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A CDC advisory panel is weighing a major change to the long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth. Under the proposal discussed Thursday, only infants born to mothers who test positive for the virus would still get the shot at birth, while other babies would wait until…
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The FBI has arrested a Virginia man they believe planted the pipe bombs found near the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC, on the eve of the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. Attorney General Pam Bondi identified the suspect as Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia, and said he has been charged…
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A visiting Harvard Law School professor has agreed to leave the United States after Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained him over a BB gun shooting outside a Boston-area synagogue in October, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Carlos Portugal Gouvêa, a Brazilian national, was arrested Oct. 2 after firing a BB gun outside a…
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A federal grand jury refused to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges Thursday, just 10 days after a judge threw out the original case because the Trump administration’s handpicked prosecutor was unlawfully appointed. The Justice Department had quickly tried to revive the case by presenting it again, but the grand…
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The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Texas to use a new congressional map that is expected to boost Republicans in next year’s midterms, blocking a lower court ruling that found the boundaries were likely drawn based on race. The unsigned order preserves President Donald Trump’s effort to solidify GOP control of the House. The lower…
