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• ‘Supertaster’ gene research tackling COVID
• COVID-Sniffing Dogs Are Accurate but Face Hurdles for Widespread Use
• As virus cases wane, governors weigh ending emergency orders
• Teachers wary of new laws limiting instruction on race
• AMA doctors meet amid vocal backlash over racial equity plan
• Police: Attacker wounds 13 in Austin shooting and escapes
• China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin
• UN approves Costa Rica’s Grynspan to head UN trade body
• Go green or go bipartisan? Biden’s big infrastructure choice
• Biden sells G-7 on global tax, but U.S. Congress is a hurdle
• Tech giants Apple, Google and Microsoft are plunged into political firestorm in leak investigation
• South Florida investigative reporter Michele Gillen dies
• Court documents: Yale grad student was shot at close range
• Border collie Verb wins agility title at unique Westminster
• Governor settled harassment claim to focus on pandemic
• NTSB: Jet pilot had emergency, ejected in crash near Nellis
• YouTube suspends Sen. Johnson for COVID-19 ‘misinformation’
• Tire tracks mar rainbow-colored Pride crosswalk in Reno
• Defense rests its case in Colorado school shooting trial
• California governor signs orders to roll back virus rules

‘Supertaster’ gene research tackling COVID Posted: 12 Jun 2021 09:20 AM PDT When the coronavirus began its furious march around the globe, leaving illness, death and suffering in its path, medical researchers urgently set out to understand the disease, known as COVID-19. Efforts to explain where it came from, how it affects people in such different ways and what can be done about it have produced more […]

COVID-Sniffing Dogs Are Accurate but Face Hurdles for Widespread Use Posted: 12 Jun 2021 07:59 AM PDT A public health researcher at Johns Hopkins University says there is no question that dogs have great potential in medical fields. But she wants to explore how they could be deployed on a large scale, such as by the government.

As virus cases wane, governors weigh ending emergency orders Posted: 12 Jun 2021 07:42 AM PDT New coronavirus infections and deaths in the U.S. are down dramatically from earlier highs, though more contagious variants are spreading. Most people are now are at least partially vaccinated, yet lingering hesitancy has slowed the pace and even caused some doses to go to waste. So is the COVID-19 emergency over, or is it continuing? […]

Teachers wary of new laws limiting instruction on race Posted: 12 Jun 2021 05:33 AM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As middle school teacher Brittany Paschall assembled a lesson plan on the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues, she wondered how she might have to go about it differently next year under a new Tennessee state law that prohibits teaching certain concepts of race and racism. The unit was about baseball, […]

AMA doctors meet amid vocal backlash over racial equity plan Posted: 12 Jun 2021 05:13 AM PDT The six-day meeting that began Friday offers a chance for doctors to adopt policies that spell out how the AMA should implement its health equity plan. But some white doctors say the plan goes too far.

Police: Attacker wounds 13 in Austin shooting and escapes Posted: 12 Jun 2021 12:59 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Someone opened fire in a popular entertainment district in downtown Austin early Saturday, wounding 13 people, including two critically, before getting away, authorities said. Investigators were looking into what sparked the shooting but were not able to get a detailed description of the shooter, though they believe it was a man […]

China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin Posted: 11 Jun 2021 10:22 PM PDT The U.S. and others have accused China of failing to provide the raw data and access to sites that would allow a more thorough investigation into where the virus sprung from and how it initially spread.

UN approves Costa Rica’s Grynspan to head UN trade body Posted: 11 Jun 2021 09:51 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly on Friday approved the nomination of Costa Rican economist Rebecca Grynspan to head the U.N. agency promoting trade and development, the first woman and Central American to lead the Geneva-based organization. She was nominated by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade […]

Go green or go bipartisan? Biden’s big infrastructure choice Posted: 11 Jun 2021 09:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's hopes of channeling billions of dollars into green infrastructure investments to fight climate change are running into the political obstacle of winning over Republican lawmakers who oppose that approach as unnecessary, excessive spending. As negotiations unfold in Congress in search of a bipartisan deal, the White House’s ability to […]

Biden sells G-7 on global tax, but U.S. Congress is a hurdle Posted: 11 Jun 2021 09:16 PM PDT President Joe Biden might have persuaded some of the world’s largest economies to hike taxes on corporations, but the U.S. Congress could be a far tougher sell. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that leaders of the Group of Seven — which also includes the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Italy and Japan […]

Tech giants Apple, Google and Microsoft are plunged into political firestorm in leak investigation Posted: 11 Jun 2021 08:19 PM PDT Apple, under fire for turning over the data of two lawmakers to the Trump Justice Department, said it did so unknowingly, while Google fought a request for New York Times data. Microsoft turned over so-called metadata of people who worked in Congress.

South Florida investigative reporter Michele Gillen dies Posted: 11 Jun 2021 06:18 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — Michele Gillen, a former South Florida television investigative reporter, has died. She was 66. Longtime friend and producer Marcia Izaguirre confirmed Gillen’s death from natural causes in a Facebook post Friday. “For all those who knew her, she was a relentless warrior who fought indefatigably for the vulnerable," Izaguirre wrote. "In every […]

Court documents: Yale grad student was shot at close range Posted: 11 Jun 2021 06:11 PM PDT NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The Yale University graduate student whose body was found on a street next to his car in February had been shot multiple times and at close range, according to court documents released Friday. Kevin Jiang had gunshot wounds to his head, chest and extremities when he was found on February […]

Border collie Verb wins agility title at unique Westminster Posted: 11 Jun 2021 05:42 PM PDT TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The competitors could run, jump and weave — and, for the first time, relax by rolling in the grass. The 145-year-old Manhattan event, usually held indoors in February, instead is happening outdoors at a suburban estate because of pandemic precautions that also closed the show to the public. A border collie […]

Governor settled harassment claim to focus on pandemic Posted: 11 Jun 2021 04:59 PM PDT SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday defended her handling of accusations of harassment by a former campaign spokesman that resulted in a financial settlement of at least $62,500 in payments from her political campaign, explaining that the pandemic demanded her attention. In her first in-person comments concerning the […]

NTSB: Jet pilot had emergency, ejected in crash near Nellis Posted: 11 Jun 2021 04:46 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — A civilian pilot killed when a Dassault Mirage F-1 crashed last month near Nellis Air Force Base reported a flight emergency and ejected moments before the jet slammed to the ground and burst into flames, federal crash investigators reported Friday. No one on the ground was injured in the May 24 […]

YouTube suspends Sen. Johnson for COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ Posted: 11 Jun 2021 04:37 PM PDT MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sen. Ron Johnson was suspended Friday from uploading videos to YouTube for one week, after the company said he violated its COVID-19 "medical misinformation policies." The Wisconsin Republican’s removal stems from statements he made during a June 3 Milwaukee Press Club event, which were posted to YouTube. He criticized the Trump and […]

Tire tracks mar rainbow-colored Pride crosswalk in Reno Posted: 11 Jun 2021 04:20 PM PDT RENO, Nev. (AP) — City workers in Reno plan to keep repairing a rainbow-colored Pride Month crosswalk that was marred by tire tracks after it was painted this week under the Reno Arch, while police investigate the damage as a property destruction crime, an elected official said Friday. City Councilman Devon Reese told the Reno […]

Defense rests its case in Colorado school shooting trial Posted: 11 Jun 2021 04:16 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — One of the suspects in a fatal attack at a suburban Denver high school in 2019 had become such a chronic drug user in the months before the shooting that he likely "couldn't think, concentrate or understand" events around him that day, a toxicologist called by the defense testified Friday. Toxicologist Wanda […]

California governor signs orders to roll back virus rules Posted: 11 Jun 2021 04:04 PM PDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It’s official: Most of California’s coronavirus rules governing public gatherings will disappear on Tuesday after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday afternoon that heralds the end of the pandemic’s hold on much of public life for the nation’s most populous state. Newsom’s action on Friday ensures the state will […]

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