Emma Bowman
Stories
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Health
A CDC Panel Backs Booster Shots For Older Adults, A Step Toward Making Them Available
The advisory committee's recommendation expands on the FDA's authorization of Pfizer vaccine boosters for people 65 and up. Both regulatory moves will inform the U.S. plan to dispense extra doses.
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National
Their Dad Transformed Video Games In The 1970s — And Passed On His Pioneering Spirit
The late Jerry Lawson helped invent the first video game console with interchangeable games. His children say he brought the fun and games home and showed them they could create their own path.
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Movies
Hispanics and Latinos Are The Biggest Moviegoers. The Big Screen Doesn't Reflect That
Nearly 20% of Americans are Latino or Hispanic and they buy more movie tickets per capita. But a new report says just 7% of all lead characters in 2019's top-grossing films were Hispanic or Latino.
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National
An Afghan Marine Fought To Make His Homeland Safer. Now He Feels Like He Failed
Ajmal Achekzai remembers the war in Afghanistan, which brought him back to his birthplace of Kabul. Now that the war is over, he says, "I feel like I failed the Afghan people."
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National
Slain Pentagon Officer Was Stabbed Without Provocation, The FBI Says
The attacker grabbed the officer's gun and fatally shot himself, the agency adds. The officer was identified as George Gonzalez, a veteran who served in Iraq, by the Pentagon Force Protection Agency.
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National
A U.S. Relay Team Was Disqualified, But An Appeal Puts It Back On Track For Gold
The penalty was for a baton pass outside the exchange zone during the 4x400-meter mixed relay race. Now a record-setting gold medal is still within reach for Team USA sprinter Allyson Felix.
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Race & Identity
Bob Moses, Civil Rights Leader And Longtime Educator, Dies At 86
Moses, the architect of Freedom Summer's voting registration drive in Mississippi, also spent decades crusading against inequalities in the public school system through his math training program.
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National
More Abortion Restrictions Have Been Enacted In The U.S. This Year Than In Any Other
Legislatures across the country have passed a record 90 abortion restrictions and bans in 2021. Anti-abortion-rights activists hope a conservative Supreme Court will uphold those laws.
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Health
Despite New COVID Variants, CDC Says You Don't Need Any Booster Doses Right Now
"Americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster shot at this time," read a joint statement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
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National
1st African American To Win The Spelling Bee Also Holds 3 Basketball World Records
"It made me feel really proud," she said after clinching the victory. The 14-year-old Louisianan outspelled the competition with the winning word "murraya."