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People enjoy lunch at Grand Central Market as indoor dining reopens in Los Angeles, on March 15, 2021. - Los Angeles and southern California is allowed to partially reopen indoor dining and movie theaters Governor Gavin Newsom announced last week, as the region hit key health criteria. Slammed by a brutal Covid-19 pandemic winter spike, California has seen a rapid decline in infection rates in recent weeks as a vaccination rollout has delivered at least one dose to nearly a fifth of residents. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Is Indoor Dining Safe After Vaccination? CDC Guidelines

Kristen Rogers As the vaccinated percentage of the population increases, you may be wondering whether now is finally the time to enjoy a meal that isn’t homemade or takeout. Indoor dining and drinking at restaurants and bars is riskier than some other places for a few reasons, according to the US Centers for Disease Control

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Vaccine Passports: What They Are and Why They Matter

By Theresa Waldrop With millions of Americans being vaccinated against Covid-19 every day, a heated debate is underway — do these people need proof of immunization in the form of a vaccine passport? Just like a national passport, a vaccine passport could allow the bearer entrance to a venue, like a crowded concert, or a

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks about vaccinations, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden Takes First Executive Steps on Gun Control

By Kevin Liptak President Joe Biden will take his first, limited actions on gun control Thursday, directing his administration to tighten restrictions on so-called ghost guns and pistol stabilizing braces that allow the weapons to be used more accurately, according to a senior administration official. The steps — which also include nominating a gun control

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Biden’s $2T Jobs Plan: Racial Equity and Infrastructure

Analysis by Brandon Tensley President Joe Biden’s newly unveiled $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, which is designed to revive the US’s infrastructure and tackle the climate crisis over the next eight years, offers some Black Americans hope — balanced with caution. To understand why the plan elicits hope, consider that it does something at once

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Black CEOs Lead Fight Against Voter Suppression in Georgia

Opinion by Peniel E. Joseph Black business leaders’ efforts to stop voter suppression in the wake of Georgia’s recently enacted voting bill illustrate the vanishing separation between protest and politics in America today. They also embody the work of Georgia’s most famous civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Over 70 Black executives, led

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Medical Assistant Joann e Grajeda, a volunteer from El Paso, Tx., administers a COVID-19 antigen test at a testing clinic on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, at Memorial Stadium in Port Huron.
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Fauci Warns of US Covid-19 Surge Amid Vaccine Rollout

By Madeline Holcombe The number of new Covid-19 cases has plateaued at a “disturbingly high level,” and the US is at risk from a new surge, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned on Wednesday. Although off the highs of earlier this year, there were still more than 61,000 new cases reported on Wednesday, according to data from

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SQUAWK BOX -- Pictured: Richard "Dick" Parsons, former chairman of Citigroup and former chairman and CEO of Time Warner, in an interview on January 9, 2015 -- (Photo by: David A. Grogan/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
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Ex-Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons Slams Georgia Voting Law

By Matt Egan Dick Parsons had to make countless difficult decisions during his storied corporate career. The decision to speak out on Georgia’s voting law was not one of them. “This was an easy one. There is simply no excuse for what the Georgia legislature has done,” Parsons told CNN Business in his first public

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Baltimore Removes Slave Owner John O’Donnell Statue

By WJZ Staff The statue of Captain John O’Donnell no longer stands in Canton Square in Baltimore City as of Monday night. The statue, which depicted the slave-owning merchant, came down later in the evening, months after community members and leaders petitioned for its removal. Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott called it a “historical moment,”

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Report: Black Adults Face More Health Care Discrimination

By Nicquel Terry Ellis Black adults were more likely than their White and Latino/Hispanic counterparts to report having been discriminated against or judged unfairly by a health care provider or their staff in the months leading up to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new analysis finds. The report was released this week by the

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 28: Paul Pierce receives the Lifetime Achievement Award onstage at the Sports Museum 'The Tradition' annual gala at TD Garden on November 28, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. 2018 honorees included Richard Petty, Jim Lonborg, Don Cherry, Paul Pierce, Julie Foudy and Deion Branch. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)

ESPN Fires Paul Pierce After Racy Instagram Live Video

By Frank Pallotta ESPN fired NBA analyst Paul Pierce after the Boston Celtics legend posted a racy Instagram Live video over the weekend. The video featured Pierce in a room with exotic dancers. The cable sports network ended its working relationship with Pierce Monday, an industry source told CNN Business. ESPN declined to comment on

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