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D.C. Mayor Bowser dodges question on whether lockdowns will come back: ‘We’ll make changes as necessary’

washington-dc” target=”_blank”>Washington D.C.< skated around a question Tuesday about whether the U.S. capital would face another round of infectious-disease lockdowns as the country faces a winter surge from the omicron variant.  “With the re-imposition of the indoor mask mandate, at this point, do you foresee any possibility of having to …

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NFL scales back COVID testing for asymptomatic, vaccinated players

The nfl” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>NFL’s<  Cleveland Browns linebacker Anthony Walker Jr. looks on from the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Nov. 28, 2021, in Baltimore.  (AP Photo/Terrance Williams, file) The NBA didn’t require vaccinated players to get tested during the season …

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Chicago Mayor Lightfoot asks federal government for help fighting city's crime

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling on the federal government for help in combating crime and violence in the chicago” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Windy City<. She also asked for more federal prosecutors to handle the criminal cases those agents will investigate, as well as federal marshals to assist local law enforcement with …

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Scott Atlas: I was 'shocked' Trump never fired Fauci, Birx

Former White House infectious-disease special adviser Dr. Scott Atlas said he was “shocked” that President Trump never fired anthony-fauci” target=”_blank”>Dr. Anthony Fauci< on his “California Rebel Base” podcast about why Trump kept Fauci and Birx on staff, and Atlas said he had no answer. “The question ‘why weren’t these people …

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SpaceX launches Christmas gifts to the International Space Station

air-and-space” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>SpaceX<  The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule on launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 9, 2021 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) “It’s critical to lower the cost of spaceflight to continue to reuse these boosters more and more …

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