Emma Bowman
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The agency's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — shown to be 95% effective — would go beyond the speedier and less rigorous emergency use authorization currently granted to the vaccine.
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President Biden has thrown his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for the vaccines, yielding to international pressure. The move could allow other countries to manufacture the drugs.
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The Atlanta Police Department moved to dismiss Rolfe the day after he shot Brooks. Rolfe will remain on administrative leave until his criminal charges are resolved, the department said.
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Emergency responders found a "severely overcrowded" boat early Sunday that had crashed into a reef off the shoreline. Officials believe it was a "smuggling vessel."
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For the second straight year, the communal arts festival isn't happening because of the pandemic. But the community that hosts the pilgrimage doesn't mind.
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The Pasquotank County, N.C., Sheriff's Office said three deputies who fired shots will stay on leave pending investigations but that it's "obvious" from videos that four deputies didn't shoot.
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Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan face charges of attempted kidnapping and hate crimes in the death of Arbery, a Black man gunned down while on a run last year.
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"These kinds of violent attacks are a threat to all of us," said community member Maninder Singh Walia. The gunman's motive in attacking a FedEx warehouse on Thursday night is still unknown.
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The Attorney General's office requested documents on the department's use of force policies and personnel records for the officers who pepper-sprayed Lt. Caron Nazario Dec. 5.
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Brad Raffensperger defended the security of his state's election against former President Donald Trump's claims of fraud. Now the official backs a new law promising election integrity.