The president said the new mandate, which could affect as many as 100 million U.S. citizens, came in response to the surging Delta variant, as well as the vast number of people in the country who are unvaccinated. He said that people’s refusal to get a vaccine “has cost all of us.” Vaccine hesitancy has prevented some from getting a shot while COVID spreads across the country. So what are mRNA vaccines—the type of COVID vaccine made by Pfizer and Moderna—and are they safe?...

This lively, affectionate anthology is rich with wise commentary (Washington is “urbanely dull,” observes columnist Russell Baker) and quirky inside scenes. In “Memoirs of a Congressman’s Daughter,” Connie Casey asked her father, a congressman turned lawyer/lobbyist, why she couldn’t go to Burning Tree Golf Club. “Because the men there were naked. Naked all the time,” her father explained. He described Clark Clifford, a suave, elegant adviser to presidents, standing “in front of a mirror in the buff, slowly molding the crimps back into his damp hair....

MS affects three times more women than men, and the disease often is diagnosed during a woman’s childbearing years. Women with MS may struggle with the decision to start a family because they are unsure how their disease would affect their pregnancy. Now, a study of more than 2,500 women shows that pregnancy likely has a positive effect on MS. The findings, published in JAMA on September 14, show the positive effect occurs with just one pregnancy and delivery....

Polling conducted by SSRS for CNN in late April showed that 70 percent of Republicans do not believe President Joe Biden won enough votes to beat the former president in the 2020 election. Furthermore, half of Republican voters said there is solid evidence to back Trump’s false claims about the last election. Other recent polls have shown similar results, and Scarborough, who previously served as a Republican in the House of Representatives but now identifies as an independent, appeared to lose patience with those who believe Trump’s conspiracy theories on his Friday morning MSNBC show....

Trump called Cummings “a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border,” in a series of tweets on Saturday, where he also attacked the congressman’s Baltimore district. The president’s remarks came after Cummings, chair of the House Oversight Committee, called the treatment of detained migrant children near the southern U.S.-Mexico border “government-sponsored child abuse.” “His Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous....

“Why did thousands of cattle all die in a heat wave?” the Republican congresswoman from Georgia wrote on Twitter on June 29. “Usually just the old, sick, or weak die in stressful conditions, not the whole herd. Food security is national security.” Horrific footage showing the cow corpses lying dead went viral online in the middle of June. As of June 16, approximately 2,000 cattle deaths had been reported to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, with heat being cited as the cause....

The mucus plug, which weighs approximately 10 grams, is formed during pregnancy and is shed when labor is near. Without the formation of the mucus plug, pregnancy likely will not continue. The shedding of the mucus plug is often a sign that labor and delivery could occur soon. Purpose Once fertilization occurs, a thick gelatinous mass forms at the opening of the cervix from excretions from the mucosal cells in the cervix....

The World Cup winner and his former Bayern team-mate own a two-year-old stallion together, which is currently in England preparing to make its racing debut. And the duo have elected to christen the animal in honour of the man who led them to the treble in 2013. “I have a racehorse with Thomas Muller, it is still very young,” Pizarro told Express. “We gave him a very special name. Thomas came up with the idea....

The shots occurred shortly before 11:10 p.m. Thursday at 8951 Mirabel Road, which is on the southwest side of the airport. It’s an area of not just the FedEx facility, but several hotels and warehouses south of the Interstate-70 interchange. Local dispatch operators declared it a “Mass Casualty, Level 1” scene, according to WISHTV. FedEx issued a statement, saying it was working with local authorities. “We are aware of the tragic shooting at our FedEx ground facility near the Indianapolis airport....

The musician had previously taken a break from Mumford & Sons back in March when he tweeted praise for “Unmasked,” a book by Andy Ngo, a right-wing writer-activist, that attacked far-left militant groups collectively known as antifa. Marshall, who plays guitar and banjo, said that the other band members wanted to continue with him. However, he opted to leave in order to “speak freely without them suffering the consequences.”...

Muntari furious after racist jeers Muntari was shown a yellow card for dissent after complaining of racist abuse from the stands during last Sunday’s match at Cagliari and responded by leaving the field before full-time. The former AC Milan and Inter player had earlier spoken to a group of fans at the Stadio Sant’Elia at half-time, giving his shirt to the a boy whose family were abusing him and asking them to set a better example....

Among Geoghan victims, there was no celebrating his death. “I feel bad for the guy–no one deserves to die under those circumstances,” says Ralph DelVecchio, 46. Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who’s represented 147 Geoghan victims, says some of them cried upon hearing the news. The Boston Archdiocese, which has already paid $10 million to settle 86 Geoghan lawsuits, offered “prayers for the repose of John’s soul.”

Muscular dystrophies are a group of genetic diseases that affect the muscles. There are several types of muscular dystrophy and each affects a person’s life in a different way. Each muscular dystrophy is unique, and there are different life spans for each type. There are no treatments to stop the progression of muscular dystrophy. Current treatments for muscular dystrophy are focused on managing symptoms and helping a person live well with the condition....

Death Row’s next release, by snarly Snoop spinoffs The Dogg Pound, makes Time Warner particularly nervous. Warner Music Group chairman Michael J. Fuchs has been negotiating to end the relationship as early as this week. before that record comes out. Fuchs declined to comment. Sources say an eleventh-hour compromise is unlikely. If Time Warner dumps Interscope, Death Row may sign with Priority, the independent label that released gangsta pioneers N....

Now, 50 years after its birth and some 30 years after it went belly up, Stax is back. Concord Records has resurrected the label, and its first release by a major new artist in decades, Angie Stone’s “The Art of Love and War,” just hit stores. “I finally feel comfortable, like I’m in a place where people get it,” says Stone, a throaty crooner who’s been on at least five different record labels in the last seven years....

So who thought it would be a good idea to schedule a debate on a night when all anyone wants to do is watch the penultimate episode of the Sopranos? ———————————————————————————— Yes, this presidential election will be among the most important of our lifetimes. And yes, a lot of Democrats are so eager for the beginning of the post-Bush era that they’re buying countdown clocks. But that doesn’t mean that eight-candidate cattle shows at this stage of the game are good for the country, or good for the party....

For those who don’t know, “sitting shiva” refers to a Jewish tradition of joint mourning. We eat, we console, we remember—and it typically lasts up to a week. It’s actually one of the Jewish traditions I respect most. Sharing grief with those who love you is cathartic. I know my dad agrees. Yet my dad stood at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Queens, New York, and bravely said, “I will not be holding a customary shiva because of the health pandemic....

“You still remember,” I say, “after more than 50 years!” He nods and smiles. I wonder if the evocative name of the convent where I lived and studied was what inspired him to respond to my letter and begin the correspondence that changed my life. It was 1966. I was 21, in formation to become a Sister of Providence on the campus of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College near Terre Haute, Indiana....

I gathered my children in the darkness that day, held tightly, and crawled out of the embassy through a scene of horror, fortunately to physical safety-at least for us. We lost many friends that day among the 224 people who died in the almost simultaneous attacks on our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. One of them, Louise Martin, was like me, a dependent. She had been a stellar diplomat for America, though she was never paid and never recognized for all that she did for our country and for the people of Kenya....

My tale begins with a game of hopscotch in the fifth grade. I’d sailed over the 5 and 6 squares and was coming down on the 7-8 pair, one foot over each, but as I hit asphalt, on long, skinny legs near the end of a growth spurt, both kneecaps popped around to the outside, and I fell down screaming. It was the first of a lifetime of knee woes; I was born with a tendency to dislocation, because of a congenital problem with my patellae....