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US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11

US health officials have given the final OK to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 5. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the go-ahead Tuesday night. The announcement came only hours after a…

Union students give back for Community Day

JACKSON, Tenn. -- Union University students stepped outside to help their community on Tuesday. "Today is Campus and Community Day, which is an annual event that Union does in gratitude to the…

Supreme Court won't hear case involving transgender rights

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a case involving transgender rights and leaving in place a lower court decision against a Catholic hospital that wouldn’t allow a transgender man to have a hysterectomy there. The…

Health department to offer free flu vaccine Nov. 9

JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department is helping in the fight against the flu. The department says it will be offering free flu vaccines on Tuesday, Nov. 9, which will be a part of a Fight Flu…

Jackson police investigating south Jackson homicide

JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Jackson Police Department is investigating a homicide that took place Tuesday morning. According to a JPD news release, its officers responded to Holly Street in south Jackson around 9 a.m. in response to a report of…

Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete faceprints of more than 1 billion people. The unexpected announcement, delivered with little fanfare in a blog post published Tuesday, represents an abrupt about-face for…

Prosecutor says Rittenhouse instigated Kenosha bloodshed

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Opening statements have begun in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot three people during a protest against racial injustice on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. Rittenhouse was 17 when he traveled from…

32 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Madison County

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department has confirmed another 32 cases of COVID-19 in Madison County. The additional cases bring the total number of confirmed positive cases in Madison County to 18,326. The health department also released…

A look at what's in Tennessee's far-reaching COVID-19 bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The sprawling legislation against COVID-19 prevention measures that awaits Gov. Bill Lee’s signature takes on vaccine requirements, mask mandates, unemployment for COVID-19 shot holdouts and more. Republican lawmakers passed the final bill during the dead of…

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