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Las Vegas’ first children, ages 12-15, start getting vaccinated for COVID
The Hunt family came to the Las Vegas Convention Center as a pack Thursday to get the eldest three children their first shots of the COVID-19 vaccine …
With Oscar Goodman fully on board, the Plaza looks to its next 50 years
Instead of one major concentrated celebration, Plaza’s 50th anniversary will be marked through the end of the year with various discounted stay packages and $50,000 in cash prizes that will be awarded to 50 winners. The resort will put on fireworks sh…
UK set to rediscover freedom after vaccination success
When London’s Science Museum reopens next week, it will have some new artifacts: empty vaccine vials, testing kits and other items collected during the pandemic, to be featured in a new COVID-19 exhibition.
Radical rabbi’s followers rise in Israel amid new violence
In the 1980s, Rabbi Meir Kahane’s violent anti-Arab ideology was considered so repugnant that Israel banned him from parliament and the U.S. listed his party as a terrorist group.
Conservatives seize on gas crunch to blame Biden, stir base
A graphic calling the East Coast fuel supply crunch “Biden’s Gas Crisis.” A tweet speculating that gas stations running dry was an “INSIDE JOB.”
Misinformation surges amid India’s COVID-19 calamity
The man in the WhatsApp video says he has seen it work himself: A few drops of lemon juice in the nose will cure COVID-19.
Biden, GOP senators upbeat, plan more infrastructure talks
After meeting at the White House, President Joe Biden and a group of Republican senators agreed to talk again early next week as negotiations intensified over a potentially bipartisan infrastructure package …
Biden to meet DACA recipients in immigration overhaul push
As a candidate, President Joe Biden promised to protect those often described as “dreamers,” brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and their families by reinstating an Obama-era policy that protected them from deportation.
Bill Maher taping canceled after host’s positive virus test
A taping of Bill Maher’s weekly HBO show was canceled after the host tested positive for COVID-19. Maher, who is fully vaccinated, is “asymptomatic and feels fine,” according to a statement Thursday from HBO. “No other staff or crew members have teste…