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Fully Vaccinated People Can Stop Wearing Masks Indoors And Outdoors, CDC Says

The Coronavirus Crisis

Fully Vaccinated People In U.S. Can Go Maskless In Most Settings, CDC Says

"You can do things you stopped doing because of the pandemic," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said of the new guidance, which is based on recent, real-world studies from Israel and the U.S. on vaccinated people.

Here's What The New Guidance Means For Classrooms

How The Mask Update Impacts Travel And Mass Transit

Shopping Without A Mask Depends On Where You Live

Israel In Turmoil: Violence Spreads To Streets And Occupied West Bank

Middle East

Violence Spreads To Israel's Streets And Occupied West Bank

Untangling Disinformation

Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows

The Picture Show

Muslims Mark End Of Ramadan, But COVID Subdues Celebrations For A Second Year

Science

Freshly Made Plutonium From Outer Space Found On Ocean Floor

Law

Active-Duty Marine Corps Major Charged In Capitol Riot

Minneapolis Trial Postponed For 3 Former Police Officers In George Floyd's Murder

Law

Trial In George Floyd's Killing For 3 Former Police Officers Pushed Back To 2022

"We need space" before the trial to let a federal case proceed, Judge Peter Cahill said, citing the need to let publicity ease about Floyd's murder.

Derek Chauvin Found Guilty Of George Floyd's Murder

What Is 'Black Fungus'? And Why Is It Spreading Among India's COVID Patients?

Goats and Soda

Black Fungus Makes India's COVID Crisis Even Deadlier

Doctors say India's battle with COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented rise in mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection that preys on people with weakened immune systems.

National

Missouri Will Not Expand Medicaid Despite Voters' Wishes, Governor Says

Last year, Missouri voters approved a ballot measure to expand Medicaid. But Republican lawmakers refused to appropriate money to fund it. Now, a legal battle is all but certain.

Politics

No Deal Out Of Infrastructure Meeting, But Biden Says The Effort Is There

President Biden continues conversations with Republicans, but major hurdles persist over what items would be in an infrastructure measure, and how it might be paid for.

Cracked Memphis Bridge Indefinitely Closed, Disrupting Supply Chain

Shots - Health News

Painful Endometriosis Could Hold Clues To Tissue Regeneration, Scientist Says

Fresh Air

MIT bioengineer Linda Griffith spent years in debilitating pain before she was diagnosed with a condition often neglected in research. Her focus on the basic biology could lead to better treatments.

Painful Endometriosis Could Hold Clues To Tissue Regeneration, Scientist Says

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Politics

Far Fewer Young Migrants Are In Border Patrol Custody, DHS Secretary Says

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers that unaccompanied minors are moving more quickly out of custody and into facilities run by the Department of Health and Human Services.

National Security

How To Stop Ransomware Attacks? 1 Proposal Would Prohibit Victims From Paying Up

The attack on Colonial Pipeline has focused new attention on a potentially radical proposal to stem the growing threat posed by ransomware: making it illegal for victims to pay their attackers.

What We Know About The Ransomware Attack On A Critical U.S. Pipeline

Biden Says 'Help Is On The Way' As Colonial Pipeline Restarts Flow Of Fuel

National

Philadelphia Health Official Resigns Over Mishandling Of MOVE Bombing Remains

WHYY

The departure of the city's health commissioner comes after news broke that a set of remains were held at two universities for decades and studied by their anthropology and archaeology departments — without the family's knowledge.

Education

'Theft At A Scale That Is Unprecedented': Behind The Underfunding Of HBCUs

Tennessee could owe a historically Black university over $500 million. Andre Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, believes the problem cuts much deeper: "We're throttling the economy."

'Theft At A Scale That Is Unprecedented': Behind The Underfunding Of HBCUs

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'All Our Opportunity Was Taken Away': Sanctuary Family Slowly Restarts Life

National

Family Emerges From Sanctuary After Years Of Hiding To Avoid Deportation

WHYY

The Thompsons, originally from Jamaica, spent 843 days living in churches in Philadelphia to avoid deportation. Now they are free, but reentry comes with new challenges.

Goats and Soda

How The Sewing Machine Gave Power — And Fashion Cred — To African Women

In 'The African Lookbook,' Catherine McKinley bends, stretches and tears the fabric of what mainstream history has been telling us about African women in the clothing industry.

Obituaries

Pervis Staples, Founding Member Of The Staple Singers, Dies At Age 85

Staples, a tenor vocalist, helped to ease his family's iconic gospel group into secular territory, and later found success as a manager and club owner.

Pervis Staples, Founding Member Of The Staple Singers, Dies At Age 85

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