Pfizer says changes to its COVID-19 vaccine recipe can better target the variant Pfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works — just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster shots this fall. The vaccines currently used in the U.S. still offer strong protection…
President Joe Biden says gun law tightening background checks for young buyers “a historic achievement” President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school. “Time is…
A U.S. Army veteran was found dead in a suburban Philadelphia park last week in an apparent strangulation incident. Now the man’s relatives are saying local law enforcement is prematurely declaring the death a suicide. Based on their understanding of the police’s position on the man’s death, relatives are demanding the case be considered a…
Rules allowing all students to receive meals for free at school, regardless of family income level, are still set to expire before the next academic year Congress passed a bill Friday that aims to keep up the expanded, pandemic-era distribution of free meals for all students this summer. Final passage of the Keep Kids Fed…
The overturning of Roe v. Wade rolled back 50 years of protections for those who can get pregnant. In Georgia, it could be the crux of the midterm elections. ATLANTA — Jerisha Morton didn’t realize she was pregnant until about six weeks into her pregnancy. She soon started feeling waves of intense nausea. “I can’t…
The memes born from the hilariously chaotic Verzuz event on Thursday night featuring Omarion and Mario are circulating on social media. Still, it’s the preshow with Ray J and Bobby V against Pleasure P and Sammie that had fans chatting online and recreating standout moments. However, it also appears to have singing siblings Brandy, and…
“Democratic governors are the last line of defense against these types of extreme [abotion] bills,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says Democratic leaders across the nation vowed Friday to help women who travel to seek abortions and to shield patients and medical professionals from being pursued by authorities in states where the procedure becomes outlawed…
The Amhara Association of America says more than 500 civilians were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region The heavily armed men appeared around the small farming village in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, frightening residents already on edge after recent clashes between government troops and rebels. “The militants assured us that they will not touch us. They said…
Some public defenders say gun-permitting rules like New York’s have long been a license for racial discrimination When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s tight restrictions on who can carry a handgun, condemnation erupted from liberal leaders and activists. But some public defenders, often allies of progressive activists, praised the court’s ruling, saying gun-permitting…
Mohamed Noor, 36, is scheduled to be released from custody Monday, 18 days shy of the fifth anniversary of the July 15, 2017, fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman who called 911 to report a possible sexual assault in the alley…
