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IDPH launches online ‘Vax Verfiy’ system
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is launching Vax Verify, a new immunization portal that will allow Illinois adults to check their COVID-19 vaccination record....
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Top horse racing trainer pleads guilty in New York in global doping scheme
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A prominent horse racing trainer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to involvement in what U.S. prosecutors have called a global scheme to systematically drug horses ...
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Tropical storm Fred over Hispaniola, races toward Cuba and Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) - Tropical storm Fred was passing over the Caribbean island of Hispaniola on Wednesday, made up of the countries of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the sixth named storm of the Atla...
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Imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader’s health at risk, doctor warns
CARACAS (Reuters) - Imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader Freddy Guevara's health could be at risk due to cardiac arrythmia, his father and a doctor who treated him for coronavirus earlier this year...
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‘Jeopardy!’ taps Mike Richards to host daily show, Mayim Bialik for spinoffs
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The makers of "Jeopardy!" on Wednesday named executive producer Mike Richards as the new host of the long-running daily TV quiz show, replacing Alex Trebek who died in 2020 aft...
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Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Mindanao, Philippines – USGS
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck about 66 kms southeast of Bobon, Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with the U.S. Tsunami Warning System issuing a tsunami threat warning af...
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Exclusive-China’s tech crackdown thwarts Pony.ai’s U.S. listing plans -sources
By Krystal Hu, Kane Wu, Julie Zhu and Yilei Sun (Reuters) - Autonomous driving startup Pony.ai has put on hold plans to go public in New York through a merger with a blank-check firm at a $12 billion ...
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Turkey to start face-to-face education this year -health minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will start face-to-face education as scheduled, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday, and unvaccinated adults will have to be tested regularly against COVID-19....
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UK PM Boris Johnson poised to backtrack on mid-2030s gas boiler ban -FT
(Reuters) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to water down plans to ban the sale of new gas boilers in the UK from the mid-2030s over concerns from ministers and Conservative Party lawmaker...
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Disappearing asylum protections for migrant families at border test Biden
By Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) - Melissa Pinedo, a 27-year-old single mother from Guatemala, has been living in a tent in Reynosa, Mexico, across the border from Texas for weeks trying to find someone to...
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