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The New COVID-19 Shot Is Surprisingly Effective Against the Latest Variant

The latest COVID-19 vaccine offers good protection against the currently dominant strain of the virus, according to a new report in the MMWR, a journal published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s the first effectiveness

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UK judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit over dossier containing ‘shocking and scandalous claims’

A judge in London has thrown out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making “shocking and scandalous claims” that were false and harmed his reputation.

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Genius: MLK/X Star Aaron Pierre on Playing Icon Malcolm X

Genius: MLK/X, a NatGeo docudrama premiering Feb. 1, tells the stories of two of the most influential American civil rights leaders: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. While the U.S. has been celebrating Black History Month every February since

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US sanctions Israeli settlers over West Bank violence – BBC.com

US sanctions Israeli settlers over West Bank violence  BBC.com Biden signs order targeting Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians  Axios Biden Orders Sanctions on 4 Israelis Over West Bank Violence  The New York Times US imposes sanctions on four Israeli settlers over West Bank

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A Powerful Model to Strengthen U.S. Democracy

In a famous passage, the 19th-century French philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville proposed a link between the love of material gratification and the loss of political freedom. Taking Americans as one instance of a general point, he wrote: “It is not

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Newest COVID shots are 54 percent effective in preventing symptoms, CDC finds

Studies coming out later this year will assess how effective the shot was at preventing symptoms severe enough to send patients to a doctor’s office or hospital.

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Top UK diplomat says Britain could recognize a Palestinian state before a peace deal with Israel

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that U.K. recognition of an independent state of Palestine, including in the United Nations, “can’t come at the start of the process, but it doesn’t have to be the very end of the process.”

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Top UK diplomat says Britain could recognize a Palestinian state before a peace deal with Israel

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that U.K. recognition of an independent state of Palestine, including in the United Nations, “can’t come at the start of the process, but it doesn’t have to be the very end of the process.”

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The breast cancer burden in lower income countries is even worse than we thought

The World Health Organization has just released the latest worldwide statistics of the global burden of cancer. Here are five takeaways from WHO’s top expert on cancer. (Image credit: Connie Hanzhang Jin/NPR)

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10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection, Oregon high court says

The 2023 walkout paralyzed the Legislature for weeks and only ended after Republicans forced concessions from Democrats on a sweeping bill related to expanding access to abortion and transgender health care and another measure regarding the manufacture and transfer of

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