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‘Nomadland’ wins best picture Academy Award

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — ‘Nomadland’ wins best picture Academy Award. Categories: AP National News

The Latest: Biden says US set on helping India with pandemic

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says the U.S is determined to help India as it grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases. In a tweet Sunday, Biden said, “Just as India sent assistance to the United States as our hospitals were strained early in the pandemic, we are determined to help India in its time of need.” The president didn’t…

Mormon sex therapist appeals her ouster from faith

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A sex therapist in Utah who was expelled from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints after publicly challenging her faith’s policies on sexuality has appealed the disciplinary action. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Natasha Helfer made her appeal in a letter to President Russell M. Nelson and members of the governing First Presidency. Helfer received a letter Wednesday from a regional church official explaining the reasons for her removal from the Salt Lake City-based church. Helfer was disciplined by church leaders in Kansas, where she lived before moving to Utah in 2019. 

The Latest: Washington state resumes J&J inoculations

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gov. Jay Inslee said Saturday that inoculations with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine can begin in Washington state following a review by scientific experts in a western states work group. The Seattle Times reports that the Western States Scientific Safety Review work group — vaccine experts from Washington, California, Oregon and Nevada — met Friday to review…

The Latest: Health panel urges restarting J&J vaccinations

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A U.S. health panel says it’s time to resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite a very rare risk of blood clots. Out of nearly 8 million people vaccinated before the U.S. suspended J&J’s shot, health officials uncovered 15 cases of a highly unusual kind of blood clot, three of them fatal. All were women, most younger than…