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LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press

Next on FDA’s agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J&J vaccines

With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it’s their turn.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott, seen in this file image from May 18, 2020, announced Tuesday he's lifti...
JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press

Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law.
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FILE PHOTO: BREMERTON, Wash. (Dec. 15, 2016) The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticu...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

Navy nuclear engineer charged with trying to pass secrets

The Justice Department says a Navy nuclear engineer with access to military secrets has been charged with trying to pass information about the design of American nuclear-powered submarines to someone he thought was a representative of a foreign government but who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent.
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ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Writer

Facebook unveils new controls for kids using its platforms

Facebook will be introducing several features including prompting teens to take a break using its photo sharing app Instagram, and “nudging" teens if they are repeatedly looking at the same content that's not conducive to their well-being.
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In an aerial view, cleanup workers (BOTTOM) search for contaminated sand and seaweed, with a few be...
AMY TAXIN, Associated Press

Oil spill sidelines surfers, hurts shops in California

Huntington Beach is still reeling from last week’s underwater pipeline leak that spilled crude into the Pacific Ocean off Southern California. The spill has kept the ocean off limits for a week to surfers, swimmers and people who want to walk along the shore.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business

Southwest Airlines cancels more than 1,000 flights Sunday

The long weekend got a bit longer for Southwest customers after the airline canceled more than 1,000 flights on Sunday. That's roughly 27% of its daily operations. It's the second day of mass cancellations by the world's largest low-cost carrier.
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LA PALMA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 10: Lava flows after the collapse of a part of the cone of the Cumbre Vie...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

New river of lava threatens even more buildings on La Palma

A new river of lava belched Saturday from the La Palma volcano, spreading more destruction on the Atlantic Ocean island where over 1,000 buildings have already been engulfed or badly damaged by streams of molten rock.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) asks questions during a Senate Health, Ed...
John Hanna, ASSOCIATED PRESS

GOP doc dispenses sketchy medical advice on virus immunity

Critics say the lawmakers' statements are dangerous and unethical, and that Marshall's medical degree confers a perception of expertise that carries weight with constituents and other members of Congress.
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Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Odierno speaks to the media during a news conference, ...
ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer

Army general who commanded in Iraq dies of cancer at age 67

Raymond T. Odierno, a retired Army general who commanded American and coalition forces in Iraq at the height of the war and capped a 39-year career by serving as the Army's chief of staff, has died, his family said Saturday. He was 67.
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Pro-life activists stage a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court June 25, 2020 in Washington, ...
Paul J Weber, ASSOCIATED PRESS

US appeals court lets Texas temporarily resume abortion law

A federal appeals court Friday night allowed Texas to temporarily resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics across the state began rushing to serve patients again for the first time since early September.
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A 'Now Hiring' sign is posted at a 7-Eleven store on Aug. 06, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. (Ph...
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer

US employers add a weak 194,000 jobs as delta maintains hold

U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence that the pandemic still has a grip on the economy with many companies struggling to fill millions of open jobs.
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