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French teachers ditch Astrazeneca jab as huge vaccination centre closes after just 50 people out ...2021-04-18
The Sun: FRENCH teachers have ditched the Astrazeneca jab as a large vaccination centre closed after just 50 people out of 4,000 signed up. The take-up rate of just 1.25 per cent follows a series of warnings, withdrawals and U-turns about the highly effective...
Hampton area real estate transactions for the week of April 18, 20212021-04-18
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: HamptonMatthew Feroce sold property at 2889 Harts Run Road toMauriceSpencer for $13,100. PaulSweeney sold property at 5055 HarvestLane to Renee Foy for $127,000. Cartus Corp. sold property at 4801 Stonebridge Drive to Roman and Svetlana Kharkovski for...
Iberia Is Letting Passengers Choose Its 113th Summer Destination2021-04-18
Simple Flying: Spanish national flag carrier Iberia is asking its followers on social media to decide what its 113th summer 2021 destination will be. In a statement released on Friday, the Madrid-based airline said that its fans on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram would be...
Colorado’s busted NFL pipeline: Why aren’t more homegrown players getting drafted?2021-04-18
Denver Post: When it comes to producing NFL draft prospects, Colorado’s pipeline is drying up. There have been 170 Colorado high school football alums selected in the draft all-time, per CHSAA’s database. But the state’s only seen three players drafted in...
PETER HITCHENS: Don't blame Russia... WE are the ones pushing for a war2021-04-17
The Daily Mail: At last we are to get out of Afghanistan, a country to which we should never have sent a single soldier. I am still full of fury at the shallow and ignorant politicians of all the main parties who sent young men and women into that futile war, to die or to be...
A look back at history2021-04-17
The Oneida Daily Dispatch: Thursday, April 15, 2021 Today is Thursday, April 15, the 105th day of 2021. There are 260 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History:- Advertisement - On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, baseball’s first Black major league player, made his official...
Who is the Dean of Windsor’s wife Jayne Maria Evans?2021-04-17
The Sun: THE Royal Family will say their final farewell to Prince Philip during his funeral at St George's Chapel in Windsor this afternoon. Last night, it was confirmed that the Dean of Windsor will conduct the ceremony - here's everything you need to know...
ME Caribou ME Zone Forecast2021-04-17
The Argus Press: ME Caribou MEZoneForecast for Friday, April 16, 2021 ————— 916 FPUS51 KCAR 170652 ZFPCAR Zone Forecast Product for Northern and Eastern MaineNational Weather Service Caribou ME 252 AM EDT Sat Apr 17 2021 MEZ001-172015- Northwest Aroostook- Including the...
Amses: Springtime daydream2021-04-17
Times Argus: Marveling at the rich soil sifting easily through my fingers, I’m struck that it’s not hard as concrete or muddy — it’s not even damp. It’s as though we’ve bolted from what there was of winter, skipped early spring and settled into the kind of warm, fuzzy...
Fact-checking false and misleading claims from the past week2021-04-17
Winston-Salem Journal: A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: Photo shows Biden with young...
Today in history2021-04-16
The Record: Today is Friday, April 16, the 106th day of 2021. There are 259 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 16, 2007, in one of America’s worst school attacks, a college senior killed 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech before taking his...
This day in history, April 16, 20212021-04-16
The News-Gazette: Today is Friday, April 16, the 106th day of 2021. There are 259 days left in the year.Today’s highlight On April 16, 2007, in one of America’s worst school attacks, a college senior killed 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech before taking his own life. On...
France's growing German scepticism2021-04-16
The Spectator: Britain's favourite Frenchman, Michel Barnier, is in the Calais region today where he will address a conference about his part in Brexit and perhaps give a further indication as to his presidential aspirations. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator was...
Today in History — April 162021-04-16
Omaha World-Herald: 1789: President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Virginia, for his inauguration in New York. 1862: During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. 1867: Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright was born...