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New Law Guarantees New Yorkers Paid Time Off For COVID-19 Vaccine

New York has, so far, administered 6.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, with about 10% of the state now fully vaccinated.

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at a Covid-19 vaccination site at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on March 15, 2021. - Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Las Vegas Monday to promote the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, known as the American Rescue Plan. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Calls Grow For Trump To Urge Hesitant Supporters To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Trump supporters are the least likely to say they will seek a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available to them. Of the hesitancy among Republicans, Dr. Anthony Fauci says, "I just don't get it."

Doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine are stored at the Foch hospital in Suresnes, on February 6, 2021, on the start of a vaccination campaign for health workers with the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine. - The top French medical authority Haute autorité de Santé has approved the vaccine for use in France, but only for people under 65, echoing decisions made in Sweden, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland over concerns about a lack of data on the effectiveness of the vaccine for over 65s. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Sweden, Venezuela Are Latest Countries To Question AstraZeneca Vaccine

Several other countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands and Ireland moved to temporarily suspend injections of the vaccine this week.

Solar panels that are part of the University Area Joint Authority's solar array in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Anne Danahy/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Legislative Action On Increasing Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Goals Appears Unlikely

Pennsylvania’s targets for renewable energy are set to max out this year unless the General Assembly takes action, and Republican leaders seem ready to leave increasing goals for green energy up to the private sector.

Stimulus Package Brings Some Relief To New Yorkers With Disabilities

The newest relief package includes$350 billion dollars in aid to states to fund home and community-based services.

The Greenidge Generation plant in Torrey, NY.

As Opponents Rally, Torrey Planning Board Punts Greenidge Plant Expansion To April

A few dozen protestors stood outside the meeting holding signs as members of the planning board entered the building.

Across The Internet, A Game Of Whac-A-Mole Is Underway To Root Out Extremism

How are alternative platforms, where extremist ideology and disinformation thrive, monitored? Can we ever really root out extremism in the virtual space or will the targets just keep jumping around?

FILE - Actor Yaphet Kotto appears on his wedding day in Baltimore, Md. on July 12, 1998. Kotto, the commanding actor of the James Bond film “Live and Let Die” and as Lt. Al Giardello on the 90's NBC police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street, died Monday, March 15, 2021 at age 81. Kotto’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, announced his death Monday in a Facebook post. She said he died Monday in the Philippines. Kotto's agent, Ryan Goldhar, confirmed Kotto's death. (AP Photo/John Gillis, File)

Yaphet Kotto, Magnetic Actor With A Long And Varied Career, Dies At 81

"Your presence and talent were undeniable and magnetic," Viola Davis said in a tweet about Kotto.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 12, 2021. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Intelligence Report: Russia Tried To Help Trump In 2020 Election

The report says Russian leader Vladimir Putin authorized a campaign to assist former President Donald Trump and undermine Joe Biden, though it was not on the same scale as Moscow's efforts in 2016.

Syringes of the Moderna vaccine at a Covid-19 vaccination site at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on March 15, 2021. - Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Las Vegas Monday to promote the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, known as the American Rescue Plan. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump Encourages His Supporters To Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Within Limits of 'Freedoms'

Trump made the partial endorsement of the vaccine during a Tuesday evening interview with Fox News.

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