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A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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"Mr. Floyd had no visible or microscopic previous damage to his heart muscle,” Dr. Andrew Baker, the medical examiner who conducted George Floyd's autopsy, testifies. pic.twitter.com/e53yXESIKq
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 9, 2021
Prince Philip, the husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, has died at 99, Buckingham Palace announces. Here is a look at his life. https://t.co/neib7KB6lP pic.twitter.com/2vaLiIyJD9
— CNN (@CNN) April 9, 2021
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have asked the FDA to greenlight its coronavirus vaccine for use in children 12 to 15 years old https://t.co/BSHTqGvvfL
— POLITICO (@politico) April 9, 2021
As the US aims to ramp up inoculations to win the race against Covid-19 variants, more than 1 in 4 adults are now fully vaccinated. https://t.co/UgP0zXVkWl
— CNN (@CNN) April 9, 2021
Dr. Katalin Kariko, known to colleagues as Kati, has emerged as one of the heroes of Covid-19 vaccine development. Her work, with her collaborator, Dr. Drew Weissman, laid the foundation for the successful vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. https://t.co/ygk7rpc6Lj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 9, 2021
President Joe Biden will create a commission to study possible changes to the Supreme Court, including adding seats or instituting term limits, the White House announced. https://t.co/UZGzfuPRXQ
— ABC News (@ABC) April 9, 2021
The Biden administration has unveiled a $1.5 trillion partial budget request — calling for increased spending on an array of domestic programs aimed at fighting poverty and climate change, while keeping defense spending relatively flat.https://t.co/Q3TKLjIM8l
— NPR (@NPR) April 9, 2021
The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz over an array of alleged lawbreaking and violations of House rules stemming from a federal sex trafficking inquiry. https://t.co/w6mWacGbEn
— POLITICO (@politico) April 9, 2021
DEVELOPING: La Soufrière volcano on eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted early Friday, sending a plume of ash miles into the air hours after some residents were ordered to evacuate, officials say; no immediate reports of injuries.https://t.co/qZSJbJS7iT pic.twitter.com/r5uup35X3Z
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 9, 2021
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient city in the desert outside Luxor that they say is the "largest" ever found in Egypt. They say it dates back to a golden age of the pharaohs 3,000 years ago. https://t.co/BLHfEXCvIv pic.twitter.com/TmUu4pWA08
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 9, 2021