April 2021 Archives
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Friday headlines: Vibe and prejudice
President Biden is on track for the strongest stock market performance during a new president's first 100 days since John F. Kennedy in 1961. / CNN John Harris: Biden’s address...
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Thursday Headlines: Long hair don’t care.
The FBI seized phones and computers yesterday from Giuliani's apartment, as part of an investigation into his dealings in Ukraine. / The New York Times The Justice Dept....
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Wednesday headlines: Aloha!
President Joe Biden will announce a $1.8 trillion spending proposal tonight aimed at assisting American families and lifting millions out of poverty. / The Washington Post “If secondhand cars are getting...
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Tuesday Headlines: Floating past a tin can.
According to the new Census report, over the past decade the US population grew at its second slowest rate since 1790, due to less immigration and a declining birthrate. / ...
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Monday headlines: Five-year stans
President Biden will mark his 100th day in office on Friday. Some brief analysis of how he compares to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who set the (arbitrary) benchmark. / Wake Up to...
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Saturday Headlines: And then there were five (bedrooms).
US health officials reinstate the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which will now have a warning label about the rare risk of blood clots. / The Washington Post The Biden...
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Friday Headlines: Looking California, feeling Navasota.
Following two days of daily global records of new Covid cases, India now faces a devastating oxygen shortage, with some hospitals hours away from depletion. / The Guardian Four...
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Wednesday Headlines: Still no justice, still no peace.
Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the death of George Floyd. / Star Tribune The conviction is exceedingly rare. For the sake of comparison, police officers...
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Tuesday headlines: Down for forever
Deaths from Covid-19 are accelerating globally. "It took nine months to reach 1 million deaths, four months to reach 2 million and three months to reach 3 million deaths." / Vox, CNN Rising cases...
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Monday Headlines: Halfway to halfway.
The closing arguments are happening right now in the Derek Chauvin trial for the killing of George Floyd. / CNN "Since testimony in Derek Chauvin's trial began on...
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Saturday Headlines: The bourgeoisie are back in town.
Three million people worldwide have now died of Covid-19. / Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center Current vaccination rates show states that had larger shares of Trump voters in 2020 are...
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The Rooster
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These Headlines Yall
Friday headlines: The great dilation
Eight people were shot and killed in a shooting late Thursday at a FedEx facility. A list of recent mass shootings in the United States. / The Associated Press Toure: We...
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Thursday Headlines: Avril is the cruellezt mopth.
A US health panel has requested more data before deciding how and whether to resume use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid vaccine. / Reuters The CDC has found...
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Wednesday headlines: The gateway to French tacos
The United States, European Union, and South Africa pause the Johnson & Johnson rollout—a relatively common event in the world of vaccines. / ABC News, Quartz Joan Walsh: Anyone...
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Tuesday Headlines: Where’s Waldo Jeffers?
Federal authorities recommend states pause use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine while investigators try to find out what caused clotting problems. / STAT Biden has yet to...
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Monday headlines: Gawking
India produces most of the world's vaccine doses but its own vaccination drive appears to be struggling. / BBC News Covid-19 is fueling a “Zoom-boom” in face-lifts and...
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Saturday headlines: Edge-y behavior
Parts of the United States may be close to meeting demand for the coronavirus vaccine—”well before the country has reached herd immunity.” / Axios Countries around the...
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Friday Headlines: The phantom hallway.
In March, US authorities took 172,331 migrants into custody at the Mexico border—the most people in nearly two decades, including a record number of unaccompanied minors. / The...
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Thursday headlines: The basement mannequins
Scientists and researchers call for a new investigation—with or without China’s participation—into Covid-19’s origins. / US World & News Report Six months after...
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Wednesday Headlines: You made me realise.
Biden moves up the deadline for states to open Covid vaccinations for all adults, to April 19. / CNBC A new "double mutant" strain of Covid that may be behind...
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Tuesday headlines: how to pop a wheelie
More than four million people in the United States received a coronavirus vaccine on Saturday amid a rising caseload and increase in hospitalizations. / The Washington PostAt the same...
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Monday Headlines: Let’s run away and live in a museum.
The CDC says fully vaccinated people can safely travel at "low risk to themselves." / BuzzFeed News It's unclear whether the US is now entering a fourth Covid...