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Some Health Experts Suggest Double Masking As New Coronavirus Variants Spread

4:22pm January 26, 2021

by Maria Godoy

As more contagious coronavirus variants spread in the U.S., some public health experts say it's time to wear two masks. A cloth mask with a surgical mask on top should give more protection, they say.

Nursing Homes Offer Financial Incentives To Encourage Staff To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

4:22pm January 26, 2021

by Allison Aubrey

Only 30% to 60% of nursing home staff have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a recent survey finds. Some facilities are providing financial incentives to encourage more to get shots.

New Treasury Secretary Wants Congress To 'Act Big' With Pandemic Response

4:22pm January 26, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Janet Yellen, who was sworn in as Treasury secretary on Tuesday, is urging lawmakers to "act big" in response to the pandemic. But some Republican lawmakers are balking at increased government debt.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is seen here in November. A judge has ordered that tapes allegedly showing Kraft paying for sex at a massage parlor must be destroyed.

Judge Orders Destruction Of Alleged Sex Tapes Of Robert Kraft

3:52pm January 26, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

Misdemeanor solicitation charges against Kraft and other men were dropped last year after a Florida appeals court ruled that the videos were not admissible as evidence.

Pro-Trump extremists attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The acting U.S. Capitol Police chief apologized to Congress Tuesday for the department's failure to secure the building.

New Capitol Police Chief Offers 'Sincerest Apologies' To Congress

3:40pm January 26, 2021

by Mark Katkov

Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told a House committee that the department expects to answer "for our failings on Jan. 6."

Patti Herring sobs as she sorts through the remains of her home in Fultondale, Ala., on Tuesday, after her house was destroyed by a tornado.

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Tornado Rips Through Birmingham, Ala., Area Leaving At Least 1 Dead, Dozens Injured

3:20pm January 26, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

The brunt of the twister's damage was sustained in the city of Fultondale, just north of Birmingham. The Jefferson County coroner confirmed one dead, whom officials said was a high school student.

The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles M. Blow

Charles Blow's 'The Devil You Know' Is A Black Power Manifesto For Our Time

12:21pm January 26, 2021

by Hope Wabuke

Blow's book is a call to action for Black Americans to reconsider their Great Migration North and imagine new possibilities of Black political might.

Lisa Howze, Gia Howze and Palestine Howze. Palestine Howze died last year. Now her family is suing Treyburn Rehabilitation Center, where she lived.

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Nursing Home Critics Say COVID-19 Immunity Laws Are A Free Pass For Neglect

11:36am January 26, 2021

by Ina Jaffe

Nearly 30 states temporarily shielded nursing homes from COVID-19 lawsuits. But resident advocates say that protection means they can't sue for things that have nothing to do with the coronavirus.

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Residents of Protection, Kan., gathered in the high school gym to receive polio shots on April 2, 1957. The mass inoculation event was staged by the March of Dimes, then known as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

In Tiny Kansas Town, Pandemic Skeptics Abound Amid False Information And Politics

11:24am January 26, 2021

by Jim McLean

In 1957, residents of the southwestern town Protection set an example by being the first in the U.S. to be fully inoculated against polio. Now locals are divided on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow, had been using his Twitter account to spread disinformation about the 2020 election.

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My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Permanently Suspended From Twitter

11:21am January 26, 2021

by Brakkton Booker

Lindell, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, had been using his Twitter account to spread disinformation about the 2020 presidential election, including false claims of voter fraud.