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The Covid spike is racing through Florida and Arkansas, in particular, but also affecting cities like Los Angeles. It’s caused by the Delta variant raging through unvaccinated communities and breaking through to some vaccinated people too.

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Republicans looking to undermine an investigation into January 6 are returning to a familiar playbook for the GOP: invoking Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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There was no mistaking the meaning in last week’s anonymous text message: Do what we say or die.

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As Lylah Baker recovers, family members have tested positive for exposure. Scientists are tracking clues for the source but so far coming up short.

     

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Jason Gallagher, an infectious disease pharmacist in Philadelphia had gotten the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine through a clinical trial in November, but this summer he didn’t like the direction Covid-19 cases were taking due to variants.

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Britney Spears’ fans are lighting up social media after her sister Jamie Lynn Spears’ husband was seemingly caught red-handed gawking at one of the pop star’s recent Instagram posts.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jamie-lynn-spears-husband-britney-instagram

The New York Times is once again omitting crucial details in the Jacob Blake shooting by claiming Blake was shot in the back “after exchanging words with the police.”

https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-times-jacob-blake-shooting-naomi-osaka

The US and China fought a war of words Monday as each side worked to set the narrative after their latest testy senior-level meetings.

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Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/robert-moses-died-1960s-civil-rights-activist

• This math genius just pulled off one of the biggest shocks in Olympics history
• Olympic events to watch today
• What is ROC? Here’s what to know about Russia and the Olympics

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