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5 low-vaccinated clusters pose health risks for US, experts say

By Tribune Content Agency on Jul 11, 2021 09:40 am
If a new variant surfaces that is resistant to current vaccines, “it would mean rewinding the clock back to 2020 for all of us, even those of us that are vaccinated.”
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Democrats make politically risky bet on monthly child tax credit

By Bloomberg on Jul 11, 2021 09:26 am
The potential trouble is that the new distribution method means some people won’t get the refunds in the spring that they’d otherwise expect.
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US regulators to assess risk posed by climate change

By The Associated Press on Jul 11, 2021 09:12 am
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she will lead an effort by top U.S. regulators to assess the potential risk that climate change poses to America's financial system.
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He collapsed in a Bangor courtroom and claimed he was a political prisoner. A new documentary probes his story.

By Emily Burnham on Jul 11, 2021 01:00 am
Matthew DeHart contends that he was held in federal prison on child pornography charges as a ruse to punish him for his work with hacker group Anonymous, and his attempts to leak CIA documents to Wikileaks.
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Susan Collins want to ensure insurance covers congenital defects

By The Associated Press on Jul 10, 2021 01:58 pm
Maine's Republican senator is getting behind a push to make sure treatments for people born with congenital birth defects are covered by health insurance.
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G-20 finance ministers back measures to deter use of tax havens

By The Associated Press on Jul 10, 2021 01:49 pm
Top finance officials representing most of the world's economy have backed a sweeping revision of international taxation that includes a 15 percent global minimum corporate levy to deter big companies from resorting to low-rate tax havens.
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Rhode Island bans large balloon releases to protect wildlife

By The Associated Press on Jul 10, 2021 01:39 pm
Rhode Island has banned the release of large numbers of balloons in a move to protect wildlife.
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Awaiting news, families of condo victims bond together

By The Associated Press on Jul 10, 2021 01:28 pm
At the Seaview Hotel, a vast and once impersonal ballroom has become a refuge — a shared space of hope and sorrow where grieving families comfort each other during the agonizing wait for news of relatives trapped inside a collapsed Miami condo building.
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