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Permanent residents who left the U.S. during the pandemic worry they can’t come home
Many green card holders are still stuck outside of the country, worried about returning to their lives in the U.S. because of broad disruptions to the immigration system.
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Fauci says U.S. headed in ‘wrong direction’ on coronavirus
He said recommending that the vaccinated wear masks is "under active consideration’’ by the government’s leading public health officials
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California’s largest fire torches homes as blazes lash West
More than 85 large wildfires were burning around the country, most of them in Western states, and they had burned over 1.4 million acres.
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U.S. life expectancy fell by 1.5 years in 2020, the biggest drop since WWII
The CDC says COVID-19 was the largest factor, along with drug overdoses, homicides, diabetes and chronic liver disease.
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Air quality in Philly reaches unhealthy levels thanks to wildfires out west
A cloud of pollution has descended on the Eastern Seaboard. We explain what’s behind the haze, and how to protect yourself.
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Blue Origin’s Bezos reaches space on 1st passenger flight
The Amazon founder was accompanied by a hand-picked group: his brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands and an 82-year-old aviation pioneer from Texas.
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With pandemic worsening in U.S., surgeon general worried about what lies ahead
Noting that nearly all COVID deaths now are among people who haven't received shots, despite widespread vaccine availability, Dr. Vivek Murthy painted a worrisome picture.
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Voting rights activists think Biden’s actions fall short of his dire warnings
For Dems looking for the president to lead amid a wave of bills aimed to restrict voting access, his speech this week was a long time coming. But for some, it also fell short.
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Rescue group returns home after digging through rubble of Florida condo collapse
A southeast Pennsylvania-based urban rescue team returns after working in Surfside collapse.
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U.S. overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year — a 29 percent jump
Overdose deaths in 2020 are just one facet of what was overall the deadliest year in U.S. history, with about 378,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19.
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FDA adds warning about rare reaction to J&J COVID-19 vaccine
The number of cases reported in connection with J&J's vaccine represents a tiny fraction of the nearly 13 million Americans who have received the one-dose shot.
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Attempts to suppress Black voters have evolved, but not ceased
The case of Hervis Rogers, a Black Texas resident facing years in prison for illegally voting, is the latest in the war for American democracy.
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Wildfires rage as West Coast grapples with heat wave, drought
A large swath of the West baked during the weekend in triple-digit temperatures that were expected to continue into the start of the work week.
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Officials are ending the search for survivors in the Surfside condo collapse
After 14 days of searching, the operation now turns to a "recovery" phase. None of the victims recovered from the wreckage as of Wednesday survived the initial collapse.
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14 days after Florida condo collapse, no signs of survivors
No one has been rescued from the site since the first hours after the building collapsed on June 24 when many of its residents were asleep.
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