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Pfizer says its COVID-19 is over 90% effective in kids ages 5-11

4:15pm October 22, 2021

by Allison Aubrey

Pfizer-BioNTech says their COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective in kids ages 5 to 11. The Food and Drug Administration is likely to decide on emergency authorization as soon as the last week of October.

Tracking bank account information could help curb tax evasion, but there's pushback

4:15pm October 22, 2021

by Scott Horsley

The Biden administration hopes to help fund its agenda by cracking down on tax evasion, spotting cheats using account information from banks. It's drawing opposition from GOP lawmakers and banks.

Nitin Bajaj surveys the damaged empty kitchen earlier this month. The stove the tenants took with them has been replaced, but there is still much work to be done.

They didn't pay rent and stole the fridge. Pandemic spawns nightmare tenants

1:27pm October 22, 2021

by Chris Arnold

Some landlords got hurt by tenants who took advantage of eviction bans during the pandemic. Now they can't get any help from a massive $47 billion federal rental assistance program.

In this photo from a Hollywood studio gun department in 1958, Rodd Redwing (left) checks the final adjustment that Bob Lane is making on a six-gun. Redwing is an actor and a teacher of western gun handling. Lane is one of the men who repair and service th

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On-set deaths from prop guns are rare — but not unheard of

11:36am October 22, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins on a film set in Santa Fe, N.M., is a reminder that prop weapons can pose a serious risk. But Hollywood history includes only a few such incidents.

A coal-hauling truck with 240 tons of coal drives to the surface at the Buckskin Coal Mine in Gillette, Wyo., in 2004.

U.S. coal production is up sharply after hitting a 50-year low last year

10:18am October 22, 2021

by Kayla Desroches

As the Biden administration prepares to negotiate reductions in fossil fuel use at the Glasgow climate summit at the end of the month, U.S. coal production is actually up significantly this year.

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Alec Baldwin fires prop gun on movie set killing a film crew member

7:39am October 22, 2021

Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of Rust near Sante Fe, killing the film's director of photography and injuring the director, according to the sheriff's office of Santa Fe County, N.M.

A helicopter hovers over a remote area northeast of the town of Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 18. According to the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office, the area is reported to be where a family and their dog were found dead.

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Heat stress likely caused the deaths of a California family while they were hiking

8:37pm October 21, 2021

by Eric Westervelt

The case of the family found dead on a hiking trail in August had perplexed investigators and the public. On Thursday, Sheriff-Coroner Jeremy Briese confirmed the cause of death.

Menari, the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, is seen climbing in her enclosure at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. The zoo announced Thursday that Menari is pregnant with twins.

An endangered Sumatran orangutan at the New Orleans zoo is expecting twins

8:34pm October 21, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The births will be the first for Menari, zoo officials say. She is expected to give deliver the twins sometime this winter.

In this photo illustration, a container of Johnson's baby powder sits on a table in 2019.

J&J is using a bankruptcy maneuver to block lawsuits over baby powder cancer claims

8:03pm October 21, 2021

by Brian Mann

Johnson & Johnson spun off liabilities — including roughly 38,000 lawsuits — linked to claims of asbestos contamination in its baby powder to a new firm, which then declared bankruptcy.

Adil Dghoughi, 31, was parked in a car in a rural neighborhood late at night. According to local reports, Dghoughi was shot through the window of the car and died on the scene.

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A Moroccan man was shot to death in Texas while sitting in a car

7:32pm October 21, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

The Council on American Islamic Relations is calling for a complete and independent investigation of the killing in Caldwell County, about 40 miles from Austin.