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Late March storm brings rain, snow to California

Rainfall totals varied widely but some areas were drenched by the storm, which followed a winter of historically dry weather.

US opens second COVID booster shot for 50 and up

There’s evidence protection can wane particularly in higher-risk groups, and for them another booster “will help save lives,” FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said.

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Nor’easter: Winds of 83 mph, 22 inches of snow, cold to follow

The storm thrashed parts of 10 states, with blizzard warnings from Virginia to Maine. Boston could get more than 2 feet of snow by the time it moves out early Sunday.

New COVID-19 cases in US surge to highest levels on record

More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average

FDA clears doses of Pfizer COVID vaccine for young kids

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

 
Ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species extinct, US says

BILLINGS, Mont. — Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct.

Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan

Family members of the fallen often travel to Dover to be present as flag-draped transfer cases are taken off the transport plane that returns them to American soil.

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