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#SportsReport: Russia Loses Appeal Against Track & Field Ban

MLB:There's been at change at the top of the American League East standings. Boston is on top, Baltimore drops a half-game behind and the New York Yankees…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, shown here in a hospital in Denver.

CDC, FDA To Review J&J Shot After 6 Blood Clot Cases Reported Out Of Nearly 7M Doses

In a statement on Tuesday, U.S. authorities said they are "reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine."

A Swiss gruyere with savory butterscotch notes is crowned the world's best cheese

The World Cheese Awards were held in Switzerland last week. More than 5,000 cheeses from dozens of countries fought for the top spot.

#SportsReport: Kevin Durant Joins Golden State Warriors

MLB:In baseball, in the American League, Boston topped Texas 12-5, the White Sox bested the Yankees 8-2, Toronto tripled up Kansas City 6-2, Cleveland…

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) drives past Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/John Munson)

WAMC Sports Report 2/6/24: Curry scores 29, Warriors overcome slow start to beat Nets 109-98

Steph Curry scored 29 points, Jonathan Kuminga added 28 and the Golden State Warriors shook off a poor start to beat the Brooklyn Nets 109-98.

This image taken by NASA's Curiosity shows what lies ahead for the rover — its main science target, Mount Sharp.

NASA Releases First Full-Resolution Photographs From Mars Curiosity

After a nail-biter of a landing, the real science begins now.

Blair Horner: Washington Takes A Giant Step Toward Wrapping Up NY's State Budget

The swirling controversies and prognostications about the future of embattled Governor Cuomo have dominated New York headlines. One of the big questions…

Rohingya refugees gather in the "no man's land" behind Myanmar's barbed-wire-lined border in Maungdaw district, Rakhine state, in 2018. Some 700,000 refugees fled into Bangladesh following a brutal crackdown by the Myanmar military in 2017.

Nearly 71 Million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide As Of 2018, U.N. Report Says

The record number headlined the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' annual "Global Trends" report published Wednesday, just a day before World Refugee Day.

Sports Report: MLB Trade Deadline Today At 4 PM

MLB:Major League Baseball's trade deadline is 4 p.m. today and there were a couple of trades engineered yesterday involving major league pitchers. The…

A child receives the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., in November 2021. A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that the agency expand authorization of COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 6-months-old.

Advisers to the FDA back COVID vaccines for the youngest children

A committee of experts voted unanimously to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for children as young as 6-months-old.

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