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Top health officials told to prioritize COVID testing for Cuomo’s relatives – Times Union

Top health officials told to prioritize COVID testing for Cuomo’s relatives  Times Union Cuomo directed NY health officials to prioritize COVID-19 testing for his relatives: Report  Fox News Andrew Cuomo’s family members were given special access to covid testing, according to people

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse, and Member of the Council of Economic Advisers Heather Boushey, March 24, 2021 – The White House

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse, and Member of the Council of Economic Advisers Heather Boushey, March 24, 2021  The White House First dogs Major and Champ return to White House

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Hong Kong-based viAct raises $2M for its automated construction monitoring platform

Hong Kong-based viAct helps construction sites perform around-the-clock monitoring with an AI-based cloud platform that combines computer vision, edge devices and a mobile app. The startup announced today it has raised a $2 million seed round, co-led by SOSV and

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NYT’s Bret Stephens is editing new Jewish journal

Columnist says the first issue of Saphir, an initiative of the Maimonides Fund, will deal with Jews and social justice

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150 boat pileup: Massive cargo ship stuck in Suez Canal imperils global shipping

Work to clear vessel from crucial waterway set to resume, with continued closure potentially affecting energy shipments

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TuSimple’s IPO filing reveals roadblocks for self-driving startups with Chinese ties

While the governments of the United States and China are pushing policies for technological decoupling, private tech firms continue to tap resources from both sides. In the field of autonomous vehicles, it’s common to see Chinese startups — or startups

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GOP senator tells Schumer: The Sabbath is on Sunday

Cindy Hyde-Smith cites Exodus verse to explain why Georgia Republicans want to end voting on Sundays

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Overnight vote count fails to break deadlock; over 91% of ballots tallied

Absentee votes shift electoral map with Ra’am losing a seat to Meretz but Islamist party remains key player; 425,000 ballots remain; tensions emerge in Netanyahu’s bloc

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Here’s How Governor Cuomo Could Be Impeached

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is under investigation. If his own party moves against him, he could face New York’s first impeachment proceeding in more than a century.

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US to blacklist Myanmar military companies after deadly crackdown

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is planning to impose sanctions on two conglomerates controlled by Myanmar’s military over the generals Feb. 1 takeover and a deadly crackdown, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

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