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Sept 29, 2021 451 Brazil hospital chain hid Covid-19 deaths, whistleblowers' lawyer tells Senate

On Tuesday, Morato, representing 12 doctors employed at Prevent Senior, said the company threatened and fired doctors who disagreed with a predetermined 'Covid kit' that included hydroxychloroquine, erythromycin and ivermectin.
Sept 29, 2021 452 Man fined $7,000 for Covid breaches at influencer event on yacht

He spoke to influencer Nicole Chen Lin, 34, who invited most of the 10 other influencers.
Sept 29, 2021 453 Drowning girl statue causes a stir in Spain

BILBAO, Spain - Staring impassively out from the murky waters of Bilbao's River Nervion, the eerily lifelike face of a young girl drowning in the tide has been unsettling people in the Spanish city since she appeared unannounced last week.
Sept 29, 2021 454 Senate Republicans block funding bill as Congress scrambles to avoid government shutdown

But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Democrats should separate the government funding extension from the debt limit – and then raise the debt limit themselves.
Sept 28, 2021 455 Pfizer begins study of oral drug for prevention of Covid-19

Pfizer has also started another study of PF-07321332 in non-hospitalised, symptomatic adult patients.
Sept 28, 2021 456 R. Kelly found guilty of all charges in racketeering and sex trafficking trial

A New York jury on Monday found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty on all charges in his trial on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. Kelly, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, could face decades in prison.
Sept 28, 2021 457 PG&E Charged With Manslaughter In California Wildfire

REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric was charged Friday with manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire last year that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes, prosecutors …
Sept 28, 2021 458 U.S. expels nearly 4,000 Haitians in 9 days as part of deportation blitz

In just nine days, the U.S. has expelled nearly 4,000 Haitian migrants, including hundreds of families with children, without allowing them to seek asylum as part of an ongoing deportation blitz to a country ravaged by natural and man-made …
Sept 28, 2021 459 Law Expert Wonders Why A Grand Jury Isn’t Mulling Sedition Charges Against Steve Bannon

Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe is wondering why the Department of Justice isn’t convening a grand jury to consider sedition charges against Donald Trump ally and former White House strategist Steve Bannon.
Sept 26, 2021 460 Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou leaves Canada after agreement with US over fraud charges

OTTAWA - Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou flew home to China on Friday (Sept 24) after reaching an agreement with U.S. prosecutors to end the bank fraud case against her, relieving a point of tension between China and the United …
Sept 26, 2021 461 'The writing is on the wall. Why can't they read it?': Teens aren't getting the Covid-19 vaccine even at clinics meant for them

Their rural town about 170 miles south of Atlanta has not fully embraced Covid-19 vaccines, but the group's clinics earlier in the year were popular. After the county schools temporarily closed due to Covid-19, they knew this one was needed…
Sept 24, 2021 462 1977 Double Homicide Solved

LANE COUNTY, Oregon - On Monday, June 9, 1977, sixteen year old Lliana Gay Adank and seventeen year old Eric Shawn Goldstrand, both North Eugene High School students, went to the Broken Bowl picnic grounds at Fall Creek, for an afternoon pi…
Sept 24, 2021 463 Mars Rover Grabs First Rock Sample, a ‘Truly Historic Moment’ and Major Step in Hunt for Alien Life

After a brief confusion, scientists and space enthusiasts finally saw the photo that conclusively showed a Mars rock captured in the sample tube, and were able to celebrate a truly historic moment. Two days later it drilled a few inches to …
Sept 24, 2021 464 US-China policy: Biden is bringing together Japan, Australia and India to stare down China

Forget France, AUKUS and nuclear-powered submarines -- one of the most important moments for the future of US influence in Asia is due to take place on Friday in Washington.
Sept 24, 2021 465 ‘Mama, I Don’t Want to Die’: 20-Year-Old Girl Dies From COVID-19

Such tragically young deaths continue to be reported across the country. A Kansas middle schooler was also among the latest virus-related fatalities.
Sept 24, 2021 466 Meet the defiant Afghan athletes vowing to fight the Taliban's ban on women's sports

The US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 enabled women athletes to represent the country at the Olympic Games for the first time. Even so, the progress was only gradual; Afghanistan has sent 23 athletes to the Games since then, yet only four …
Sept 23, 2021 467 A former female California Sheriff's sergeant found dead in freezer

Police searched the home and found a stand-up freezer in the garage. Inside, authorities found Travis' body. Cabrera said it's unclear how long her body was in the freezer or how she died. An autopsy, which could offer her cause and manner …
Sept 23, 2021 468 Donald Trump sues niece Mary Trump, New York Times for $100 million over disclosing tax documents

The lawsuit accuses Times journalists of inducing Mary Trump to breach that settlement agreement to help produce what it describes as a “scathing report.”
Sept 23, 2021 469 Winning $432M Mega Millions ticket sold at N.Y.C. pizzeria

NEW YORK – A Mega Millions ticket that sold in a Manhattan pizzeria struck the $432 million jackpot. 1111L The winning ticket was bought at Pronto Pizza on 48th Street and 6th Avenue, steps from Rockefeller Center in Manhattan.
Sept 23, 2021 470 England's top medic says Covid-19 transmission highest in children

LONDON - England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Wednesday that Covid-19 transmission was currently highest in 12- to 15-year-olds, and that almost all unvaccinated children would get infected at some point.
Sept 23, 2021 471 Who should get COVID-19 boosters first? CDC committee set to vote Thursday – but only on Pfizer vaccine

A committee of experts spent more than five hours Wednesday reviewing data on the safety and effectiveness of a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Sept 23, 2021 472 New bombshells show Trump's coup threat was real and hasn't passed

(CNN)- A rush of new and shocking behind-the-scenes disclosures about how then-President Donald Trump sought to thwart the Constitution and the will of voters makes a clear case that America came closer to a coup earlier this year than prev…
Sept 23, 2021 473 Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito were involved in an incident in Wyoming restaurant in late August, witnesses say

Police in Florida said in a recent search warrant affidavit that Petito's mother received an odd text on August 27 and that it was the last communication from her. Petito, who was chronicling the couple's trip through national parks, also s…
Sept 23, 2021 474 Brazil's health minister tests positive for Covid-19 in NYC

BRASILIA - Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday (Sept 21), the government said.
Sept 23, 2021 475 Teen pleads guilty in 2019 fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors

One of the three teenagers charged in the attempted robbery and fatal stabbing of a Barnard College student at a New York City park in 2019 pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder, authorities said.
Sept 22, 2021 476 Facebook Oversight Board seeks clarity on review system for high-profile users

The Oversight Board said Tuesday it antecedently asked Facebook to explicate however the cross-check strategy works and stock its criteria for adding pages and accounts to the programme. The committee said Facebook did not supply its criter…
Sept 22, 2021 477 20-year-old gas station clerk fatally shot after asking customer to wear a face mask

BERLIN — Senior politicians in Germany expressed shock over the weekend killing of a young gas station clerk who asked a customer to wear a face mask, and they warned Tuesday against the radicalization of people who oppose the country's pan…
Sept 22, 2021 478 Willie Garson, 'Sex and the City' actor, dead at 57

Garson, who was born in New Jersey, started training as an actor at age 13 and went on to study at Wesleyan University, according to a bio posted on the university's website.
Sept 22, 2021 479 Don't buy Chinese phones, throw them away if you have, Lithuania says

The National Cyber Centre’s report also said the Xiaomi phone was sending encrypted phone usage data to a server in Singapore
Sept 22, 2021 480 Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes near Melbourne, tremors rattle southeast Australia

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Associated Press) — In Beijing, a human rights lawyer who has been disbarred in China has been subjected to a pattern of harassment that has resulted in him and three other renowned rights activists being forced to relocate …