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Study: Extra COVID shot helps protect transplant patients

Study: Extra COVID shot helps protect transplant patients

A third dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine substantially improved protection for organ transplant recipients whose weak immune systems don't always rev up enough with the standard two shots, Canadian researchers reported Wednesday.
Puerto Rico requires vaccinations in food, drink sector

Puerto Rico requires vaccinations in food, drink sector

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor announced Wednesday that employees of restaurants or other enclosed places that serve food or drinks will have to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, and customers will have to show a vaccinatio
Review: 'The People We Keep' is a search for family, meaning

Review: 'The People We Keep' is a search for family, meaning

“The People We Keep” by Allison Larkin (Gallery) “The People We Keep” is not a book to pick up lightly — it will make you fall in love with the characters, it will break your heart, it will make you laugh and cry and feel all the emotions the charact
Russia: Black Sea oil spill much bigger than first thought

Russia: Black Sea oil spill much bigger than first thought

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors on Wednesday opened a criminal probe into an oil spill off the country's Black Sea coast that appeared to be far bigger than initially expected and left traces of pollution along the scenic coastline.
Review: A love story and a medical mystery all in one book

Review: A love story and a medical mystery all in one book

“Everything I Have Is Yours,” Eleanor Henderson (Flatiron Books) A love story and medical mystery all in one, Eleanor Henderson’s memoir “Everything I Have Is Yours” chronicles her husband’s battle with an unidentifiable illness, as well as the toll
Review: In 'Gone for Good,' a detective hunts dormant killer

Review: In 'Gone for Good,' a detective hunts dormant killer

“Gone for Good” by Joanna Schaffhausen (Minotaur) When Grace Harper is found hogtied and strangled to death on her kitchen floor, it appears that Chicago’s “Lovelorn Killer” has returned after being dormant for nearly twenty years.
Pacquiao, Ugás unafraid to make title fight on short notice

Pacquiao, Ugás unafraid to make title fight on short notice

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Manny Pacquiao could have postponed or canceled his boxing comeback when opponent Errol Spence Jr. dropped out less than two weeks before their Aug. 21 showdown.
N Korea repeats threat as US says joint drills are defensive

N Korea repeats threat as US says joint drills are defensive

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday repeated a threat to respond to U.S.
COVID variant causes Southwest to lower hopes for 3Q profit

COVID variant causes Southwest to lower hopes for 3Q profit

Southwest Airlines said Wednesday that it no longer expects to turn a profit in the third quarter as a surge in COVID-19 infections fueled by the highly contagious delta variant darkens the outlook for travel.
Jury of 7 men, 5 women to hear R Kelly sex trafficking case

Jury of 7 men, 5 women to hear R Kelly sex trafficking case

NEW YORK (AP) — R&B star R. Kelly will face an anonymous jury made up of seven men and five women when his New York City sex trafficking trial goes forward next week with opening statements.
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