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NEW YORK (AP) — Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most attend churches that are predominantly Black, yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. There is broad respect … [Continue reading] about Survey: Black Americans attend church and pray more often
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Music blared from the courtyard of a French Quarter restaurant on Mardi Gras morning but nobody was there to hear it until Tom Gibson and Sheila Wheeler of Philadelphia walked out of their hotel’s nearly empty lobby. “We were … [Continue reading] about Muted Mardi Gras: Closed bars, barricaded Bourbon Street
A paralyzing winter storm wrought havoc with COVID-19 vaccination efforts around the country on Tuesday, forcing the cancellation of appointments and delaying vaccine deliveries just as the federal government rolled out new mass vaccination sites … [Continue reading] about Crippling storm hampers vaccinations as FEMA opens new sites
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is preparing to give its first COVID-19 vaccinations — shots of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine still being tested — to health care workers this week, the health minister said Tuesday. The first batch of 80,000 … [Continue reading] about South Africa readies to give J&J jabs to health care workers
MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Joe Biden, eager to move beyond his predecessor’s impeachment trial, is taking his case for his $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package directly to the American people with a prime-time town hall designed in part to put … [Continue reading] about Biden rallies public to pressure Republicans on virus aid
