News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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JUST IN: The Covid-19 vaccine is safe and shows "robust" antibody response for 5- to 11-year-olds, Pfizer says https://t.co/2qok5CJaW7
— CNN (@CNN) September 20, 2021
The average number of deaths in the U.S. has risen to more than 1,500 per day, an increase of about 20% in the last week and nearly eight times the death average from two months ago, according to the CDC and HHS. https://t.co/5WYKagDS4Q
— ABC News (@ABC) September 20, 2021
For the first time in recorded history, more people died in Alabama in 2020 than were born.https://t.co/F4WaxyHR5c
— NPR (@NPR) September 20, 2021
Attorneys involved with the tax fraud case against former President Donald Trump's family business and its longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg are due back in court Monday for a hearing in New York City. https://t.co/jzbV3KIjGR
— NPR (@NPR) September 20, 2021
Largest evacuation flight under Taliban leaves Kabul for Qatar https://t.co/ba63lLRaLO pic.twitter.com/fW3IP7xDmF
— The Hill (@thehill) September 20, 2021
The Biden administration is planning to raise the refugee cap for fiscal year 2022 to 125,000, according to a source familiar with the decision, in line with the goal President Joe Biden set. https://t.co/NTzvpN9WO3
— CNN (@CNN) September 20, 2021
JUST IN: Supreme Court to hear blockbuster Mississippi abortion case December 1 https://t.co/CWBV8jxzq1
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 20, 2021
A U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on Sunday.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 20, 2021
📸 Paul Ratje / AFP via Getty pic.twitter.com/JTMDq6ITPn
Speaker Pelosi issued a "dear colleague" statement this evening, calling for bipartisan support to raise the nation's debt ceiling as Congress races to pass a funding bill before the October deadline and avoid a government shutdown. https://t.co/PEh8OXdvPz
— Axios (@axios) September 19, 2021
Opponents of Russian President Putin have alleged large-scale vote rigging in the country's election over the weekend, which looks set to return an emphatic victory for the ruling United Russia party. https://t.co/Iq9xiPO60Y
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 20, 2021
A group of giant sequoia trees known as the Four Guardsman were saved from a wildfire, authorities in California say. The trees were threatened by a fire that has scorched more than 37 square miles in the heart of sequoia country.https://t.co/EFoMu3v48y
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 20, 2021
