8 BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health officials announced Thursday that more than 1 billion people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the world’s most populous country, or about 72% of its 1.4 billion people. Through Wednesday, 2.16 billion vaccine doses had been administered and 1.01 billion people had been fully vaccinated, National Health Commission spokesperson Mi Feng said at a news conference. The announcement came as China battles a new outbreak of the delta variant in the southeastern province of Fujian, where 200 cases have been confirmed in the past six days. Authorities have locked down affected neighborhoods, closed schools and entertainment venues and restricted travel out of Fujian in an effort to keep the virus from spreading. China has largely stopped the spread of the coronavirus by imposing restrictions and mass testing whenever new cases are found. It also limits entry to the country and … [Read more...]

0 Schools The River Forest university was also named #1 Best Value in Illinois. Press Release Desk News Partner Posted Reply Press release from Dominican University: Sept. 15, 2021 U.S. News & World Report ranks Dominican University #10 in the Midwest in its prestigious 2022 Best Colleges publication. This is the second year in a row that Dominican has been ranked #10, after being included in the top 20 of Midwest Regional Universities for more than 20 years. Widely considered to be the leader in the college rankings field, U.S. News & World Report evaluates nearly 160 universities in the Midwest. The university also is ranked #6 in Best Undergraduate Teaching, an impressive increase from #11 last year. Dominican was named #1 Best Value in Illinois, a category that compares, among other factors, a school's academic quality and the percentage of full-time undergraduates receiving needs-based financial aid. … [Read more...]

(CBS Local)– The past year and a half has been one of the most challenging times for Don Darryl Rivera and his family. The actor and his wife are both performers on Broadway and they weren’t able to do what they love or provide for their family through their work on the stage because the pandemic shut down Broadway. Rivera is one of the many people interviewed about this time in a new documentary CBSN called “ Ghost Light: The Year Broadway Went Dark .” The documentary shines a light on how Broadway’s workers kept hope alive when their entire industry went dark, how they adjusted and how excited they are for the return of their shows. CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith spoke with Rivera about the biggest challenges he faced, his journey as Iago in the Broadway production of “Aladdin” and how he became a real estate agent during the pandemic. READ MORE: After Weeks Of Improvement, Drought In Colorado Is Getting Worse Again “Ghost Light: The Year Broadway Went Dark” streams on CBSN … [Read more...]

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has issued an order that election officials do not need to provide a notice that the Minneapolis public safety ballot question would not be counted during early voting. However, the court’s decision on whether votes on the wording would or would not be counted is yet to be settled. The supreme court filed the ruling Thursday. READ MORE: More Than 300 Afghan Refugees May Soon Be Resettled In Minnesota Earlier this week, a Hennepin County judge struck down the controversial Minneapolis charter amendment ballot question , saying that the wording was “unreasonable and misleading.” READ MORE: Chauvin Pleads Not Guilty To Allegedly Violating Teen's Civil Rights In 2017 The ballot question would ask voters whether the city should replace its police department with a department of public safety. The Minneapolis City Council approved new ballot language last week after a judge overruled the previous question. The judge argued … [Read more...]

Gov. Gavin Newsom faced a recall election at least in part because of his state's strict approach to battling the COVID-19 pandemic, and after the recall failed resoundingly on Tuesday, the governor told national Democrats to "lean into" pandemic-related mandates and restrictions. The governor's remarks are notable as the California Legislature may consider sweeping vaccine mandates at the start of 2022 . "We need to stiffen our spines and lean into keeping people safe and healthy," he told CBS News Thursday . "We shouldn't be timid in trying to protect people's lives and mitigate the spread and transmission of the disease." As of Thursday morning, "no" on the recall led "yes" 63.8% to 36.2%. Newsom's final advertisements and campaign messaging centered around his statewide vaccine mandate for health care workers and vaccination-or-test mandate for school personnel, two policies his Republican challengers vowed to revoke. "It's the right thing to do, but it's also a … [Read more...]

BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say the hole in the Earth’s protective ozone layer over the Southern Hemisphere is larger than usual this year and already surpasses the size of Antarctica. The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said Thursday that the so-called ozone hole, which appears every year during the Southern Hemisphere spring, has grown considerably in the past week following an average start. “Forecasts show that this year´s hole has evolved into a rather larger than usual one,” said Vincent-Henri Peuch, who heads the EU's satellite monitoring service. “We are looking at a quite big and potentially also deep ozone hole,” he said. Atmospheric ozone absorbs ultraviolet light coming from the sun. Its absence means more of this high-energy radiation reaches the Earth, where it can harm living cells. Peuch noted that last year's ozone hole also started out unremarkably but then turned into one of the longest-lasting ones on record. The Montreal … [Read more...]