News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: The CDC unanimously endorses Pfizer and Moderna’s Covid vaccines for young children, the last step before Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky can issue her final signoff. https://t.co/FMUZj2RBIC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 18, 2022
Videos of two U.S. citizens who went missing while fighting in Ukraine last week were shown on Russian state television Friday, confirming that the men had been captured and raising fears for their safety. https://t.co/mN06BNBSfA
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 18, 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky made an unannounced visit Saturday to Mykolaiv, a Ukrainian city battered by the war that has been held up by Kyiv as a sign of fierce resistance. He visited a hospital and said the staff who saved lives were "heroic people." https://t.co/jkiQ5eFKdf pic.twitter.com/heSBHsaMMj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 18, 2022
A Ukrainian medic whose footage was smuggled out of the besieged city of Mariupol was freed by Russian forces on Friday, three months after she was taken captive. https://t.co/wsOI237PFO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 18, 2022
Vice President Harris says by Father’s Day, the administration will have delivered the equivalent of 13 million eight-ounce bottles of baby formula to help address the shortage. pic.twitter.com/aaqu74mbfs
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 18, 2022
U.S. Capitol Police arrested a TV crew filming for the CBS Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday night.
— Axios (@axios) June 18, 2022
After receiving a call for a disturbance around 8:30 p.m., police found seven people in the Longworth House Office Building. https://t.co/ZOIIPhk1vq
U.S. President Biden appeared to be uninjured after he tumbled off his bike during a visit to Rehoboth Beach in Delaware https://t.co/ad8RyKfZGT pic.twitter.com/Wupw9UYhnf
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 18, 2022
Pence was invited to the Faith & Freedom conference but decided not to attend, underscoring the crossroads he finds himself in politically.https://t.co/6ibwRbcmYB
— POLITICO (@politico) June 18, 2022
A Philadelphia firefighter died early Saturday in a building that collapsed soon after a fire there was extinguished, while four comrades and a city worker were pulled alive from the rubble. https://t.co/WFpHosxx8s
— CNN (@CNN) June 18, 2022
The American Medical Association is joining calls for the FDA to make birth control pills accessible over the counter.
— Axios (@axios) June 18, 2022
"It takes on a new urgency as we look down the path of having the loss of the right to abortion in this country." https://t.co/8EWsTPSt47
The celebration of Juneteenth in the U.S. means much more to Buffalo this year. The city is grieving following a mass shooting by an alleged white supremacist at a Tops supermarket that left 10 Black people dead and another three people wounded on May 14. https://t.co/zc25v3V1Xc
— ABC News (@ABC) June 18, 2022
The longtime chief of the wrestling company is being investigated by the WWE's board for agreeing to pay a secret $3 million settlement to a former employee he allegedly had an affair with. https://t.co/UDOWINdB1a
— CNN (@CNN) June 18, 2022
