The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday night and is experiencing mild symptoms, the CDC said in a statement on Saturday.
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This week, the Biden administration gave $2.8 billion to 20 businesses in exchange for their commitment to hiring workers who will uphold Democratic principles like diversity, equity, and inclusion while they produce the batteries and other components needed in electric vehicles.
U.S. shale oil executive Matt Gallagher this week took a poll on Twitter to gauge sentiment toward President Joe Biden’s offer to stock the U.S. emergency oil reserve at prices around $72 a barrel, to give producers an incentive to drill more.
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Two Californian parents were arrested after their son ingested colorful fentanyl-laced candy, fueling fears of poisoned candy leading into Halloween’s traditional trick-or-treating activity.
Four-time winners the United States will face the Netherlands in a rematch of the 2019 World Cup final after being drawn with the European side, debutants Vietnam and a playoff winner at Saturday’s draw in Auckland for next year’s showpiece.
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Winning a national basketball championship after being plagued by scandal just a few years earlier, might well be described as an impossible task. But for Baylor University basketball coach Scott Drew, it’s all part of the journey.
Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Italy’s first woman prime minister on Saturday alongside her cabinet team, giving the country its most right-wing government since World War II.
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The battle over Kherson continues to rage this weekend, although Russian forces claim to have successfully repelled all Ukrainian attempts to retake the region.
Iran on Saturday strongly condemned a call by France, Germany and Britain for the United Nations to probe accusations that Russia has used Iranian-origin drones to attack Ukraine, its foreign ministry said.
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A North Carolina school board announced their volleyball teams will forfeit games against a local school after a transgender player injured a biological female a month ago.