By Dan Donahue, NBC Nightly News |
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Good Tuesday afternoon. President Biden strongly denounced white supremacy as a “poison” in the aftermath of the Buffalo supermarket massacre, the FDA has greenlit Covid boosters for kids 5 to 11, and the battle for Mariupol appears to be near an end. |
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Biden says “white supremacy is a poison” on visit to Buffalo |
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President Joe Biden today called the mass shooting that killed 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo an act of “domestic terrorism,” and condemned the racist ideology that investigators say drove the gunman. |
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“White supremacy is a poison,” Biden said, while at a local community center in Buffalo. “It’s been allowed to fester and grow right before our eyes. No more. We cannot remain silent. Silence is complicity.” |
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The president and First Lady Jill Biden visited the city to pay their respects at a memorial outside the shooting scene at Tops supermarket, and met with the families of victims of Saturday’s massacre. |
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The 18-year-old suspect had been planning the rampage for months, and cased the store back in early March, according to a review of 600 messages obtained by the Washington Post. |
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Authorities have also confirmed the suspect posted a 180-page manifesto online, in which he discussed targeting Black people, and repeatedly cited a racist conspiracy theory often spread by white supremacists. |
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'Hate will not prevail': Biden speaks in Buffalo after ten killed in mass shooting |
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FDA authorizes Covid boosters for children 5-11 |
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The FDA has authorized a booster dose of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, to be administered at least five months after the primary two-dose series. |
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A CDC advisory panel will meet on Thursday to discuss the matter, with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky expected to issue a final recommendation soon afterward. Booster shots for that age group could begin as early as Friday. |
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Less than a third of the 28 million children in the 5 to 11 range in the U.S. have received two doses of the vaccine, CDC data shows. |
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At least 47 states have seen a rise in new Covid cases over the last two weeks, fueled by Omicron subvariants. |
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Nestle flying baby formula into U.S. from Europe |
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Nestle is shipping Gerber baby formula from the Netherlands, and Alfamino baby formula from Switzerland, to the U.S., according to a statement to Reuters. |
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The announcement comes a day after Abbott Nutrition, another top baby formula producer, said it had cut a deal with the FDA to reopen a Michigan plant that had been shut down earlier in the year over safety concerns. |
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The Justice Department also filed a complaint on Monday alleging Abbott had failed to ensure the safety and quality of its product, and proposed a consent decree requiring the company to take specific measures to safeguard its products. Abbott has denied any wrongdoing. |
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Ukraine cedes control of Mariupol after fighters leave steel plant |
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The long battle for Mariupol appears to be nearing an end, as Ukraine’s military moves to abandon the Azovstal steel plant, the last stronghold of resistance in the southern port city. |
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Ukraine ordered the troops still inside the plant to stop defending the facility, after hundreds were evacuated from the site on Monday. Ukrainian officials say they are working to evacuate all remaining troops from the site. |
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Seizing full control of Mariupol would represent a significant, if costly, victory for Russian forces, following more than two months of relentless bombardment. |
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What else we’re watching: |
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Dallas police arrested a suspect overnight in connection with a shooting at a hair salon that injured three women of Korean descent. The FBI has opened a hate crime investigation.Voters in five states are casting ballots today in midterm primaries, including the closely-watched race in Pennsylvania that’s taken some wild last-minute turns.A government database on UFOs has grown to “approximately 400 reports,” a top intelligence official told lawmakers at the first public hearing on UFOs that Congress has held in more than 50 years. |
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