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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Smoke and heat from a massive wildfire in southeastern Oregon are creating giant “fire clouds” over the blaze — dangerous columns of smoke and ash that can reach up to 6 miles (10 kilometers) in the sky and are visible from more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away. Authorities have put […]

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Tennessee lawmakers delivered very different takes on a now-suspended Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) effort to encourage minors to get vaccinated for COVID. “What didn’t sit right with the legislature was the fact that the department was marketing to young people, they were actually marketing to 12- and 14-year-olds without […]

As the Delta variant spreads rapidly across the United States and other countries, some people may be wondering if they can bolster their immunity with a shot from a different manufacturer.

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 79 on Friday, a number the mayor called “heartbreaking” as recovery workers toiled for a 16th day to find victims in the rubble. Another 61 people remain unaccounted for. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the work to […]

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President Joe Biden drew on his own experiences with grief and loss to comfort families affected by the Florida condo collapse, telling them to “never give up hope” even as the search for survivors paused early Thursday, a week after the building came down.

Tennessee’s 112th General Assembly has passed a long list of new laws that Governor Bill Lee signed, which will take effect July 1.

The search for survivors, now in its sixth day after a 12-story condo collapsed in south Florida. 150 are still missing and 11 bodies have been found among the rubble.

“More families may choose family child care homes to care for their young children or even their school-aged children rather than returning to maybe group-based care,” said Cathy McHorse, the vice president of Success by 6 at the United Way for Greater Austin. “It feels … maybe a little safer at this time because they’re smaller groups.”

Amid scorching temperatures, doctors are cautioning anyone taking certain medications to take extra steps to keep cool.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to speed development of antiviral pills to treat COVID-19 and other dangerous viruses that could turn into pandemics. The new program will invest in “accelerating things that are already in progress” for COVID-19 but also would work to come up with treatments for other viruses, […]