Vaccinated American Tourists May Soon Travel to Europe  —  The head of the European Commission said the bloc would switch policy, under certain conditions, after more than a year of mostly banning nonessential travel.  —  BRUSSELS — American tourists who have been fully vaccinated …

Is an Activist's Pricey House News?  Facebook Alone Decides.  —  The New York Post has complained that Facebook is blocking and downplaying its stories.  But the platform doesn't pay any special deference to journalists.  —  On Wednesday, I learned a new way to get a news article erased from much of the internet.

Iran's Foreign Minister, in Leaked Tape, Says Revolutionary Guards Set Policies  —  Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely revered military leader, Qassim Suleimani.  —  In a leaked audiotape that offers a glimpse into the behind …

KCUR Reporter And Beloved Colleague Aviva Okeson-Haberman Dies At 24  —  Aviva joined KCUR in 2019, impressing her colleagues with her work ethic and strength of purpose.  —  Aviva Okeson-Haberman, an accomplished KCUR reporter known for her thoughtful, aggressive and compassionate reporting …

DC cop cars totaled after officers drag race in NE, says commander  —  WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Two D.C. police cars were totaled after officers decided to drag race each other, according to an internal email obtained exclusively by FOX 5's Lindsay Watts.  —  “Yesterday two 6D scout cars …

60 Minutes interviews the prosecutors of Derek Chauvin  —  Scott Pelley speaks with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the prosecutorial team that convicted Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.  —  Derek Chauvin is in solitary confinement tonight awaiting sentencing for the murder of George Floyd.

Time to End Outdoor Mask Edicts  —  The CDC is moving too slowly in updating its advice to comport with the scientific evidence.  —  When fighting a crisis like Covid-19, health officials can never take for granted the public's willingness to comply.  The measures imposed—social distancing, wearing masks—require sacrifice.

House GOP retreat to Florida fraught with peril  —  ORLANDO — For House Republicans, it's less about how they can win back the majority and more about: How do they avoid messing things up?  —  That's the question on the minds of GOP lawmakers as they huddle in America's theme park haven …

Does Biden's Climate Plan Include Cutting 90% of Red Meat From Our Diets?  —  President Joe Biden's climate plan includes cutting 90% of red meat from Americans' diets by 2030.  —  Rating  —  False  —  Biden announced that his administration would seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

How Biden anchored his first 100 days on two simple principles  —  Poll shows slight majority approve of Biden's performance  —  (CNN)The increasingly radical presidency of Joe Biden was built on a straightforward foundation: putting Covid-19 shots in arms and stimulus checks in the bank.

Joe Cunningham confirms plans to run for SC governor; announcement set for April 26  —  Former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham confirmed to The Post and Courier that he will announce his 2022 campaign for governor of South Carolina on April 26.  —  The move puts an end to months of speculation …

How Equity Pulls People Down Rather Than Lifting Anyone Up  —  Once upon a time, the idea was equality, meaning we would treat everyone the same.  This is a good thing, of course, and we have laws that demand we do just that.  There's no room for discrimination based on things like race, religion, sex, or any other trait like that.

CEO of vaccine maker sold $10 million in stock before company ruined Johnson & Johnson doses  —  The stock price of government contractor Emergent BioSolutions has fallen sharply since the disclosure at the end of March that production problems at the firm's plant in Baltimore had ruined 15 million doses …

POLITICO Playbook: Democrats spar over Biden's next mega-proposal  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  For the past three months, EUGENE (along with video producers Krystal Campos and Michael Cadenhead) has been interviewing five freshmen from the most diverse Congress in history for Red, Fresh & Blue …

Republican lawyer is key player in voter suppression drive across US  —  Cleta Mitchell has emerged in a series of roles that many see as a Republican push on limiting voting rights  —  It was an abrupt end to two decades as a partner at legal giant Foley & Lardner for the influential and conservative election lawyer Cleta Mitchell.

Did the Costs of Pausing the J&J Vaccine Outweigh the Benefits?  —  Americans in states across the country started getting vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Covid vaccine again yesterday, after regulators ended a suspension of the vaccine that had lasted almost two weeks.

Boris Johnson: ‘Let the bodies pile high in their thousands’.  PM's incendiary remark during fight over lockdowns is latest claim in No10 drama - amid spectacular row with Cummings  — Claims that Boris Johnson said he would rather ‘bodies pile high in their thousands’ than order a third lockdown

Kamala Harris cements her place in Biden's inner circle during a consequential week  —  Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down with CNN's Dana Bash for her exclusive first one-on-one interview with the network airing on CNN's “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash” at 9 a.m. ET Sunday and again at noon ET.