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Sangamon County Department of Public Health Director Gail O'Neill talks about the importance of flu shots during COVID-19 pandemic.

Sangamon County Releases Vaccination Plan, Will Begin Phase 1B Monday

Sangamon County will begin Monday vaccinating seniors over 65 and essential frontline workers against COVID-19, the next priority group behind...

Andy Savage, defense attorney for former North Charleston, S.C., police Officer Michael Slager, awaits a verdict from the jury on Friday.

Jury In S.C. Police Shooting Trial Says It Is Struggling To Reach Verdict

Michael Slager is accused of murder for killing unarmed motorist Walter Scott in 2015. On Friday, jurors initially said they were hopelessly deadlocked, but then asked to keep deliberating.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy looks at a sample of mosquitoes in Orlando, Fla., on Monday. With him is Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs.

Florida Governor Says Local Mosquitoes Have Transmitted Zika Virus

Officials say they've found the first indication that mosquitoes are transmitting Zika virus in the U.S. Four people in South Florida are infected; travel or sexual transmission has been ruled out.

U.S. intelligence agencies maintain that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally authorized the hacking of Democratic officials' email accounts during the runup to the presidential election.

Obama Announces Sanctions Against Russia In Response To Alleged Hacking

The White House announced Thursday a number of actions in response to what it calls cyber-attacks aimed at the U.S. "All Americans should be alarmed by Russia's actions," President Obama said.

Advisers to the CDC are recommending that people with weakened immune systems get a third shot of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The vote follows the authorization of such use by the FDA.

CDC Recommends 3rd Vaccine Dose For Immunocompromised People

The CDC is officially recommending a third dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people with weakened immune systems. It follows the FDA authorization a day earlier.

The Supreme Court's vote to invalidate the vaccine-or-test regulation was 6 to 3, along ideological lines.

Supreme Court blocks Biden's vaccine-or-test mandate for large private companies

But the court upheld a separate mandate for almost all employees at hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers that receive federal funds.

People cross the street during a snow storm in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday.

Blizzard warnings are issued as the Northeast faces a massive winter storm

What's already expected to be a major storm could turn into blizzard conditions. Boston and eastern Massachusetts could see two feet of snow.

Interest Rates and Mortgages

Melissa Block talks with Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wachovia Corporation. They discuss the nuts and bolts of mortgage rate change, specifically how and why mortgages rates react to changes in federal interest rates.

In this image taken from video from Bakhtar State News Agency, Taliban fighters secure a government helicopter to evacuate injured people in Gayan district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 255 people, authorities said.

More than 900 people have reportedly been killed in an earthquake in Afghanistan

The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. "All the village completely is destroyed," said one man, showing collapsed homes on a cell phone video.

A conceptual rendering of the proposed Trail East (right) and Trail West mixed-use buildings on the north end of Uptown Normal.

Trail East and West projects advance with Normal Town Council vote

The Normal Town Council voted Monday night to proceed with the Trail East and West developments after hearing an update from the Iowa-based developers who would lead the projects.

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