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The Latest: Sinovac: CoronaVac vaccine effective in children

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BEIJING — Sinovac said on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac is safe and effective in children ages 3-17. The results were from early and mid-stage clinical trials with over 550 subjects, said Geng Zeng, the medical director at Sinovac, at a press conference. While the vaccine has already been allowed for use in adults in China, further testing was…

Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group

By CLAUDIA LAUER and THALIA BEATY - Associated Press
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by Rayos Syndication User

In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, whom they called “terrorists,” “racist” or “thugs.” Posts from the group were shared with The Associated Press, showing some of the 2,200 members including police officers, chiefs and retired law enforcement officials made regular transphobic bullying or violent posts, and bullied members who supported anti-police brutality protesters or Joe Biden in a forum billed as a place officers can “decompress, rant, share ideas.”

Man charged in NJ slaying, questioned in 4 New Mexico deaths

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and DAVID PORTER - Associated Press
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A man considered a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three other people in New Mexico has been charged with a separate killing in New Jersey. Authorities in Gloucester County say they have charged 47-year-old Sean Lannon with murder, robbery and other offenses in the death of 66-year-old Michael Dabkowski in Dabkowski’s East Greenwich home on Monday. Lannon was arrested in St. Louis on Wednesday morning. He is a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three men whose bodies were found last week in a vehicle at the Albuquerque International Sunport airport garage. It was not clear on Wednesday if Lannon had an attorney.