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New Mexico court: Grand juries can’t challenge COVID orders

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Monday that citizens can't convene grand juries to investigate the governor's response to COVID-19 because her actions were lawful and within the scope of her authority. The unanimous order by the five-member court scuttles three grand ...

NYC sheds vaccination mandate, school masks precautions

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City shed major COVID-19 precautions on Monday as masks became optional in city schools and restaurants and cultural attractions could stop asking patrons for proof of vaccination. "Let's get out. Let's get back into our city. Let's enjoy our city," Mayor Eric Adams ...

Florida to recommend against COVID vaccines for healthy kids

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said Monday that the state will formally recommend against COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children. Ladapo made the announcement at a roundtable event organized by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that featured a group of ...

Rio relaxes the use of masks as pandemic wanes in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Rio de Janeiro is relaxing the use of masks as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes in Brazil. "Following the determinations of our scientific committee we will have a decree tomorrow to end the mandatory use of masks indoors and outdoors," Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes said on ...

White House: Congress must act soon to replenish COVID funds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will soon begin to run out of money to bolster COVID-19 testing supplies and to guarantee that uninsured Americans keep getting free treatment for the virus unless Congress swiftly approves more funding, the White House warned. Nearly a year after passage of the ...

Masks are now optional in most Rhode Island school districts

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In most school districts across Rhode Island, masks became optional on Monday. The exceptions are Providence, the state's largest district, and Central Falls, which has been among the communities hardest hit by COVID-19. Rhode Island lifted the statewide school ...