By Zachary Stieber The effectiveness of the three COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States has declined in recent months, with protection against infection falling under 50 percent for two of them, according to a new study. Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine dropped from 89.2 percent in March to 58 percent in September, researchers found. During the same […]
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Cartels Using Narco Slaves to Grow Illegal Marijuana on Industrial Scale in Oregon
By Scottie Barnes Seven years after Oregon legalized recreational marijuana, the market for cannabis is booming. But rather than propagate a legal agricultural sector that grows the state’s economy as intended, the industry has taken a dark turn in Southern Oregon. Today, it is cultivating an ecosystem of international organized crime, human trafficking, and environmental degradation. […]
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Supreme Court Defies Biden Administration, Accepts Immigration, EPA Cases
By Matthew Vadum The Supreme Court decided Oct. 29 to hear two cases that the Biden administration did not want the court to hear—one, aimed at reviving a rule that screens out potentially government-dependent immigrants, and another that could roll back the reach of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The court decisions came as […]
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Shipping Problems to Persist Through 2022 Amid Supply Chain Crisis: Economists
By Katabella Roberts Economists expect shipping problems at large ports in the United States as well as the subsequent shortage in goods and price increases to persist into the middle of 2022 amid the ongoing supply chain crisis. Roughly 77 ships are currently waiting outside docks in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, carrying a […]
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Walgreens Responds After Family Says Children Received COVID-19 Vaccine Instead of Flu Shot
By Jack Phillips Walgreens issued a statement saying vaccine mix-ups are rare after an Indiana family said their two young children got two full adult doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine instead of influenza shots. Speaking to 14News, Alexandra and Joshua Price said a Walgreens in Evansville, Indiana, administered the COVID-19 vaccines to their two young children, aged 4 and […]
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Federal Judge Rules Against Natural Immunity Claim Challenging COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
By Jack Phillips A federal judge on Oct. 8 denied a request to block Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the basis of natural immunity. An employee at the school, Jeanna Norris, filed a lawsuit against the mandate and asked a judge to intervene on the basis that she had already contracted COVID-19 and recovered. She presented two antibody […]
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Pennsylvania Democrats Protest Curriculum Transparency Bill
By Beth Belje The idea of parents having easy access to their children’s school curriculum was vigorously debated Wednesday in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Pennsylvania code already allows parents to have access to school curriculum, but house Bill 1332 proposes putting that information on school websites. Some school districts already do this, but other districts require […]
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Households Brace for Higher Winter Heating Costs as Natural Gas Prices Vault
By Tom Ozimek The relentless rise in natural gas prices continued on Wednesday, highlighting the looming threat to American households bracing for higher heating costs in the event of a harsh winter. U.S. natural gas futures were up 1.11 percent at $6.382 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) in early trading on Oct. 6 after jumping around 9 […]
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Intel Breaks Ground on $20 Billion Arizona Plants as US Chip Factory Race Heats Up
By Reuters Intel Corp on Friday broke ground on two new factories in Arizona as part of its turnaround plan to become a major manufacturer of chips for outside customers. The $20 billion plants—dubbed Fab 52 and Fab 62—will bring the total number of Intel factories at its campus in Chandler, Arizona, to six. They will house Intel’s […]
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Jobless Claims Rise Above Expectation to Highest Level in a Month
By Tom Ozimek The number of American workers who filed for unemployment rose above expectations last week and hit the highest level in a month, new government figures show. First-time filings for unemployment insurance—a proxy for layoffs—came in at 351,000 for the week ending Sept. 18, a rise of 16,000 from the previous week’s revised level of […]
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Brian Laundrie Possibly Spotted on Deer Camera in Florida, Officials ‘Actively’ Investigating
By Jack Phillips Brian Laundrie, a person of interest sought by police in the disappearance of missing woman Gabby Petito, was possibly spotted on a deer camera in an area in Flordia and police are investigating. Sam Bass said he spotted the man with a backpack at 6:17 a.m. in Baker, located on the western end of […]
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Arizona Woman ‘Mistakenly’ Injected With COVID-19 Vaccine
By Allan Stein A Scottsdale, Arizona, woman is livid after being injected with a COVID-19 vaccine at a California pharmacy without her knowledge or consent, thinking she was being given a flu shot. Savannah Courtad said the mix-up happened on Sept. 14 at a Walgreens pharmacy in Fresno, California, and that it has left her feeling confused […]
