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John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate Reagan, to be freed from oversight

23374 08: Chaos surrounds shooting victims immediately after the assassination attempt on President Reagan, March 30, 1981, by John Hinkley Jr. outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC.

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Biden to receive COVID-19 booster shot on camera Monday

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to receive his COVID-19 vaccine booster shot on Monday on camera, the White House said.Biden, who got his second Pfizer dose on Jan. 11, will receive the jab at 1 p.m.

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Salmonella: CDC investigating outbreak linked to unknown food source

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of a "fast-growing" salmonella outbreak in at least 29 states linked to an unknown food source.The agency shared a notice on Sept.

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CDC director acknowledges ‘confusion’ over COVID-19 boosters

WASHINGTON - The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says she recognizes there’s some confusion now in the United States about who should get a COVID-19 vaccine booster.For starters, the just-approved booster is intended for people originally vaccinated with shots made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech.Last week, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky sided with most of the recommendations from CDC advisers on giving boosters six months after the last Pfizer dose for certain groups of people.RELATED: FDA approves Pfizer booster for 65 and older, others at high riskThat includes people 65 and older, nursing home residents and people ages 50 to 64 with chronic health problems such as diabetes.

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Pfizer-BioNTech to submit children COVID-19 vaccine data in ‘days’ for approval

WASHINGTON - Pfizer’s CEO says "it’s a question of days, not weeks" before the company and German partner BioNTech submit data to U.S. regulators for federal authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine for children age 5 to 11.That would be an important step toward starting vaccinations for those youngsters, especially with kids now back in school and the delta variant resulting in a big jump in pediatric infections.Pfizer said last week that its vaccine works for that age group and that it tested a much lower dose of the vaccine that’s already available for anyone 12 and older.

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Utah football player killed in house party shooting, police say

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 28: Aaron Lowe #2 of the Utah Utes looks on before their game against the Washington Huskies at Husky Stadium on November 28, 2020 in Seattle, Washington.

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African leaders call out UN member states over inequities of global COVID-19 vaccine distribution

WASHINGTON (AP) - As wealthy countries begin to consider whether to offer their populations a third COVID-19 shot, African nations still waiting for their first gave this stark reminder to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday: "No one is safe unless we are all safe."That message was repeated throughout the day as the inequity of vaccine distribution came into sharp focus.

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COVID-19 cases higher in schools without mask policies, CDC studies show

WASHINGTON - On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released three studies highlighting the importance of using layered prevention strategies including universal masking to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus in schools. The studies, published in the site’s "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report," found that school districts without a universal masking policy in place were more likely to have COVID-19 outbreaks.

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White House Quad summit: Biden hosts Indo-Pacific leaders amid China concerns

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Friday is set to host the first in-person gathering of leaders of an Indo-Pacific alliance known as "the Quad" as he wraps up a difficult week of diplomacy after facing no shortage of criticism from allies and adversaries.The White House meeting with leaders from India, Japan and Australia gives Biden a chance to put the spotlight on a chief foreign policy goal: greater attention to the Pacific in light of what the United States sees as China’s coercive economic practices and unsettling military maneuvering in the region.The leaders are expected to announce a coronavirus vaccine initiative, plans to bolster semiconductor supply chains and a program to bring graduate and doctoral students in STEM fields to

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CDC panel OKs Pfizer booster for 65 and older, others at high risk

WASHINGTON - An advisory panel for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention granted its final approval on Thursday for offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to Americans ages 65 and up and others at high risk for severe disease, clearing the way for the extra shots to begin. The advisory panel to the CDC recommended the extra doses for people 65 and older, nursing home residents, and people who are 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions.

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US unemployment claims tick up from near a pandemic low

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week to 351,000, a sign that the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market's recovery, at least temporarily.Thursday's report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims rose by 16,000 from the previous week.

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Pfizer COVID-19 booster: CDC panel continues discussions after FDA sign-off

WASHINGTON - A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will continue its two-day meeting on Thursday to discuss specific recommendations about who should get Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot — and when — following a sign-off by the U.S.

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FDA approves Pfizer booster for 65 and older, others at high risk

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreed with a government advisory panel and approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster for those who are 65 years and older or run a high risk of severe disease.A U.S.

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Biden to pledge 500 million more Pfizer vaccine donations for poor nations at UN Covid-19 summit

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CDC advisory panel to discuss Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots

WASHINGTON - An advisory panel for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scheduled to meet this week to discuss Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 booster shot, who should get the extra dose and when they should receive it.The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will convene on Wednesday and Thursday to review data on the safety and effectiveness of Pfizer’s booster dose, according to a meeting agenda.

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Biden doubling order for global COVID-19 vaccines to 1 billion doses

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to announce that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70% of the global population within the next year.The stepped-up U.S. commitment is to be the cornerstone of the global vaccination summit Biden is convening virtually Wednesday on the sidelines of the U.N.

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US COVID-19 deaths average more than 1,900 a day for 1st time since March

FILE - 'In America: Remember,' a public art installation commemorating all the Americans who have died due to COVID-19 is laid out near the Washington Monument. RELATED: J&J COVID-19 booster 94% effective 2 months after 1st shot, company says"I’ve got to tell you, a guy has got to wonder if we are ever going to see the end of it or not," said Collin Follis, who is the coroner in Missouri’s Madison County and works at a funeral home.The nation was stunned back in December when it was witnessing 3,000 deaths a day.

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UN General Assembly opener highlights pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine gaps

On the first day of high-level discussion at the United Nations General Assembly, leaders of Brazil and the United States were among the first to address the gathering, underscoring underlying tensions about COVID-19 measures but also drawing needed attention to vaccine gaps.

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US to relax Covid-19 travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign nationals

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COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11, Pfizer says

PHILADELPHIA - Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.The company is expected to seek emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration by the end of September and children 5 to 11 may be receiving shots by Halloween. At Seger Park in Philadelphia’s Washington Square West neighborhood, kids and parents enjoyed the warm weather. Matt Ginion playing in the park with his 6-year-old daughter Hanna is happy with the news."I think it’s great. I can’t wait for her to get it.

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COVID-19 has killed as many Americans as 1918 Spanish flu

FILE - A woman watches white flags on the National Mall on Sept. 18, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Health experts urge patience on wider use of Covid-19 booster shots

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On year’s anniversary of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, abortion rights in limbo

died at her home in Washington at the age of 87. She died of complications from pancreatic cancer.Ginsburg spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing and became something of a rock star to her admirers.

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CDC: Health care-associated infections up amid COVID-19 pandemic

WASHINGTON - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the health care sector has experienced an increase in infections, another grim announcement to an industry impacted severely by the pandemic."We know the COVID-19 pandemic has placed tremendous stress on the health care sector, from hospitals to nursing homes to outpatient clinics," Dr.

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FDA advisory panel OKs Pfizer COVID-19 booster for 65 and older, votes no for younger

WASHINGTON - An advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted to reject a plan to offer a booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for Americans saying more data is needed to determine if boosters are safe and effective.The vote by the committee of outside experts assembled by the Food and Drug Administration was 16-12, with members expressing frustration that Pfizer had provided little data on the safety of extra doses.

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FDA advisory panel rejects plan to offer Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans

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National Zoo lions, tigers test 'presumptive positive' for COVID-19

WASHINGTON - Officials at the Smithsonian's National Zoo say six African lions, a Sumatran tiger and two Amur tigers have tested presumptive positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherAnimal keepers observed symptoms like decreased appetites, coughing and sneezing in several of the animals last week.

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FDA panel considers Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots for Americans

WASHINGTON - An advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday will meet to consider whether there is enough proof that a booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for Americans is safe and effective. The FDA’s independent panel of advisers will also vote on whether the agency should approve the additional dose for those 16 and older.

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Gen. Mark Milley: Calls to China were 'perfectly' within scope of job

WASHINGTON - The top U.S. military officer said Friday that calls he made to his Chinese counterpart in the final stormy months of Donald Trump's presidency were "perfectly within the duties and responsibilities" of his job.In his first public comments on the conversations, Gen.

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Biden tasks OSHA with enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates

WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines. Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it usually busies itself with tasks such as setting and enforcing standards for goggles, hardhats and ladders.But President Joe Biden this month threw the tiny Labor Department agency into the raging national debate over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

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Jan. 6 House committee seeking records on Gen. Mark Milley's calls to China

WASHINGTON (AP) - The leaders of a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection said Thursday they have sought records related to calls from Gen.

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Flags displayed on National Mall in honor of 600,000+ COVID-19 deaths in U.S.

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A new art exhibition is being installed on the National Mall that features more than 600,000 white flags, each one representing a life lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. during the pandemic.Volunteers plant white flags on the National Mall on Wednesday, Sept.

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US unemployment claims rise as delta variant weighs on economy

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that worsening COVID infections may have slightly increased layoffs.Applications for jobless aid rose from 312,000 the week before, the Labor Department said Thursday. Jobless claims, which generally track the pace of layoffs, have fallen steadily for two months as many employers, struggling to fill jobs, have held onto their employees.

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Biden admin begins notifying governors how many Afghan evacuees settling in their states

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Wednesday began notifying governors and state refugee coordinators across the country about how many Afghan evacuees from among the first group of nearly 37,000 arrivals are slated to be resettled in their states.California is projected to take more arrivals than any other — more than 5,200 people, according to State Department data for the Afghan Placement and Assistance program obtained by The Associated Press.Alabama and Mississippi are each slated to welcome 10, according to U.S. officials.

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Biden meets with CEOs, business leaders to discuss COVID-19 vaccine mandates

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden met Wednesday with the CEOs of Walt Disney and Columbia Sportswear, and other business executives and leaders, to discuss his recently announced vaccine requirement for companies that employ at least 100 people.The White House meeting comes less than a week after Biden said that the Labor Department is working to require businesses with 100 or more employees to order those workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or show a negative test result at least weekly.Some 80 million workers would be subject to the requirement, Biden said.

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Biles, former gymnasts testify on FBI's mishandling of Larry Nassar case

WASHINGTON - Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress on Wednesday that "enough is enough" in emotional testimony along with other young gymnasts about her sexual abuse at the hands of USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.Biles blamed not only the gymnastics organization but also federal law enforcement that "turned a blind eye" to the crimes as hundreds of young athletes were abused."I blame Larry Nassar and I also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse," Biles said through tears in her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Biden to meet with top executives on Covid-19 vaccine mandate

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Justice Department files emergency motion to stop enforcement of Texas abortion law

WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice filed an emergency motion Tuesday evening to stop Texas from enforcing its recently passed law banning almost all abortions in the state. "This attempt to shield a plainly unconstitutional law from review cannot stand. The United States seeks a temporary restraining order or a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of S.B.

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Kids' COVID-19 cases continue to rise in US

The American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP's) latest numbers on US pediatric COVID-19 cases once again show a significant rise in confirmed cases in patients under 18.

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Biden gathers support for global pandemic summit

Yesterday, President Biden invited world leaders to a virtual summit on ending the pandemic, with a goal of vaccinating at least 70% of the world by next September, according to the Washington Post.

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Blinken resumes testimony on Afghanistan withdrawal amid al-Qaida warning

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday sought to parry bipartisan congressional criticism of the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal, as new intelligence estimates warned that al-Qaida could soon again use Afghan soil to plot attacks on the United States.Blinken had mixed results in attempting to face down a second day of tough congressional questioning, this time from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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DOJ limits use of chokeholds, no-knock entries by federal officers

WASHINGTON - U.S. federal law enforcement officers are prohibited from the use of chokeholds and carotid restraints — unless deadly force is authorized — and limited on the use of no-knock entries during a search warrant, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. "Building trust and confidence between law enforcement and the public we serve is central to our mission at the Justice Department," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

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Stimulus payments curbed poverty growth during pandemic, census shows

WASHINGTON (AP) - The share of Americans living in poverty rose slightly as the COVID-19 pandemic shook the economy last year, but massive relief payments pumped out by Congress eased hardship for many, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday.The official poverty measure showed an increase of 1 percentage point in 2020, indicating that 11.4% of Americans were living in poverty. It was the first increase in poverty after five consecutive annual declines.But a more complete supplemental measure of poverty, which takes into account income streams such as stimulus payments, actually showed that the share of people in poverty dipped after the aid was factored in.The pandemic shutdown sent tremors through the economy last year.

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US Postal Service hiring 40,000 seasonal workers for 2021 holidays

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service is hiring more than 40,000 seasonal workers in preparation for the 2021 holiday season as the agency and other shipping companies anticipate another record year. Seasonal opportunities include city and rural mail carriers, mail handlers and drivers.

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Biden to visit Colorado Tuesday to pitch investments in clean energy

DENVER - While legislators craft the details back in Washington, President Joe Biden is pitching his massive domestic spending package with a visit to a renewable energy lab in Colorado to highlight how the investments in clean energy in his plan would help combat climate change.The trip to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Denver will cap off the president’s two-day swing to the West, and offer Biden the chance to continue linking the need to pass the spending package to the urgent threat posed by climate change.

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California man armed with bayonet, machete talked about ‘white supremacy,’ Capitol police say

WASHINGTON - A California man who told Capitol police he was "on patrol" while espousing what they described as "white supremacist ideology" was arrested Monday morning after officers noticed a bayonet and a machete in his vehicle, which was decorated with Nazi symbols.READ MORE: Capitol Police recommend discipline against six officers for Jan. 6th conductAccording to Capitol police, the man was in his truck near the Democratic National Committee headquarters when they took him into custody.They pulled 44-year-old Donald Craighead of Oceanside, Calif.

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Afghan evacuee flights paused for 1 week amid more measles cases

WASHINGTON - All flights carrying evacuees out of Afghanistan remain temporarily paused after several additional cases of measles were reported among the people seeking asylum in the United States, according to a spokesperson with the Department of Defense. The pause will continue for the next seven days, according to the Pentagon. During a Monday press briefing, Department of Defense press secretary John Kirby said that all Afghans who have arrived in the U.S. are required to get a measles vaccine as part of their humanitarian parole. "We certainly are taking these cases seriously, that’s why the CDC is involved and we paused the flights coming in.

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Biden to speak in person before UN General Assembly

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to deliver his first address to the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York, the White House announced Monday.The annual convening of world leaders will take place in-person this year, after being held virtually in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The White House says Biden will deliver remarks on Tuesday, Sept. 21.RELATED: More than 100 world leaders to attend UN gathering in personFILE - US President Joe Biden walks to Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Sept.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0