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White House, intelligence agencies, Pentagon issue reports warning climate change threatens global security
Together, the reports show a deepening concern within the US security establishment that the shifts unleashed by climate change can reshape US strategic interests, offer new opportunities to rivals such as China, and increase instability in nuclear states such as North Korea and Pakistan.
Sheriff charged with falsely reporting Black newspaper carrier to police
A sheriff in Washington state has been charged with two misdemeanors for falsely accusing a Black man delivering newspapers in January of making threats against him — an incident that led to a significant police response in a suburban neighborhood.
Judge rules Afghan militant has been held in Guantánamo illegally, in what lawyers say is first such ruling in 10 years
US District Judge Amit P. Mehta in Washington this week entered a final order and two classified opinions in the case of Asadullah Haroon Gul.
Forecasters say New England could see warmer-than-average winter
Expect a drier, warmer winter down south and a wetter winter up north, US government forecasters said Thursday.
CDC panel is considering boosters and the ‘mix-and-match’ strategy
As the latest wave of the coronavirus ebbs in most parts of the United States, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meeting Thursday to evaluate which Americans need extra doses of the vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.
When local reporters resist vaccination mandates, everyone in town hears about it
Journalists aren't much different from other workers who have opposed employee vaccination mandates, whether in health care, law enforcement, education or any other field - except for one thing: They're among the best-known people in their communities.
Some colleges put new vaccine mandates in place — for the flu
After a pandemic-disrupted year of safety measures and Zoom lectures, the promise of coronavirus vaccines offered U.S. universities a shot at normalcy this fall. The virus has not been wiped completely from campuses, but major outbreaks have so far been rare.
A couple died of covid, leaving five children behind. A relative says people called their deaths ‘fake news.’
Two days after arriving at a Fredericksburg, Va., hospital with covid-19 in September, Misty Mitchem was put on a ventilator. Another two days later, she died.