Full transcript of ABC News' George Stephanopoulos' interview with President Joe Biden  —  Stephanopoulos spoke to Biden in an exclusive interview Wednesday.  —  Read the full transcript of President Joe Biden's exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday.

An Alabama doctor watched patients reject the coronavirus vaccine.  Now he's refusing to treat them.  —  In Alabama, where the nation's lowest vaccination rate has helped push the state closer to a record number of hospitalizations, a physician has sent a clear message to his patients …

Herd Immunity Herp Derp  —  The pandemic's wrongest theory.  —  A lot of people, including many experts, made blunders when assessing the best ways to combat the novel coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan in late 2019.  For a while people were sanitizing their grocery bags.  Mask guidance was all over the map.

Facebook wants you to hold your next meeting in VR  —  (CNN Business)For those who don't think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel like you're sitting around a table in a conference room.

“A Smile With Sharp Teeth”: Mike Richards's Rise to ‘Jeopardy!’  Host Sparks Questions About His Past  —  The ‘Jeopardy!’ host search is finally over.  New reporting reveals that concerns about Richards and the show's selection process remain.  —  One day in the fall of 2013, Mike Richards called Ken Jennings.

Trump is not ruining democracy, we are.  And it's been anguishing to confront  —  I was worried long before Trump and the Capitol riot, as political jousting turned zealous and well-off friends called America a disastrous mess.  —  I've written about a lot of unpleasant, even frightening, subjects.

Facebook shared new data about what's popular on its platform.  The answers are deeply weird.  —  Report shows a Green Bay Packers alumni page and an online CBD store, not right-wing pundits, are among the most viewed links in people's feeds, as Facebook pushes back against independent studies.

Guided by Faith, Divinity Student Fought His ‘Antiracist’ Princeton Seminary — and Won  —  Timothy Keiderling's decision to enroll in the Princeton Theological Seminary reflected his commitment “to give my life to work for justice and to live out the values of the Kingdom of God.”

GOP governors embrace Covid cocktails over masks as cases surge  —  Republican governors in some of the states hardest hit by the pandemic are pushing expensive Covid cocktails over cheap masks.  —  The governors in Florida, Missouri and Texas are promising millions of dollars in antibody treatments …

During campaign, Lauren Boebert didn't disclose husband's income from energy firm  —  DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert's husband made $478,000 last year working as a consultant for an energy firm, information that was not disclosed during Boebert's congressional campaign and only reported …

Federal judge rejects Trump-era permits for major Alaska oil project  —  Wednesday's decision is a setback for ConocoPhillips's Willow project, which aims to produce more than 100,000 barrels a day on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska  —  A federal judge on Wednesday threw out the permits …

Scoop: Manchin and Sinema advising House centrists  —  Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) are privately advising the nine House centrist lawmakers trying to force Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold a quick vote on the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure deal, lawmakers and aides tell Axios.

Fox News mandates employees disclose vaccination status, contradicting rhetoric from top stars  —  New York (CNN Business)The right-wing channel Fox News, whose top personalities have for months assailed the concept of vaccine passports and argued that asking about vaccine status amounts …

A mom of 4 who died of covid days after her husband makes one final wish: ‘Make sure my kids get vaccinated’  —  A few weeks ago, Lydia Rodriguez thought her body was strong enough to fight the coronavirus without the vaccine.  —  But after a week-long church camp, she and other members …

Larry David ‘screamed’ at Alan Dershowitz at grocery store over Trump ties  —  It seems that Alan Dershowitz's ties to the Trump administration have made him persona non grata among the Martha's Vineyard elite — including Larry David.  —  A Page Six spy spotted the Harvard Law professor …

Fred still causing trouble across US: 35 missing after severe flooding in North Carolina, tornado warnings issued in New York  —  ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The remnants of Tropical Storm Fred were soaking the Northeast on Thursday as Southern states assessed the damage from severe flooding, which in North Carolina had left 35 people missing.

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