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State ramps up mass vaccinations in prisons
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,03/24/21-1:16AM , 380 Reads
JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi has given COVID-19 shots to thousands of state prisoners in its ongoing mass vaccination effort behind bars, state officials said.
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Storms batter Deep South
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Thu,03/18/21-1:28AM , 395 Reads
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A wave of storms pounded the Deep South on Wednesday, leaving a trail of splintered trees and damaged buildings, and forecasters said still stronger ones were on the way with the potential for massive tornadoes, downpours and hail the size of baseballs.
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Advisers back single-dose virus vaccine
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Sat,02/27/21-2:42AM , 439 Reads
WASHINGTON — U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic.
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Till’s Chicago home now a landmark
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Fri,01/29/21-2:32AM , 491 Reads
CHICAGO — The Chicago home of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanized the civil rights movement when his mother insisted his mutilated body be displayed in an open casket, has been granted landmark status.

The City Council on Wednesday issued an ordinance that protects the South Side home from demolition.
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