Articles by Tom Howell Jr.
The White House has enlisted pop star and actor Selena Gomez to promote mental health alongside President Biden, first lady Jill Biden and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.
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May 27, 2022
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Former House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday there are a lot of digital-age "entertainers" in Congress who are making it difficult to find common ground and forge legislative solutions for the country.
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May 27, 2022
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A Texas state lawmaker said Thursday he wants a full accounting of "what kind of failures" happened in the police response to the Uvalde school shooting.
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May 27, 2022
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Virginia is reporting its first case of monkeypox amid a sudden uptick in global infections.
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May 26, 2022
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The husband of a teacher killed in the Texas school shooting died Thursday of a heart attack, the family confirmed, leaving four children without their parents.
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May 26, 2022
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Maryland drugmaker Novavax is playing catch-up in the COVID-19 vaccine race but feels it can sway the vaccine-hesitant and serve the long-term booster market when U.S. regulators give the green light to its shots.
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May 26, 2022
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Government and private-sector officials are hopeful that a mix of efforts will result in more baby formula reaching store shelves by this weekend.
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May 26, 2022
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The mother of the 18-year-old who killed at least 19 children and two adults in a Texas elementary school said her son was a loner, but she was surprised by the tragedy because he "wasn't a violent person."
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May 26, 2022
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The National Rifle Association is known for promoting the right to arms, but guns will be banned from the hall at its annual forum in Houston on Friday when former President Donald Trump addresses the group.
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May 26, 2022
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South Korean pop band BTS will join President Biden on Tuesday to discuss "Asian inclusion and representation" and address the anti-Asian discrimination that rose alongside the coronavirus pandemic, the White House said Thursday.
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May 26, 2022
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The Biden administration said Thursday it is launching the first federally run test-to-treat site in Rhode Island as it puts its stamp on efforts to disperse a promising antiviral drug against COVID-19.
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May 26, 2022
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Former President Donald Trump said that maybe his vice president should be executed after protesters at the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol chanted, "Hang Mike Pence!" according to witnesses who spoke to the House committee probing the attack.
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May 25, 2022
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams pressed the Senate and federal courts to think differently about gun laws in the wake of the Texas school shooting that killed at least 19 children and two adults.
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May 25, 2022
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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Wednesday he isn't too worried about the monkeypox outbreak in multiple countries becoming a global panic like COVID-19.
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May 25, 2022
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Texas authorities say all of the fatalities and injuries in Tuesday's school shooting in Uvalde took place in one classroom.
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May 25, 2022
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Migrant groups are protesting a judge's order that kept Title 42 in place despite President Biden's attempt to end the pandemic-era measure that turned away many people at the border.
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May 25, 2022
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Active shooter incidents in the U.S. jumped by more than 50% in 2021 compared to 2020 and resulted in a higher number of deaths in such incidents since 2017, the FBI says in a new report.
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May 25, 2022
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North Korea fired a series of ballistic missiles early Wednesday, shortly after President Biden's departure from East Asia.
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May 25, 2022
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The Mexican government is offering to assist families after the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which is about 50 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.
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May 25, 2022
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A fast-moving form of omicron is now the dominant coronavirus variant as the U.S. heads into the third Memorial Day weekend of the pandemic.
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May 25, 2022
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