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The state has ordered the emergency suspension of a Rhode Island doctor’s license after an investigation uncovered he “recklessly” exposed his patients and staff to COVID-19.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — When negotiations failed to produce a new contract at a Volvo plant in Virginia this spring, its 2,900 workers went on strike. The company soon dangled what looked like a tempting offer — at least to the United Auto Workers local leaders who recommended it to their members: Pay raises. Signing […]

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Biden is not withholding benefits from unvaccinated veterans CLAIM: President Joe Biden has […]

PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) – Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Louisiana on Sunday, August 29. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Executive Director Stephen McCraney said Sunday and Monday will be very active weather days in the state. He encouraged Mississippians to have multiple ways to receive weather warnings. Neighbors could see […]

The panel said it would look for more information on the rare but potentially dangerous blood clot cases before voting on whether to continue to recommend pausing the use of the vaccine.

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. And like the worldwide scourge of a century ago, the coronavirus may never entirely disappear from our midst. Instead, scientists hope the virus that causes COVID-19 becomes a mild seasonal bug as human immunity strengthens through vaccination […]

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — More than 15,300 migrants have been released from federal custody without formal immigration court notices since an immigration influx began as President Joe Biden took office, a South Texas lawmaker on Tuesday told Border Report.

Homeless Americans who have been left off priority lists for coronavirus vaccinations — or even bumped aside as states shifted eligibility to older age groups — are finally getting their shots as vaccine supplies increase.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — No country is more infectious than the U.S. and no state in the country is more infectious than Tennessee when it comes to COVID-19. “Tennessee, as we speak, is the number one hot spot for transmission for the coronavirus in the entire world,” said Dr. Steve Threlkeld, infectious disease specialist with Baptist […]

Emergency room visits for mental health issues have skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic began. And doctors say the very rules to keep people safe from the virus are doing great damage when it comes to anxiety, depression and even suicide.

The thousands of unaccompanied undocumented migrant youth who have crossed the Southwest border in the past six weeks since the Biden administration took over is causing federal officials to shift how they process these children and to send for more federal resources, via FEMA staff, to help. The staff will help to prioritize and assess each child to either send them to an HHS detention facility or sponsors in the interior of the United States. US Rep. Henry Cuellar told Border Report on Monday…