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The US Capitol Police officer who shot and killed pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt on January 6 will not face any disciplinary action, the department said Monday."USCP's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) determined the officer's conduct was lawful and within Department policy, which says an officer may use deadly force only when the officer reasonably believes that action is in the defense of human life, including the officer's own life, or in the defense of any person in immediate danger of serious physical injury," the department said in a statement.The officer will not be named, the department said, out of consideration...

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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of a third dose in certain immunocompromised individuals.

Participants at risk for cardiovascular disease who ate pecans during an eight-week intervention showed significant improvements in total cholesterol, triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol, in a study conducted by researchers in the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences. "This dietary intervention, when put in the context of different intervention studies, was extremely successful," said Jamie Cooper, a professor in the FACS department of nutritional sciences and one of the study's authors. "We had some people who actually went from having high cholesterol at the start of the study to no longer being in that category after...

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon was once the poster child for limiting the spread of the coronavirus, after its Democratic governor imposed some of the nation’s strictest safety measures, including mask mandates indoors and outdoors, limits on gatherings and an order closing restaurants. But now the state is being hammered by the super-transmissible Delta variant, and hospitals are getting stretched to the breaking point. The intensive care unit at Salem Hospital in Oregon’s capital city is completely full, with 19 of the 30 beds occupied last week by COVID-19 patients, the youngest only 20 years old. It’s the same at a...

A group of demonstrators occupied the entrance of the headquarters of ITV News and Channel 4 News in London, claiming that the media are misinforming people about vaccines and the pandemic. Police were called to the ITN production studios in central London on Aug. 23, according to the Met Police, after a group “unlawfully gained access to the building.” Two hours later the protesters had left, according to police. Estimates suggest there were about 100 people in the group. They appear to be part of a larger group of protesters in the area. Less than a mile away, other protesters...

Since Helen Wu’s wedding last year, her friends and colleagues have repeatedly asked her when she will have a baby, but her answer doesn’t change. More from AsiaOne Read the condensed version of this story, and other top stories with NewsLite. “No,” says the committed environmentalist, who is in her 40s and childless. “As I grow older, more and more I think human beings are very destructive to the world.” A production stage manager at a theme park, Wu first started paying attention to the natural world as a keen hiker in high school. She says there are a number...

Fort Bliss officials have confirmed that refugees from Afghanistan arrived at the military post on Saturday (21 Aug) and they’re expecting more arrivals to continue in the days to come. According to a press release from Fort Bliss, the Army post is one of three military installations temporarily housing Afghans. A thousand service members will help with what Fort Bliss is referring to as “Operation Allies Refuge”

Actual Study Start Date: April 29, 2020 Estimated Primary Completion Date: May 2, 2023 Talk about cutting short..... https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04368728?cond=rna+vaccine+candidate&draw=2&rank=1

“We are definitely aware of patients who have refused blood products from vaccinated donors,” said Dr. Julie Katz Karp, who directs the blood bank and transfusion medicine program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia.Emily Osment, an American Red Cross spokesperson, said her organization has fielded questions from clients worried that vaccinated blood would be “tainted,” capable of transmitting components from the covid vaccines. Red Cross officials said they’ve had to reassure clients that a covid vaccine, which is injected into muscle or the layer of skin below, doesn’t circulate in the blood.

@ChristopherJM BREAKING: Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys, has been sentenced to 240 days (all but 150 days suspended) + fines for high-capacity mags & 60 days + fines for burning a Black Lives Matter banner stolen from a historic Black church Correction (apologies!): There was confusion in the hearing so here it is, Tarrio's sentence: Judge ordered 125 days in jail on magazine charge, 30 days for destruction of property (BLM banner), consecutively. That's 155 days total behind bars and he must report on September 6.

The neoconservatives who launched the war in Afghanistan would very much like you to know the war’s ignominious ending is someone else's fault. In The Atlantic, Tom Nichols wrote a piece titled, “Afghanistan Is Your Fault,” saying the loss of the war should be blamed on American voters. Former Bush administration speechwriter David Frum said we could have won the war in Afghanistan with this one little trick (namely killing Osama bin Laden in December 2001 instead of May 2011). Eliot A. Cohen — a founder of the infamous neoconservative group Project for the New American Century — said now...

Targets key part of virus’ spike protein that changes little across variants. The virus that causes COVID-19 today is not the same as the one that first sickened people way back in December 2019. Many of the variants circulating now are partially resistant to some of the antibody-based therapeutics that were developed based on the original virus. As the pandemic continues, more variants inevitably will arise, and the problem of resistance will only grow. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified an antibody that is highly protective at low doses against a wide range of...

A majority of Americans support mask and vaccine requirements for K-12 students and teachers, according to a new poll, but there is a severe partisan gap. Overall, slightly less than 60 percent of respondents in the new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll said they supported mask mandates for students and teachers. A similar percentage said they also supported vaccine requirements for teachers and eligible students.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and US Vice President Kamala Harris held a joint press conference on Monday (Aug 23) after meeting for talks in the morning. Ms Harris is in Singapore for an official three-day visit, where she is looking to deepen bilateral cooperation in multiple areas. During the press conference, Mr Lee announced that Singapore would offer its air force's multi-role tanker transport aircraft to help the US in the evacuation of refugees from Afghanistan, highlighting the several decades of cooperation between the two countries on air defence. Mr Lee spoke about new areas of partnership, namely cybersecurity...

In what amounts to perhaps the most unhurried act of animal predation ever caught on camera, researchers have filmed for the first time a giant tortoise slowly – ever so slowly – closing in for the kill. This drawn-out encounter – between a lumbering, almost leisurely giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) and its grounded bird prey – is gruesome to watch. But it's also entirely transfixing. After all, we've never seen a tortoise 'hunt' anything before. Who knew these dawdling giants had it in them? VIDEO AT LINK...................... "I couldn't believe what I was seeing," says biologist Justin Gerlach from the...

Justice Democrats, a far-left political advocacy group aligned with ‘Squad’ members like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), are being mocked widely online after a case of mistaken identity drew allegations of racism. A new ad targeting more moderate Democrats whom the organization feels are not leftist enough and thus threaten to “tank” Joe Biden’s presidency contains headshots of nine lawmakers — though one of them is actually a Republican. The “rookie error” was noted and tweeted by Jake Sherman, a co-founder of Punchbowl News. “@justicedems have a new ad hitting moderate Dems for their demands on infrastructure...

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shot back at The Associated Press on Monday after the outlet's incoming CEO accused his press secretary of harassing one of its reporters, saying the AP received deserved pushback for a partisan "smear" that could cost lives. In a letter to Daisy Veerasingham, DeSantis blasted the AP for its "temerity" to complain about criticism a reporter received last week over his story that suggested a link between the governor's touting of a COVID antibody drug from Regeneron and a political donor's investment in the company. DeSantis didn't hold back in a remarkable open letter from...

Hillary Clinton already lived through her husband Bill Clinton’s infamous infidelity scandal once in 1998. So it’s highly doubtful the former secretary of state will want to see it again when FX’s new series “Impeachment: American Crime Story” hits the small screen, according to its showrunner. The series’ executive producer Brad Simpson revealed at the virtual Television Critics Association panel that he doesn’t think Hillary, 73, will watch the 10-part drama series when it airs on Sept. 7. “No one, as far as we know, from the Clinton camp has seen this series,” Simpson said. “Of course, I’m curious what...

The Biden White House is blasting Fox News on Monday after a Fox & Friends weekend host accused first lady Jill Biden of failing the United States by letting Joe Biden run for president. 'This is disgusting. @RCampusDuffy and @FoxNews know better. They can do better and their viewers deserve better,' Jill Biden's press secretary Michael La Rosa wrote on Twitter. 'I hope they'll apologize to the First Lady and leave this kind of talk in the [trash] where it belongs.'