How US travel restrictions are changing

More than a year and a half after infectious-disease concerns prompted the U.S. to close its borders to international travelers from countries including Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom and much of Europe, restrictions are shifting to focus on vaccine status.  Beginning Monday, bans on travel from specific countries are over. The U.S. will…

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Biden admin kicks off 'nationwide effort' to get children vaccinated against COVID-19

The Biden administration on Monday kicked off “a nationwide effort” to encourage schools, parents and guardians to vaccinate children against COVID, saying “vaccination is the best tool we have” to ensure students are safe, and that schools remain opened for in-person learning.  Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Health and Human Service Secretary Xavier Becerra sent…

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Rapper Roddy Ricch says he's donating Astroworld festival earnings to families of victims

Rapper music”>Roddy <on Saturday announced that he will donate his performance earnings from Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in houston-and-galveston” target=”_blank”>Houston<. “I’ll [be] donating my net compensation to the families of this incident.” TRAVIS SCOTT, DRAKE SUED OVER ASTROWORLD CONCERT INCIDENT Roddy Ricch performs during 2021 Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 05, 2021 in…

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Former professor pleads guilty to possessing child porn

A former professor and dean at us-regions State University has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, federal prosecutors said. Daniel Deocampo, 48, had videos and images of children as young as 5 years old engaging in sexually explicit conduct, prosecutors said in a news release. “Deocampo was caught brazenly using the university network to crime,”…

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