States cut down on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts despite Delta variant surge
Reuters CEOs back to pre-pandemic levels of confidence, KPMG survey shows The bosses of the world’s biggest companies are back …
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2 top FDA officials resigned over the Biden administration’s booster-shot plan, saying it insisted on the policy before the agency approved it, reports say
President Joe Biden. AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta The FDA announced the resignations of Marion Gruber and Philip Krause on Tuesday. The …
Tarzana couple convicted in $18-million pandemic relief fraud flee and are fugitives, FBI says
Richard Ayvazyan of Tarzana exits the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles in June. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) …
White House quietly corrects Biden on number of US citizens stuck in Afghanistan after war-ending speech
The White House quietly corrected President Joe Biden after he said in a speech Tuesday that 90% of U.S. citizens …
USPS has shorted some workers’ pay for years, CPI finds
Nancy Campos’ back ached as she loaded more than 100 Amazon packages onto her truck. The 59-year-old grandmother, a mail …
Even with the Delta variant, the ability of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent hospitalization hasn’t significantly dropped, CDC scientist says
Francine Orr /Los Angeles Times via Getty Images COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against infection seems to have declined, a CDC scientist …
Officials withhold school board salaries over mask mandates
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida state education officials on Monday began to make good on threats to withhold funding from …
Cases against 17 people charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot on hold after lawyer goes missing
MILWAUKEE — The cases against 17 of the more than 500 people charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the …