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Winnecke Cites Flexibility in COVID Mask Decision

Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke praised Governor Eric Holcomb for flexibility in the decision to relax COVID-19 restrictions. During this week’s news…

Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military

President Biden signed an executive order repealing the Trump transgender ban in his first week in office, directing the Pentagon to begin the process to allow transgender people to serve openly.

Local Health Officials Restricted By Proposed Legislation

Local health officials could no longer impose restrictions that go further than the state’s during a public health emergency under legislation approved by…

Authorities are investigating a mass shooting that killed four people and injured one at a business complex in Orange, Calif.

Shooting At California Office Building Leaves 4 Dead, Including 9-Year-Old Boy

Authorities identified the suspect as Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, 44. He's believed to have had a personal and professional relationship with the victims.

Indiana Helping Big Businesses, Colleges Set Up COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics

Indiana is supplying big businesses and higher education institutions with the COVID-19 vaccine, to help vaccinate their employees and students.Dr.…

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood admitted to federal prosecutors that he accepted a loan from a foreign billionaire and failed to disclose the check on government forms.

Obama Transportation Secretary Hid Foreign Cash Loan

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took $50,000 from an associate of a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire while in office in 2012.

Michael Schall pours wine in Vini e Olli's dining room which has been turned into a storage space during the pandemic.

NYC Restaurants Balance Safety And Financial Pressure To Reopen

Restaurants in New York City are allowed to increase their indoor dining capacity to 50%. Locanda Vini e Olii in Brooklyn won't do any indoor dining until every staff member has been fully vaccinated.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Northwest Detention Center is pictured in Tacoma, Wash., in 2017. It's now called the Northwest ICE Processing Center.

Beyond The Border, Fewer Immigrants Being Locked Up But ICE Still Pays For Empty Beds

The number of immigrants in detention peaked under former President Donald Trump. Now those detention centers have emptied out, but ICE is still paying more than $1 million a day for empty beds.

A private detention center in Mesa, Ariz., is pictured in January 2016. President Biden soon after taking office signed an executive order to phase out private prisons and jails, a move that has U.S. marshals raising some concerns.

Biden Phase-Out Of Private Jails Worries U.S. Marshals Who Transport Detainees

Current and former officials say that the executive order could mean that some pretrial detainees are housed hours away from courthouses where their cases will be heard, diverting resources.

The FDA said Wednesday that Abbott's BinaxNow test and Quidel's QuickVue can now be sold without a prescription for consumers to test themselves at home.

FDA Authorizes 2 Rapid, At-Home Coronavirus Tests

The Food and Drug Administration says Abbott's BinaxNOW test and Quidel's QuickVue can be sold without a prescription.

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