By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers An influential advisory panel is recommending Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 vaccine for all children ages 5 to 11. If the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees later Tuesday, the U.S. will embark on a major and long-awaited expansion of vaccinations. Pfizer already has
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An influential advisory panel voted Tuesday that all children ages 5 to 11 should get Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 shots, putting the U.S. on the brink of a major expansion of vaccinations — and a final decision is expected within hours. The Food and Drug Administration already has OK’d kid-size doses — just a third of
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BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Federal regulators have delivered a tough report to a Michigan city where residents have been urged not to drink the water. The Environmental Protection Agency says Benton Harbor had failed to timely warn people about high levels of lead in the water and must make improvements at its water plant.
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Under fire for jettisoning plans to address prescription drug prices in the Democrats’ sweeping spending package, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that an agreement has been reached to lower drug costs. The deal would empower Medicare to negotiate prices of certain costly medications administered in doctors’ offices or purchased
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The American Red Cross was requested to assist two adults who have been displaced from a fire in their Palm Desert apartment. According to Cal Fire they got a call around 12:20 Tuesday afternoon reporting a fire at the Mirabella Apartments on Washington Street. Smoke was seen coming from the second floor of a building
Continue ReadingBy Brian Rokus and Susannah Cullinane, CNN A California man has been charged in connection with an alleged assault on an American Airlines flight attendant last week, which was described by the airline’s CEO as “one of the worst displays of unruly behavior we’ve ever witnessed.” Federal prosecutors said Brian Hsu has been charged with
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By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills’ bid to land a new, taxpayer-backed stadium has been narrowed to two sites, with renovating their existing facility essentially being ruled out as being cost-prohibitive. A feasibility study financed by the state of New York and released Tuesday backs the Bills’
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice James Hardesty says he won’t seek re-election next year. Hardesty has been a judge in Nevada’s court system for nearly a quarter century. He served as a Washoe County district judge before he was elected to the high court in 2004. The 72-year-old justice announced
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas and Paul Vercammen, CNN A source close to Alec Baldwin tells CNN that the actor has not been formally asked by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office to return to New Mexico for in-person questioning regarding the investigation into last month’s fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” The individual
Continue Reading PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Tuesday reported over 2,000 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases for the seventh straight day as rolling averages of daily new cases and daily deaths showed large increases over the past two weeks. The state’s dashboard reported 2,350 additional cases on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the seven-day rolling average of daily new cases rose
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers An influential U.S. advisory panel is recommending that all children ages 5 to 11 should get Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine. If the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees with Tuesday’s vote, the U.S. will embark on a major expansion of vaccinations. Pediatricians
Continue Reading By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers An influential U.S. advisory panel is recommending that all children ages 5 to 11 should get Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine. If the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees with Tuesday’s vote, the U.S. will embark on a major expansion of vaccinations. Pediatricians
Continue Reading By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caused his fatal injuries. That narrows prosecutors’ focus on the troopers seen on body camera video beating,
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Gran parte de la comunidad hispana del Valle de Coachella celebró el día de los muertos este martes.
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Alex Bowman spun Denny Hamlin from the lead with six laps remaining at Martinsville Speedway and then went on to win his fourth race of the season. Hamlin called Bowman “a hack” on national television. Bowman is trying to shrug it off as the
Continue Reading By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Alex Bowman spun Denny Hamlin from the lead with six laps remaining at Martinsville Speedway and then went on to win his fourth race of the season. Hamlin called Bowman “a hack” on national television. Bowman is trying to shrug it off as the
Continue Reading By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The chief international representative in Bosnia is warning that the war-scarred Balkan nation could face the biggest “existential threat of the post-war period” if the international community does not curb threatened separatist actions by Bosnian Serbs. High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt said “the
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By Ivana Kottasová, Amy Cassidy and Ingrid Formanek, CNN The mood in Glasgow was optimistic on Tuesday as world leaders wrapped up their high-level summit at the COP26 climate conference. Several major announcements brightened the outlook on whether the meeting can achieve meaningful results. Here’s what happened on day two. A big methane pledge Around
Continue Reading CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Amy Cassidy and Ingrid Formanek, CNN The mood in Glasgow was optimistic on Tuesday as world leaders wrapped up their high-level summit at the COP26 climate conference. Several major announcements brightened the outlook on whether the meeting can achieve meaningful results. Here’s what happened on day two. A big methane pledge
Continue Reading By SARA BURNETT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press The economy ranked as the top issue facing the state of Virginia as voters cast their ballots in the tight race for governor, with the coronavirus pandemic and education trailing. In the race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin, 34% of Virginia voters say the
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