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Groups push for easier student loan relief for the disabled

Advocates for the disabled are pressing the Biden administration to cancel student debt for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have disabilities that make them eligible them for debt forgiveness but who have not received the benefit

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Colorado county report shows vaccine clinic flouted safety

A Colorado county public health report has found a Colorado Springs vaccine clinic operating without proper temperature storage for vaccines or social distancing, as well as unmasked workers

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Swedish teen Thunberg joins fight against vaccine inequity

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the international community to “step up their game” to fight vaccine inequity

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Former UN leader presses for 'strong action' on Myanmar

Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is urging the world body and Southeast Asian countries to take swift and “strong action” to stop the deadly crackdown that has followed the military coup in Myanmar

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Families: 5th body found from capsized ship off Louisiana

Relatives of the crewmembers who were on a lift boat that capsized last week say they have been told by authorities that another body has been found

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Remote Alaska villages boast high vaccination rates

Alaska’s highest COVID-19 vaccination rates have been in some of its remotest, hardest-to-access communities

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Germany expects vaccine deliveries to ramp up in 2nd quarter

Germany’s health minister is welcoming the announcement by two pharmaceutical companies that they will deliver more coronavirus vaccines during the second quarter than previously predicted

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

EXPLAINER: Why 'excited delirium' came up at Chauvin trial?

The attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer accused of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death outlined the disputed concept of excited delirium at trial

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

EXPLAINER: Did mask hamper Chauvin's image at murder trial?

The mask that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was required to wear hid his reaction to testimony during his murder trial in George Floyd’s death

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Colorado judge resigning after censure for racial slur

A Colorado judge will resign after being censured for repeatedly saying a racial slur in a conversation with a Black employee, expressing her views on racial justice while on the bench and using employees to conduct personal business

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A jab on the job: Companies, unions offer COVID-19 vaccines

A growing number of companies and labor unions are securing coronavirus vaccines for their workers

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Union accuses Amazon of illegally interfering with vote

The retail union that failed to organize Amazon workers at a Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse wants the results to be thrown out, saying that the company illegally interfered with the voting process

DATE: April 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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