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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 29: People wearing masks avoid social distancing on a close to full subway car on March 29, 2021 in New York City. After undergoing various shutdown orders for the past 12 months the city is currently in phase 4 of its reopening plan, allowing for the reopening of low-risk outdoor activities, movie and television productions, indoor dining as well as the opening of movie theaters, all with capacity restrictions. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
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CDC director says Americans may soon return to everyday activities, but ‘we’re not quite there yet’

By Christina Maxouris, Jason Hanna and Steve Almasy Though many Americans are eager to return to normal after a year of living through the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reminded Americans that “we’re not quite there yet.” “We are so close — so very close

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Vanessa Bryant celebrates daughter Natalia getting into USC

By Marianne Garvey Vanessa Bryant is a proud mom. She announced on Instagram Tuesday that her 18-year-old daughter Natalia Bryant was accepted into the University of Southern California (USC), saying that her late husband Kobe Bryant would have been proud of their daughter. “I got in!” Natalia, wearing a USC sweatshirt, yells in the clip.

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Black Fortune 500 executives want companies to fight Republican voting restrictions

By Chauncey Alcorn Some of the nation’s most prominent Black business leaders are calling out their Fortune 500 peers for their muted response to new laws that restrict voting across the country. Merck chief executive Ken Frazier and Berkshire Hathaway director Kenneth Chenault were among the 72 Black executives who signed a letter released Wednesday

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US President Joe Biden speaks on the national vaccination efforts in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 18, 2021. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden set to convene his Cabinet in-person for the first time on Thursday

By Betsy Klein President Joe Biden is set to convene his Cabinet in-person for the first time Thursday at the White House. The meeting comes one day after he rolls out the first piece of his sweeping infrastructure proposal focused on investments in transportation, public water, health and broadband systems, community care for seniors and

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Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine protection lasts at least six months, protects against variants

By Maggie Fox The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection lasts at least six months after the second dose, the companies said Thursday. It’s the first look at how long protection for a coronavirus vaccine lasts, and while six months is a modest target, it’s longer than the 90

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Passing the Torch: Shirley Chisholm and Kamala Harris

Former Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Shirley Chisholm was the first woman to ever run for President of the United States in 1972 and the first African American woman in Congress. Following in her footsteps is Vice President Kamala Harris Born in 1924 in Brooklyn, NY, Chisholm was the oldest of four, born

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