Yes, Michigan employers can mandate COVID-19 vaccinations — but it could bring problems

Companies ranging from the Detroit 3 automakers to restaurants are thinking about how they communicate to their employees about the vaccine.

      

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‘I see bodies flying’: Protesters in New York City struck by car; 6 injured

The protestors were on hand to raise awareness and bring attention to an ongoing hunger strike by ICE detainees at the Bergen County Jail.

      

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Reality check for Trump’s fantasies: Judges aren’t his pawns on election lawsuits.

Scorching rulings from Trump appointees underscore that the American system of democracy can survive an assault even by the president of United States.

      

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Blake Griffin joins Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s COVID-19 taskforce: ‘Everybody has to contribute’

Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin, the lone athlete on Gov. Whitmer’s COVID-19 vaccine taskforce, said he wants to promote responsible habits.

      

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628 parents of separated children are still missing. Here’s why immigrant advocates can’t find them.

Immigrant advocates face challenges trying to locate hundreds of parents separated from their children in 2017 by Trump administration policies.

      

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Asteroids aren’t completely random? Mass extinctions of Earth’s land animals follow a cycle, study finds

Widespread extinctions of land-dwelling animals – which include amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds – follow a cycle of about 27 million years.

      

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Man arrested in fatal shooting of 26-year-old ICU nurse who was driving to work

Nashville police announced Devaunte Lewis Hill, 21, had been arrested Friday in connection with the Dec. 3 fatal shooting of nurse Caitlyn Kaufman.

      

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Good news? Earth’s carbon dioxide emissions had record drop this year during the pandemic

Carbon dioxide emissions, which are the leading cause of global warming, fell by 7% in 2020, according to the report from the Global Carbon Project.

      

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones criticizes his team’s GM … Jerry Jones

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones didn’t hold back on Friday, reflecting on some of his poor decisions and saying he needs to change his direction.

      

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Under fire for strong-arm tactics, DeSantis lashes out at former data scientist Rebekah Jones

Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out at the ex-Florida data chief turned whistleblower. What Jones is accused of doing is “clearly a felony offense,” he said.

      

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