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Officials: Vegas fireworks show will go on, 300,000 expected
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas isn't canceling or scaling back plans for big New Year's gatherings amid concerns about the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19. Regional public safety and elect...
Jody Heemstra Dec 31, 2021 Tydence Davis / CC
Times Square show will go on despite virus surge, mayor says
NEW YORK (AP) - Mayor Bill de Blasio says New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city and around the nation. De Blasio said on ...
Jody Heemstra Dec 31, 2021 Crazy nana / Unsplash
US officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine...
Jody Heemstra Dec 28, 2021 Raed Mansour / CC
Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program
MONROE, La. (AP) - A Louisiana federal judge has ruled that President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision hands ...
Jody Heemstra Jan 02, 2022 slgckgc / CC
Man accused of orchestrating $4.2M COVID relief fraud scheme
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a South Florida man tried to obtain more than $4.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds by filing false loan applications. Court records show that 27-y...
Jody Heemstra Jan 04, 2022
Tyson Foods, Microsoft to require vaccination for US workers
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Meat processer Tyson Foods will require all of its U.S. employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, becoming one of the first major employer of front-line workers to so amid a ...
Jody Heemstra Aug 03, 2021
FDA expands Pfizer boosters for more teens as omicron surges
UNDATED (AP)- The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday (Jan. 3, 2022) allowed extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 1...
Jody Heemstra Jan 03, 2022 Erdonzello
Feds want marathon bomber's COVID payment to go to victims
UNDATED (AP)- Federal prosecutors want convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to use a $1,400 COVID-19 stimulus payment he received as well as other money held in his inmate trust account ...
Jody Heemstra Jan 06, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC
Expect to pay more for Christmas trees, experts say
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (AP) - Add Christmas trees to the list of items facing shortages and higher prices this year. Several factors are driving the trend, Newsday reported. These include over-the-top sales...
Jody Heemstra Nov 22, 2021 John Stratford / CC
Shaq, Usher and Mayer shows all highlight Super Bowl week
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shaquille O'Neal will return to the city where he helped the Los Angeles Lakers win three straight championships. This time, O'Neal - who frequently deejays - will host "Shaq's...
Jody Heemstra Feb 10, 2022