan

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Israel said set to host World Judo Championships

Judo Association given choice between hosting in 2024 or 2025, newspaper says; event likely to take place in Tel Aviv arena

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Texas Death Toll In February’s Winter Storm Nearly Doubles To 111

The massive storm spread ice, snow and freezing temperatures over huge swaths of Texas, but power grid problems left millions weathering conditions in the dark in uninsulated homes. (Image credit: David J. Phillip/AP)

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Iran set to sign 25-year ‘strategic accord’ with China during FM’s visit

Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi arrives in Tehran to ink deal that will include investments in energy and infrastructure; final details not announced yet

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Headless commerce startup Swell raises $3.4M

While new headless commerce platforms are emerging all the time, Swell CEO Eric Ingram told me that it remains “really hard to do something new in e-commerce.” Specifically, he told me that most headless platforms (which offer back-end infrastructure separate

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Israel’s Eurovision entry gets new music video

‘Set me free,’ performed by Eden Alene, will represent the country in the 2021 competition, to be held in Rotterdam in May; last year’s event was canceled due to pandemic

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