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Oct 29, 2021 - Health

FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11

A health care worker administering a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine to a child in Bingham Farms, Michigan, in May 2021.
Oct 29, 2021 - World

Biden to Macron: Handling of secret submarine deal was "clumsy"

Picture of Biden and Macron shaking hands

Biden trying again to end "Remain in Mexico" policy

Photo of a group of people wearing masks and carrying luggage in a line waiting on a bridge

Kinzinger will not seek re-election in 2022

Representative Adam Kinzinger listens during a business meeting of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.

SEC eyes phone calls in Sen. Burr insider trading probe

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) speaking during a committee hearing in September 2021.

Takeaways from the Big Oil congressional hearing

Darren Woods, chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, speaks via videoconference during a House committee hearing on Oct. 28, 2021.
Oct 29, 2021 - Health

Study: Abortions in Texas dropped by half in month after ban took effect

Picture of a pro-abortion protest
Oct 29, 2021 - Economy

Pandemic factory scramble reshapes manufacturing — again

Illustration of packages on a conveyor belt that is shaped like a question mark.
Oct 29, 2021 - World

Charted: U.S. at the bottom on parental leave

Oct 29, 2021 - Technology
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Facebook's long, bumpy road to the metaverse

Photo of Mark Zuckerberg introducing Facebook's metaverse plan standing in front of a modernist fireplace
Oct 29, 2021 - Economy

Millions of baby boomers retired early during the pandemic

What to watch from Biden and Macron's meeting in Rome

Oct 29, 2021 - Health

How shots will make it into kids' arms

Illustration of a round bandaid in the shape of smiley face on a child's arm

Progressives “bamboozled” by Biden meeting

Rep. Cori Bush is seen surrounded by reporters on Thursday.
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