Friday, 12 February 2021

Dose shortages undermine push by U.S. states to speed COVID-19 vaccinations

Dose shortages undermine push by U.S. states to speed COVID-19 vaccinations

When the U.S. government began shipping COVID-19 vaccines in December, state health providers could not administer shots fast enough to keep pace with deliveries and millions of doses sat waiting for arms.

Amazon sues New York attorney general to preempt a state COVID lawsuit

Amazon.com Inc on Friday sued New York's attorney general to stop the state from taking legal action over its early COVID-19 response, including its firing of activist Christian Smalls.

U.S. continues plan to keep Central American migrants at bay

​In the days before U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration, Mexican soldiers patrolling the banks of the wide Suchiate River found few migrants amid the flow of trade across the water from Guatemala.

Biden to press for $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan with governors, mayors

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with a bipartisan group of mayors and governors on Friday as he continues to push for approval of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan to bolster economic growth and help millions of unemployed workers.

U.S. schools, pressured to reopen in pandemic, to get new CDC guidance

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday will issue new COVID-19 guidelines for schools as the Biden administration seeks to fulfill its promise to send most students back to the classroom within its first 100 days.

Florida consumers 'flabbergasted' as property insurers push for double-digit rate hikes

Florida property insurers are jacking up rates by double-digit percentages, blaming the hikes on lingering damage from past hurricanes, a wave of litigation, and a law that encourages lawyers to sue by allowing courts to award them big fees.

Biden moves to bring in asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under Trump program

The U.S. government next week will begin to gradually process asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under a controversial program put in place by former President Donald Trump, officials said.

Trump's defense will make the case for his acquittal on inciting Capitol riot

Donald Trump's defense lawyers will make their case on Friday why the former president is not guilty of inciting last month's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, as the Senate races toward a final vote in his impeachment trial as soon as Saturday.

U.S. DoJ says man in North Carolina charged with threatening Biden

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday that a man in North Carolina was charged with threatening President Joe Biden.

Twitter suspends Project Veritas account over privacy violations

Twitter Inc said on Thursday it suspended the account of conservative activist group Project Veritas for repeated violations of its private information policy, which prohibits sharing, or threatening to share others' private information without consent.

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