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Would you Like a Corsage With That? Company Rolls Out Drive-Thru Prom Event

They say you can get just about anything at a drive-thru these days, and now the saying even holds true for high school proms. Prom on Wheels, a mile-long, outdoor drive-thru celebration, will launch next month with the goal of giving high school seniors a memorable sendoff during the pandemic. Organized by First Class Events, […]

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NY State Senators Call for Investigation Into Cuomo Admin Over Nursing Home Tragedy

New York state senators have written a letter to the chairman of the Investigations and Government Operations Committee asking to start an investigation into a controversial order that likely accelerated CCP virus outbreaks in nursing homes. A disclosure of data last month revealed that nearly 15,000 nursing home residents in New York died of the CCP virus after people recovering

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China Eases Visa Rules to Entice Visitors to Take Homegrown Vaccines

Foreigners seeking to enter China can now get a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine shot to lessen their load of visa paperwork, the Chinese foreign ministry said on March 15. The new visa rule, which took effect on March 15, marks Beijing’s latest attempt to win international appeal for its homegrown vaccines. Foreign travelers who visit China

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Man Campaigning Against Puberty-Blocking Drugs Assaulted in Downtown Montreal

A man campaigning against “puberty-blocking drugs” for children was stormed by a group of masked individuals in downtown Montreal on the evening of March 12. Christopher Elston said he was wearing signs warning about the harms of “puberty blockers” for children and was having conversations with passersby on Rue Saint Catherine, near Concordia University, when

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Yellen Says Wealth Tax Not Off the Table as Biden Considers How to Pay for Programs

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the Biden administration is looking at raising taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations—and may consider an outright wealth tax—to pay for future programs, as attention turns to funding measures for the next big-ticket legislative pushes such as an infrastructure plan. Yellen made the remarks in a March 14 interview on ABC’s

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Blacklisted Xiaomi Loses Over $38 Billion in Market Value in Two Months

Shares of China’s second-largest cellphone maker, Xiaomi Group, have dropped almost 40 percent in value since the company was blacklisted by the U.S. government in January, and its market value has now evaporated by more than HK$300 billion ($38.64 billion). Following the first open day on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2021, Xiaomi’s share price

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Two Men Arrested for Assaulting Capitol Police Officer Sicknick, Who Died After Jan. 6 Breach

Authorities on March 15 confirmed that two suspects have been arrested and charged with assaulting Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, although his cause of death hasn’t been disclosed. Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, West Virginia, were taken

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