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Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine
<p>MISSION, Kan. — Parents, schools and vaccine clinics rushed to begin inoculating younger adolescents Tuesday after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children...
Consultant: West Virginia city was bombarded with opioids
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed with shipments...
COVID-vaccine maker BioNTech reports $1.37B profit in Q1
<p>BERLIN — German pharmaceutical company BioNTech reported a net profit of 1.13 billion euros ($1.37 billion) in the first quarter of this year on...
Pentagon reconsidering huge JEDI cloud-computing contract
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reconsidering how to make a massive shift to cloud computing, officials said Monday, suggesting it could scrap the so-called...
Tortoise movers sue Florida for $500,000 in license dispute
<p>DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Two men who relocate gopher tortoises are suing Florida’s wildlife commission, saying they should be awarded at least $500,000 in...
Oprah, Prince Harry reunite for Apple TV+ mental health show
<p>LOS ANGELES — Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry are teaming up for a series that will delve into mental health issues and feature segments...
French court dismisses case over Agent Orange use in Vietnam
<p>PARIS — A French court on Monday dismissed the case of a French-Vietnamese woman who sued 14 companies that produced and sold the powerful...
US opens probe of steering problems in Honda Accord sedans
<p>DETROIT — The U.S. government's auto safety agency is investigating multiple complaints about steering failures that could affect more than 1.1 million Honda Accord...
AGs urge Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ proposal
<p>A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of...
Corruption case of ex-Massachusetts mayor heads to jurors
<p>BOSTON — Lawyers made their final pitch to jurors Monday in the fraud and corruption case against a once-celebrated young Massachusetts mayor, painting contrasting...