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COVID cases falling, but trouble signs arise as winter looms
Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks, some rural hospitals are showing signs of strain, and cold weather is setting in.
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Florida police mistook Brian Laundrie's mother for him, news report says
North Port police acknowledged in an interview with WINK-TV that they mistook Laundrie's mother for him while running surveillance on the now-deceased "person of interest" in the killing of Blue Point native Gabby Petito.
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Gillibrand calls for funding boost to ease health care worker shortage
The New York senator wrote to Senate leadership asking lawmakers to increase funding by at least $20 million, for a total of $67 million, in the fiscal 2022 spending bills for the Area Health Education Center program.
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Judge asks ex-Spota aide be sent to minimum-security prison
The judge's intervention followed a request from Christopher McPartland's lawyer, who said the Bureau of Prisons recently decided to assign McPartland to a low-security section of Beaumont (Texas) Federal Correctional Complex.
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Sudan's military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister
Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup that threatens the country's shaky progress toward democracy. Security forces opened fire on some of the crowds, and three protesters were killed, according to the Sudan Doctors' Committee.
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Moderna says its low-dose COVID shot works for kids 6 to 11
Moderna said that a low dose of its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds, as the manufacturer moves toward expanding shots to children.
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Crew member: Baldwin careful with guns before fatal shooting
A camera operator told authorities that Alec Baldwin had been careful with weapons on the set of the film "Rust" before the actor shot and killed a cinematographer with a gun he'd been told was safe to use, court records show.
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Crew member who gave Baldwin gun subject of prior complaint
A crew member says she has raised safety concerns in the past about the assistant director who authorities say unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin the prop gun that killed a cinematographer on a film set.
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Pelosi: Democrats close to compromise on spending packages
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the gap between progressive and moderate Democrats is narrowing on twin infrastructure bills.
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Film set tragedy spurs call to ban guns
The tragedy has led some in Hollywood, along with incredulous observers, to ask: Why are real guns ever used on set, when computers can create gunshots in post-production? Isn't even the smallest risk unacceptable?
