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Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lids

Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lids

Hong Kong suspended use of the Pfizer vaccine Wednesday after its Chinese distributor informed the city that one batch had defective bottle lids.
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Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara has third child at home

Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara has third child at home

LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband, the former rugby player, Mike Tindall, are celebrating the birth of their third child, who was born at home on the bathroom floor after the couple were unable to get to a hospi
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Books on slavery and immigration among Lukas project winners

Books on slavery and immigration among Lukas project winners

NEW YORK — Books about slavery, immigration and drug treatment are among this year's winners of awards presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Project.
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No clear winner in Israeli election, signalling more deadlock

No clear winner in Israeli election, signalling more deadlock

JERUSALEM — Israeli parliamentary elections on Tuesday resulted in a virtual deadlock for a fourth time in the past two years, exit polls indicated, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an uncertain future and the country facing the prospec
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Hong Kong suspends Pfizer vaccines, citing packaging defects

Hong Kong suspends Pfizer vaccines, citing packaging defects

Hong Kong suspended vaccinations using Pfizer shots — known as BioNTech shots in the city — on Wednesday after they were informed by its distributor Fosun that one batch had defective bottle lids.
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Colorado suspect got assault weapon 6 days before shooting

Colorado suspect got assault weapon 6 days before shooting

BOULDER, Colo.
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Indiana to lift mask mandate amid concern: 'We’re not ready'

Indiana to lift mask mandate amid concern: 'We’re not ready'

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s governor announced Tuesday he would lift the statewide mask mandate and remaining COVID-19 business restrictions in two weeks. Republican Gov.
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Rona Jaffe award for emerging writers is discontinued

Rona Jaffe award for emerging writers is discontinued

NEW YORK — A literary prize that had provided vital support to Tracy K. Smith, Eula Biss and more than 100 other women early in their writing careers has been discontinued.
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Democrats vow vote on gun bills; Biden says 'we have to act'

Democrats vow vote on gun bills; Biden says 'we have to act'

WASHINGTON — Democrats said Tuesday that they are pushing toward a vote on expanded gun control measures as the nation reels from its second mass shooting in a week.
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Kosovo court convicts 1 Serb, 1 Albanian of 1999 war crimes

Kosovo court convicts 1 Serb, 1 Albanian of 1999 war crimes

PRISTINA, Kosovo — A Kosovo court on Tuesday jailed a Serb former police officer and an Albanian policeman convicted of murder and other war crimes during the 1998-1999 war in the former Serbian province.
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