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Updated Aug 11, 2021 - Health

Abbott threatens to take school districts that defy mask mandates ban to court

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

FDA set to authorize third COVID vaccine dose for immunocompromised people

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine syringe
Aug 11, 2021 - Health

The school districts defying Texas, Florida governors and mandating masks

Illustration of a school crossing sign wearing a mask.

Republican Scott Brown plans to jump back into political arena

Former US Senator Scott Brown

Kathy Hochul vows to turn the page on Cuomo's "toxic work environment"

Updated Aug 11, 2021 - Science

Sicily hits nearly 120 degrees, may have set Europe's all-time heat record

Map of temperatures in southern Europe and northern Africa

California to mandate COVID-19 vaccines or tests for teachers, school staff

Nearly 200 million in U.S. under heat advisories, warnings as two heat domes form

Map of the U.S. with red and orange colors representing hot temperatures.
Aug 11, 2021 - Health

CDC urges pregnant people to get vaccinated against COVID-19

A health worker administering a coronavirus vaccine in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 5.
Aug 11, 2021 - World

Israel to approve new construction in West Bank for both settlers and Palestinians

Updated Aug 11, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Manchin says he has "serious concerns" with $3.5 trillion spending bill

Picture of Sen. Joe Manchin speaking to reporters

McConnell praises Biden's role in Senate passing infrastructure bill

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, makes his way to the Senate chamber during the Senate vote-a-rama

Exclusive: Strange bedfellows come together on EV charging

Illustration of lightning bolt as Bat Signal
Aug 11, 2021 - Economy

Consumer prices rise in July, but rate of inflation slows

Illustration of a hand holding dollar sign balloons.

The age of the à la carte internet

Illustration of a smartphone with a payphone coin slot, and a dime going into it.
Aug 11, 2021 - Technology

Meet the AIs that can write — and code

Animated gif of a computer screen that reads "A.I" with the "I" as a blinking cursor
Aug 11, 2021 - Economy

Corporate profit margins at record high despite rising costs

Inside the Biden administration as Afghanistan collapses

Photo illustration of President Biden with Afghan militia fighters and displaced Afghan families
Aug 11, 2021 - Health

Medicare has become more of a private marketplace — and it's costly

Aug 11, 2021 - Economy

Crypto gets captured

Illustration of a bitcoin surrounded by hundred dollar bills.
Updated Aug 11, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Senate Democrats pass $3.5 trillion budget resolution

Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders
Updated Aug 11, 2021 - World

China court sentences Canadian Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for spying

A protester in 2019 holds photos of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who are being detained by China, outside British Columbia Supreme Court, in Vancouver
Updated Aug 11, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Texas GOP state House speaker signs warrants to arrest 52 Democrats

Group of Texas Democrats give a press conference

WH: Getting vaccinated "most important" step in hurricane preparedness

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on Senate passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in the East Room of the White House August 10, 2021 in Washington, DC.

In photos: Where wildfires are blazing around the world

firefighters use a water hose to extinguish the burning blaze of a forest fire
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