CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — In a pair of Cape Town warehouses converted into a maze of airlocked sterile rooms, young scientists are assembling and calibrating the equipment needed to reverse engineer a coronavirus vaccine that has yet to reach South Africa and most of the world’s poorest people. The energy in the gleaming […]
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Pelosi floats Democrats acting alone as ‘one path’ to raising debt ceiling but still hopes for bipartisanship
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday suggested that the budget reconciliation process could be one way toward raising the debt ceiling in December. “That’s one path. But we’re still hoping to have bipartisanship,” Pelosi told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” In September, Pelosi previously said raising the debt ceiling would not be […]
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No ‘blank slate’ jurors in county shaken by Arbery slaying
No. 218 joined a bike ride supporting Ahmaud Arbery’s family after the young Black man was chased down and shot dead. No. 236 was a longtime co-worker of one of the white men charged in the killing. Identified in court only by numbers, both people were summoned to jury duty in the trial over Arbery’s […]
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Anti-vaccine protesters support Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving outside Brooklyn game
Protesters gathered outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday in support of Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving’s decision to remain unvaccinated against Covid-19 despite local regulations that prohibit unvaccinated players from participating in home games. The Nets said earlier this month that the seven-time All-Star would not be allowed to begin play […]
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About that car: 2021 Mercedes-Benz E450 4Matic
DETROIT – It sounds like a huge insult but the new Mercedes-Benz E450 is much better than the car it replaces. And the first place to start with this sedan is under the hood. The twin turbo V6 has been replaced with an inline 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder engine. It made 362 horsepower and 369 pound-feet […]
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FactCheck: Trump and Son Whitewash Vaccine Willingness Before Biden
The percentage of Americans who say they would “definitely not” get the COVID-19 vaccine has remained relatively stable since 2020. And the daily number of people getting vaccinations had slid near a low point when President Joe Biden announced sweeping vaccine mandates. Yet, former President Donald Trump and his son Eric have been dishing out […]
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FactCheck: Already Had COVID-19? Vaccines Boost Immunity, Not ‘Wipe Out’ Antibodies
SciCheck Digest Studies show the COVID-19 vaccines boost the antibody levels and improve the immune response of those who previously had COVID-19. The vaccines do not “wipe out” the antibodies developed by a person who had recovered from the disease, as social media posts have falsely claimed for months. Full Story Several studies show that […]
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Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx
Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: Cut off a $300-a-week federal supplement for unemployed Americans. Many people, they argued, would then come off the sidelines and take the millions of jobs that employers were desperate to fill. Yet three months after half the states began ending that federal […]
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VOICES: Why Black Media Matters
Our newspapers allow us to speak to our own communities on our own terms with our own voices. “We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.” That was part of the inaugural editorial penned by Samuel Cornish and John Russwurm in Freedom’s Journal, the first Black newspaper in […]
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Atlanta’s dignitaries pay respects to Colin Powell
Four star general Colin L. Powell, who became the first Black leader of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first Black Secretary of State, died Monday from complications related to Covid-19 at the age of 84. While fully vaccinated, Powell also suffered from multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells that suppresses the body’s […]
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Biden returns to retail politics to rescue his biggest deal yet
Joe Biden, showing candor and good humor, on Thursday reminded America why it picked him as President in a dark hour of crisis. But, at a CNN town hall in Baltimore, he also showed his tendency to send his own White House into emergency damage control as he flipped set-in-stone policy off the cuff, and […]
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New Birth hosts homecoming-style celebration, honors DeKalb County community champions
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church is bringing a homecoming-style celebration complete with a Battle of the Bands, a live performance by Grammy Award-winning artist Tasha Cobbs Leonard and other festivities on Oct. 24 beginning at 9 a.m. at 6400 Woodrow Rd. in Stonecrest. Senior Pastor Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant will dedicate a portion of the […]
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White House: Biden to outline filibuster changes in ‘weeks’
The White House said Friday that President Joe Biden would speak in the coming weeks about moving to “fundamentally alter” the filibuster or even eliminate the legislative roadblock that empowers the Senate minority as he aims to pass sweeping voting laws and secure the nation’s credit. Press secretary Jen Psaki said Americans should “stay tuned” […]
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As NFL trade deadline looms, Dolphins say Tua is ‘our QB’
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The story line has not changed over the last couple of months, nor did Miami coach Brian Flores’ answer on Friday from when he was first asked about the future of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa months ago. “Tua’s our quarterback,” Flores said. That’s not in dispute — for now, at least. […]
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Zelizer: Biden’s problem is bigger than two unruly senators
Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are dominating Capitol Hill. Given the 50-50 split in the Senate, Democrats can’t afford to lose a single vote on the budget reconciliation bill — and Sinema and Manchin are using that leverage to force huge concessions from the Biden administration. Both Sinema and Manchin are insisting on […]