News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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NEW: COVID vaccinations for 5-to-11 year-olds can start as soon as CDC Dir. Walensky sends out final recommendations, which could happen as early as next Tuesday. https://t.co/VZZ1KuYwzc
— ABC News (@ABC) October 27, 2021
Brazil's Senate voted to recommend charging President Jair Bolsonaro with "crimes against humanity" over his handling of the COVID pandemic, which has killed more than 600,000 Brazilians. https://t.co/n8ZBOxCWjU
— NPR (@NPR) October 27, 2021
COVID cases and deaths among workers at the 5 largest U.S. meatpacking companies were nearly 3 times higher than previously thought, according to a House memo.
— Axios (@axios) October 27, 2021
At least 59,000 workers contracted COVID and 269 died.
https://t.co/X7ivhr4jel
2 Virginia school districts are preparing to release students early on select Wednesdays in an effort to combat teacher burnout due to the ongoing pandemic. https://t.co/HjzxjPqo1T
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 27, 2021
The Jan. 6 select committee is temporarily backing off a request for about 50 pages of Trump White House records, even though the National Archives concluded the documents were relevant to the panel’s investigationhttps://t.co/LzspI9yXgq
— POLITICO (@politico) October 27, 2021
Florida judge rules Trump can’t skirt Twitter’s terms just because he was president in latest legal setback https://t.co/rJ7lFq9Qjy
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 27, 2021
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed that he has ordered a series of internal reviews of the State Department's planning and execution of the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan https://t.co/nVvf6TI77f pic.twitter.com/jZgvLWRrLp
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 27, 2021
ISIS-K could be able to launch attacks out of Afghanistan within a year, defense official says https://t.co/eKNn9NIMnG
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 27, 2021
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema left a two-hour meeting with White House officials seemingly on the verge of an agreement to advance Biden’s domestic agenda — depending on whether their fellow Democrats sign onhttps://t.co/3ZMTJTHPFn
— POLITICO (@politico) October 27, 2021
Iran’s talks with 6 world powers aimed at reviving a 2015 nuclear deal will resume by the end of November, its top nuclear negotiator says, as Western concerns over the country’s nuclear advances grow. https://t.co/zsBVHRTgn5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 27, 2021
Alec Baldwin is "an active part" of the investigation into the deadly "Rust" film set shooting and will continue to be interviewed along with other witnesses, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza says https://t.co/II98A31Bc5 pic.twitter.com/oeCRJ8G2n0
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 27, 2021
The U.S. government is scheduled to ask Britain’s High Court to overturn a judge’s decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be sent to the United States to face espionage charges. https://t.co/rbfhnxB4UF
— ABC News (@ABC) October 27, 2021
The Biden administration is rolling out a new coordinated strategy aimed at slowing the menacing rise in drug overdose deaths. "We are literally trying to give [drug] users a lifeline," HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra told NPR.https://t.co/YNkWWFvV21
— NPR (@NPR) October 27, 2021
