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Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine Offers Strong Protection but Fuels Concern About Variants

The vaccine’s efficacy rate dropped from 72 percent in the United States to just 57 percent in South Africa, where a highly contagious variant is driving most cases.

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The Dig Is Just the Movie to Relieve Midwinter Cabin Fever

The English countryside captures the imagination of outsiders for lots of reasons: it’s a place of great, brambly beauty, where grass and mud reign in equal splendor. You can wear tweeds and Wellies unapologetically, and not just if you’re an

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The Biden Presidency Could Fundamentally Change the U.S. Space Program

Nobody was thinking much about the newly elected junior senator from Delaware back in December of 1972, when the Apollo 17 moonwalkers collected lunar sample 76015, 43. The senator was Joseph Biden, the moon walkers were Jack Schmitt and Gene

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Explosion outside Israeli embassy in New Delhi damages cars; no casualties

Blast appears to have been caused by a small improvised explosive device; Israeli authorities treating the explosion as a suspected attack

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Europe expected to place export restrictions on vaccines amid shortage fears – CNN

Europe expected to place export restrictions on vaccines amid shortage fears  CNN EU, AstraZeneca vaccine dispute is not another ‘Brexit battle,’ Irish PM  CNBC German officials say AstraZeneca vaccine shouldn’t be given to over-65s, citing lack of data  CNN Why Europe’s Vaccine Politics

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N.J. weather: Winter storm could dump up to 1 foot of snow. Updates on timing, track, forecast maps. – NJ.com

N.J. weather: Winter storm could dump up to 1 foot of snow. Updates on timing, track, forecast maps.  NJ.com Winter storm barreling toward Northeast may cover NYC with four inches of snow  New York Post Snowstorm may take aim at major East

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Iran’s nuclear activities do not mean it’s seeking atomic bomb, FM Zarif says

Tehran’s top diplomat once again insists US must return to deal before Iran does, as Turkish counterpart expresses hope for sanctions removal

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‘People are angry’: House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump face backlash at home – CNN

‘People are angry’: House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump face backlash at home  CNN Hostility between congressional Republicans and Democrats reaches new lows amid growing fears of violence  The Washington Post Trump should be banned from running again. But that’s just

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‘People are angry’: House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump face backlash at home – CNN

‘People are angry’: House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump face backlash at home  CNN The Republican Party is sending a message to Donald Trump he won’t like  CNN Opinion | The G.O.P. Is in a Doom Loop of Bizarro  The New York

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