News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: White House on recent CDC eviction moratorium: "We are pleased that the district court left the moratorium in place, though we are aware that further proceedings in this case are likely." https://t.co/krJAszEhfZ pic.twitter.com/aE6ARITzeW
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 13, 2021
The FDA on Thursday authorized third doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccines for some people with weakened immune systems, giving physicians more leeway to protect those who did not respond to an initial series of shots. https://t.co/j8XkQGGXQO pic.twitter.com/JWFk2GJsau
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 13, 2021
Justice Amy Coney Barrett denies request to block Indiana University's vaccine mandate https://t.co/i0YrvfU96H
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 12, 2021
96% of ICU beds across Texas are full as COVID cases surge: "Some wait hours, some wait days" https://t.co/ND7ORZrdat
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 13, 2021
"I can tell you, anyone here who thinks children do not get COVID—there are children who have died this week in the Texas Medical Center."
— ABC News (@ABC) August 13, 2021
A Houston doctor pleads in favor of mask mandates at school board meeting: "There are children dying in our ICUs." https://t.co/0TQMDEjnxD pic.twitter.com/d05rKy5x3F
The Delta surge has a feeling of jarring déjà vu. Hospitalizations are rising, indoor masking is back, and schools are opening uneasily. But something is different now—the virus, and that's changing the pandemic's endgame, @edyong209 writes:https://t.co/NtttT7V2Ir
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 12, 2021
The Taliban captured another three provincial capitals in southern Afghanistan, including in Helmand, the scene of some of the heaviest fighting in the past two decades, as the insurgents press a lightning offensive that is encircling the capital, Kabul. https://t.co/GkNshCgzau
— NPR (@NPR) August 13, 2021
Colorado secretary of state accuses county clerk's office of assisting QAnon-affiliated leak of voting machine logins https://t.co/AWmZPebNCc
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 13, 2021
At least 27 people have died and dozens more are presumed missing from severe flooding and mudslides in northern Turkey. https://t.co/nNqPkiUMpU
— Axios (@axios) August 13, 2021
Entomologists in Washington state are setting up traps and urging people to be on the lookout after a "murder hornet" was spotted attacking a paper wasp nest this week near the US-Canadian border https://t.co/RtrS0S7Zui
— CNN (@CNN) August 13, 2021
Britney Spears’ father said in a court document that he intends to eventually step down from the conservatorship.
— Axios (@axios) August 12, 2021
This marks a significant victory for Spears, but doesn't signal an end to the conservatorship as the #FreeBritney movement has demanded.https://t.co/kWAs2ALcLp
LATEST: Fred is forecast to make landfall in Florida on Monday as a tropical storm. Another tropical system could also be aiming for a US landfall. https://t.co/XvXq8GOHCn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 13, 2021
