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Mars rover Perseverance lands on Mars and sends its first tweet and image back to Earth!

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What you need to know

Perseverance, NASA's most sophisticated rover to date, just landed on Mars.

This is NASA's first mission that will search for signs of ancient life on another planet. It launched from Florida at the end of July.

NASA only lands a rover on Mars about every 10 years. The last was Curiosity in 2012.

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This is the first image Perseverance sent from Mars

Just minutes after landing on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover beamed back this image to Earth. It is the first of many the rover will while it's on its mission on the planet.

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NASA's rover sends its first tweet after landing

So, Perseverance isn't actually tweeting from Mars, per se, but humans back at NASA are.

Here's what the account tweeted shortly after landing:

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Watch the NASA control room erupt the moment Perseverance landed

Perseverance, NASA's most sophisticated rover to date, just landed on Mars.

The moment was a culmination of years of preparation for NASA scientists across the country.

Watch the moment inside the Pasadena, California, NASA control room:

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JUST IN: Perseverance rover has safely landed on Mars

The Perseverance rover just became NASA's fifth rover to safely land on the surface of Mars after surviving the "seven minutes of terror."

This is the most sophisticated rover the agency has ever sent to the Red Planet. It will gather data and look for signs of ancient life in a crater that once contained a lake about 3.9 billion years ago.

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The parachute has deployed

Perseverance's parachute has just deployed, and it has slowed its speed. It's very close to the surface.

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The "7 minutes of terror" have begun

Perseverance has just started what NASA refers to as the "seven minutes of terror." This is when the rover essentially has to land itself on Mars with no help from NASA, due to a one-way 11 minute time-delay.

The ground teams tell the spacecraft when to begin EDL (entry, descent and landing) and the spacecraft takes over from there - and mission control begins an agonizing wait.

The spacecraft hits the top of the Martian atmosphere moving at 12,000 miles per hour and has to slow down to zero miles per hour seven minutes later when the rover softly lands on the surface.

Here's a look at what happens during the final moments:

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The Perseverance rover has reached Mars

The cruise stage of Perseverance's journey has ended, and it has arrived at the Red Planet. This means the spacecraft will need to slam on the brakes to slow down from a speed of around 12,000 miles per hour.

Entry, descent and landing will begin soon.

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How we know the rover is OK

The Perseverance rover is sending "heartbeat tones" back to Earth to tell NASA's team it's healthy. However, it is now operating on its own millions of miles away.

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Here is what the rover is doing at Mars right now

It takes 11 minutes for the rover to send data from Mars back to Earth. In real rover time now, Perseverance is on its own and beginning its entry. However, we won't receive that data for a few more minutes.

What you need to know

Perseverance, NASA's most sophisticated rover to date, just landed on Mars.

This is NASA's first mission that will search for signs of ancient life on another planet. It launched from Florida at the end of July.

NASA only lands a rover on Mars about every 10 years. The last was Curiosity in 2012.

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This is the first image Perseverance sent from Mars

Just minutes after landing on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover beamed back this image to Earth. It is the first of many the rover will while it's on its mission on the planet.

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NASA's rover sends its first tweet after landing

So, Perseverance isn't actually tweeting from Mars, per se, but humans back at NASA are.

Here's what the account tweeted shortly after landing:

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Watch the NASA control room erupt the moment Perseverance landed

Perseverance, NASA's most sophisticated rover to date, just landed on Mars.

The moment was a culmination of years of preparation for NASA scientists across the country.

Watch the moment inside the Pasadena, California, NASA control room:

13 min ago
JUST IN: Perseverance rover has safely landed on Mars

The Perseverance rover just became NASA's fifth rover to safely land on the surface of Mars after surviving the "seven minutes of terror."

This is the most sophisticated rover the agency has ever sent to the Red Planet. It will gather data and look for signs of ancient life in a crater that once contained a lake about 3.9 billion years ago.

15 min ago
The parachute has deployed

Perseverance's parachute has just deployed, and it has slowed its speed. It's very close to the surface.

20 min ago
The "7 minutes of terror" have begun

Perseverance has just started what NASA refers to as the "seven minutes of terror." This is when the rover essentially has to land itself on Mars with no help from NASA, due to a one-way 11 minute time-delay.

The ground teams tell the spacecraft when to begin EDL (entry, descent and landing) and the spacecraft takes over from there - and mission control begins an agonizing wait.

The spacecraft hits the top of the Martian atmosphere moving at 12,000 miles per hour and has to slow down to zero miles per hour seven minutes later when the rover softly lands on the surface.

Here's a look at what happens during the final moments:

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The Perseverance rover has reached Mars

The cruise stage of Perseverance's journey has ended, and it has arrived at the Red Planet. This means the spacecraft will need to slam on the brakes to slow down from a speed of around 12,000 miles per hour.

Entry, descent and landing will begin soon.

25 min ago
How we know the rover is OK

The Perseverance rover is sending "heartbeat tones" back to Earth to tell NASA's team it's healthy. However, it is now operating on its own millions of miles away.

28 min ago
Here is what the rover is doing at Mars right now

It takes 11 minutes for the rover to send data from Mars back to Earth. In real rover time now, Perseverance is on its own and beginning its entry. However, we won't receive that data for a few more minutes.

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By Ashley Strickland, Amanda Wills, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya and Veronica Rocha, CNN

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What you need to know Perseverance, NASA's most sophisticated rover to date, just landed on Mars. This is NASA's first mission that will search for signs of ancient life on another planet. It launched from Florida at the end of July. NASA only lands a rover on Mars about every 10 years.

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Millions of Texans left without food and power.  Texans left so unprepared they have to burn their sons toys for heat.

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Texas governor says he is responsible for the status of ERCOT, vows reforms | CNN

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continued to slam the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on Thursday for what he says are failures to prepare the state for the winter storm that has left thousands freezing in the dark without running water.

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Pittsburgh Steelers GM Kevin Colbert when asked about bringing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger back said that as of now Roethlisberger is a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. There will have to be some adjustments to his contract if he were to stay.

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PITTSBURGH -- Ben Roethlisberger is the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers right now, general manager Kevin Colbert said in a Wednesday news conference.

Beyond that, though, Colbert was lukewarm in his assessment of the franchise quarterback's future with the organization.

"As we sit here today, Ben is a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers," Colbert said. "... He reiterated that to us that he wants to continue to play, and we told him quite frankly we have to look at this current situation. ... With Ben's current cap number, some adjustment will have to be made."

Team owner and CEO Art Rooney II told reporters last month that the soon-to-be 39-year-old quarterback's $41.2 million cap hit for the 2021 season was untenable. Later the same day, Roethlisberger told The Athletic he was willing to work with the team and said he didn't "care 'bout my pay at all this year!"

Colbert placed emphasis on finding a solution that would benefit both the organization and the quarterback it drafted 11th overall in 2004.

"Ben Roethlisberger is on the team," the general manager said Wednesday. "Ben Roethlisberger did a lot of really good things last year. We anticipate that he could still do some good things going forward.

"Hopefully there's a way that we can try to figure out and do what's best for the organization and do what's best for Ben. Hopefully he'll be able to see that and feel the same way we do. There's a lot of work that needs to be done, not only with Ben, with the whole unrestricted free-agent class and our whole cap situation as well."

Colbert said the assessment of Roethlisberger's future with the organization begins with the financial situation for the 2021 season. If Roethlisberger retires or is cut, he would still count $22.25 million against the cap. If the team opts to give him an extension and convert his base salary and roster bonus into a signing bonus spread out over multiple years, the most the team can reduce his cap hit to is $27.125 million. Though it's not likely, Roethlisberger could also opt to play for the minimum and take a pay cut of $17.925 million, but his cap hit would still be $23.325 million.

Because the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to significantly lower the salary cap -- though it can't drop below $175 million -- the Steelers are firmly in cap trouble. ESPN's roster management system currently projects the Steelers to be over the cap by more than $22 million. The team must be cap-compliant by the start of the new league year on March 17.

"We were all dealt a loss through the pandemic, and we have to deal with that accordingly. And we will," Colbert said. "It's not unique to us. Two-thirds of the league is facing similar issues. How that all comes together in the next few weeks, we'll continue to look at it.

"It is first and foremost financially because we have to be in compliance," he added. "Then we're making guesstimates as to what we can do to put the best team together for our sake and for Ben's sake. What kind of team can he anticipate being around him if we decide we can move forward together."

When Roethlisberger met with Steelers brass shortly after the season, the group agreed they would met again "down the road" once some other factors like available free agents and cap number became more clear. Colbert declined to say specifically if he has met with Roethlisberger since or when he will meet again to sort out the future.

"It's an ongoing process," Colbert said. "It just doesn't involve him. It involves the players around him. I'm sure he's going to want to see what type of team we can keep together under our current situation. Hopefully we can all make the correct adjustments to keep the group together as much as possible."

In addition to figuring out Roethlisberger's situation, Colbert admitted that re-signing any of the team's 19 unrestricted free agents, such as wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, given the cap constraints will be difficult. But before they can truly evaluate free-agency options, the Steelers must determine the future of its quarterback.

"Going back on Ben's 2020, he really did do some special things," Colbert said. "In the beginning of the year, we talked about watching what he was doing because he was doing some incredible feats as we were building that 11-0 record. A lot of that was him performing in crucial times in games. Down the stretch, he didn't play as good, but we didn't play as good around him.

"Can he still do some special things? Absolutely. Did he do that to his expectations? I think he'd be the first to tell you, no. Ben cares about one thing: He cares about winning a Super Bowl. He's no different than us. When it doesn't happen, he's never going to be satisfied. So hopefully whatever team we come up with in 2021, that will be a team that again we're not talking about losing a first-round playoff game."

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GM Kevin Colbert gives lukewarm assessment of Ben Roethlisberger's future with Pittsburgh Steelers

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PITTSBURGH -- Ben Roethlisberger is the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers right now, general manager Kevin Colbert said in a Wednesday news conference. Beyond that, though, Colbert was lukewarm in his assessment of the franchise quarterback's future with the organization. "As we sit here today, Ben is a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers," Colbert said.

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Rush Limbaugh, a conservative radio host and political commentator, died of lung cancer yesterday.

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Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced.

Limbaugh's wife, Kathryn, made the announcement on his radio show.

The radio icon learned he had Stage IV lung cancer in January 2020 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Trump at the State of the Union address days later. First lady Melania Trump then presented America's highest civilian honor to Limbaugh in an emotional moment on the heels of his devastating cancer diagnosis.

"Rush Limbaugh: Thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country," President Trump said during the address.

Limbaugh is considered one of the most influential media figures in American history and has played a consequential role in conservative politics since "The Rush Limbaugh Show" began in 1988. Perched behind his Golden EIB (Excellence in Broadcasting) Microphone, Limbaugh spent over three decades as arguably both the most beloved and polarizing person in American media.

The program that began 33 years ago on national syndication with only 56 radio stations grew to be the most listened-to radio show in the United States, airing on more than 600 stations, according to the show's website. Up to 27 million people tuned in on a weekly basis and Limbaugh has lovingly referred to his passionate fan base as "Dittoheads," as they would often say "ditto" when agreeing with the iconic radio host.

In his final radio broadcast of 2020, Limbaugh thanked his listeners and supporters, revealing at the time that he had outlived his prognosis.

"I wasn't expected to be alive today," he said. "I wasn't expected to make it to October, and then to November, and then to December. And yet, here I am, and today, got some problems, but I'm feeling pretty good today."

Limbaugh helped boost Trump's influence prior to the 2016 election simply by taking him seriously as a candidate when other established conservatives didn't want the former reality television star anywhere near the Republican Party. Many of Limbaugh's listeners eventually became Trump supporters and the radio legend continued to defend Trump throughout his presidency despite occasional disagreements.

In the heat of the 2020 presidential election, Limbaugh hosted Trump in October for what was an unprecedented two-hour "radio rally", during which the president was virtually given control of the coveted golden microphone to answer questions from the host and his listeners.

Limbaugh, born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., on Jan. 12, 1951, began his radio career in 1967 as a "helper" when he was only 16 years old. He eventually graduated to disk jockey and worked at a small station roughly 100 miles south of St. Louis while attending high school.

"I was totally consumed," Limbaugh told the New York Times in 1990, noting that his idol was a Chicago radio host named Larry Lujack. By 1971, Limbaugh was a morning radio host in Pittsburgh, where he was oddly told to cover a certain amount of "farm news" because the area was surrounded by many agriculture communities. In 2007 he explained to listeners how the young radio host managed to keep listeners despite the bizarre requirement.

"The last thing that the audience of my show cares about is farm news. If farm news came on, bam! They pushed the button and go somewhere else. So, we had to figure out, 'Okay, how do we do this and protect the license?' So I turned the farm news every day into a funny bit with farm sound effects and the roosters crowing and so forth, and I'd make fun of the stockyard feed prices or whatever it was, so that we could say, 'We're doing barn news,' agriculture news. There was all kinds of things like that," Limbaugh told listeners.

The tidbit offered a glimpse into Limbaugh's early days, proving that he was a master of keeping audiences engaged from a young age. Limbaugh has said he realized America was the "greatest country ever" when taking trips to Europe and Asia in his late 20s and early 30s, an experience that helped shape his political views.

"I'm aware that the United States is young compared to countries in Europe and Asia that have been around for hundreds of years. They're thousand-year-old civilizations," he told listeners in 2013. "So, I go to Europe and say, 'Wait a minute. Why is this bedroom so damned old-fashioned and doesn't work? What the hell is this? They call this a toilet?' So I started asking myself, 'How is it that we, who have only been around 200 years, are light-years ahead of people that have been alive a thousand?' So, I started thinking this. It was a matter of genuine curiosity to me, and not from a braggadocios standpoint."

Limbaugh continued the trip down memory lane: "I was literally interested in how that happened, and then I started to think about all the other things that we led the world in: Manufacturing, technology, innovation, invention, creation, and it all led back to liberty and freedom and the pursuit of happiness and dreams coming true and working hard for whatever you want and being able to do what you love, not just have to dream about it."

From that point forward, Limbaugh believed that "American exceptionalism" shouldn't be frowned upon, and his conservative views became more prominent.

"We stood for the concepts that are in our Declaration of Independence: Right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. We stood for that, and we were the beacon for it, and to this day that is why the oppressed of the world still seek to come into this country," he said.

Limbaugh also credited National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. for teaching him how to articulate conservative views.

"He single-handedly is responsible for my learning to form and frame my beliefs and express them verbally in a concise and understandable way," Limbaugh once said.

In 1987, the Federal Communications Commission repealed the Fairness Doctrine, a policy that had been in place since 1949 and mandated that both sides of controversial political issues receive equal time on radio programs. The decision by the FCC paved the way for Limbaugh to broadcast his conservative views without fear of being punished by the government, quickly leading to the now-prominent talk radio format that he pioneered.

After local radio gigs in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Sacramento, Limbaugh landed at WABC in New York shortly after the Fairness Doctrine was repealed. It was there that he changed talk radio forever when "The Rush Limbaugh Show" became a cultural phenomenon for both the message and the way it was delivered.

"Unlike most radio talkers, who affect a casual, intimate style, Limbaugh sounds like he's on a soapbox. He is intoxicated by words, especially those flowing from his own lips. His vocabulary is extensive; his diction tends to the grandiosely formal, though overblown to the point of self-parody. His nervous energy plays out through hands that never stop moving. They rattle the papers, slap the desk, punch the console. Whap! Whap! Whump! This muted percussion is often heard on the air, a rhythmic accompaniment to Limbaugh's voice," author Lewis Grossberger wrote in New York Times Magazine in 1990.

At one point after early struggles to find success in the radio business, Limbaugh temporarily left the industry and worked for the Kansas City Royals baseball team. Lucky for conservatives and "Dittoheads," he eventually returned to radio.

"Thanks for all you're doing to promote Republican and conservative principles. Now that I've retired from active politics, I don't mind that you have become the Number One voice for conservatism in our country," President Ronald Reagan once wrote in a letter to Limbaughthat was published by National Review in 2003.

"I know the liberals call you 'the most dangerous man in America,' but don't worry about it, they used to say the same thing about me. Keep up the good work. America needs to hear the way things ought to be," Reagan continued.

Limbaugh was eventually enshrined in the Radio Hall of Fame and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He was a five-time winner of the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award for "Excellence in Syndicated and Network Broadcasting," a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and was named one of Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People in 2008 and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2009.

While Limbaugh made his career on radio, a speech he delivered at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2009 is widely considered one of the most important moments of his career -- an explanation of "who conservatives are" that caused the crowd to erupt with chants of "USA! USA!"

"We love people. When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don't see groups. We don't see victims. We don't see people we want to exploit. What we see -- what we see is potential. We do not look out across the country and see the average American, the person that makes this country work. We do not see that person with contempt. We don't think that person doesn't have what it takes. We believe that person can be the best he or she wants to be if certain things are just removed from their path like onerous taxes, regulations and too much government," Limbaugh told the crowd.

"We want every American to be the best he or she chooses to be. We recognize that we are all individuals. We love and revere our founding documents, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence," he continued. "We believe that the preamble to the Constitution contains an inarguable truth that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, Freedom and the pursuit of happiness."

In 2001, Limbaugh was diagnosed with an autoimmune inner-ear disease that drastically affected his hearing.
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In 2003, Limbaugh checked himself into a treatment facility after becoming addicted to pain medication that he was prescribed following back surgery. Also in 2003, Limbaugh resigned from a brief role as ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown" after making controversial comments about then-Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, who the broadcasting legend said was overrated by media members who wanted to see a Black quarterback thrive.

Limbaugh is survived by his wife, Kathryn.
Fox News' Charles Creitz, Yael Halon and David Rutz contributed to this report.

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Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio pioneer, dead at 70

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Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced.

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There has been a lot more people applying for unemployment even though the unemployment rate is dropping.

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The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week to 861,000, evidence that layoffs remain painfully high despite a steady drop in the number of confirmed viral infections

WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week to 861,000, evidence that layoffs remain painfully high despite a steady drop in the number of confirmed viral infections.

Applications from laid-off workers rose 13,000 from the previous week, which was revised sharply higher, the Labor Department said Thursday. Before the virus erupted in the United States last March, weekly applications for unemployment benefits had never topped 700,000, even during the Great Recession of 2008-2009.

The figures underscore that the job market has stalled, with employers having added a mere 49,000 jobs in January after cutting workers in December. Nearly 10 million jobs remain lost to the pandemic. Though the unemployment rate fell last month from 6.7%, to 6.3%, it did so in part because some people stopped looking for jobs. People who aren't actively seeking work aren't counted as unemployed.

Still, fraudulent claims for jobless aid in some states and other issues, including potential backlogs of claims, may be elevating the totals. Last week, for example, Ohio reported a huge increase in applications and said it had set aside about half that increase for further review out of concern about fraud. And this week, Ohio reported that applications under a federal program that covers self-employed and gig workers jumped from about 10,000 to over 230,000. That could reflect a backlog of applications, because Ohio hadn't reported data under that program until two weeks ago.

Likewise, Illinois reported this week that jobless claims under its regular state program doubled - from 34,000 to nearly 68,000.

"The unemployment claims data remain a mess," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont.

Applications may rise in the coming weeks, economists said, because of ice storms that have caused business shutdowns across the country. Yet economists are generally optimistic that as the weather improves, COVID vaccines are more widely administered and further federal aid is distributed, the economy will pick up in the spring and summer.

The surge in claims may also reflect, in part, the extension of two federal jobless benefit programs under an aid package that Congress enacted late last year. The extension of those programs meant that some people who had used up all their unemployment aid were eligible to reapply. The federal aid package also provided a $300-a-week unemployment benefit on top of regular state benefits.

Thursday's report showed that a total of 18.3 million people were receiving unemployment aid as of Jan. 30, down from 19.7 million the previous week. About three-quarters of those recipients are receiving checks from federal benefit programs, including programs that provide jobless aid beyond the 26 weeks given by most states. That trend suggests that a sizable proportion of the unemployed have been out of work for more than six months, reflecting a bleak job market for many.

Yet the two federal unemployment aid programs - one that provides up to an extra 24 weeks of support and another that covers self-employed and gig workers - are scheduled to expire in about a month.

President Joe Biden is proposing to extend both programs through August as part of his $1.9 trillion package now before Congress. The legislation would also provide an additional $400 a week in federal jobless aid, on top of state benefits. That money would replace a $300-a-week benefit that was included in the relief package approved last year.

Some industry data suggests that hiring remains weak. UKG, a company that provides time management software, estimates that among its mostly small-business clients, the number of shifts worked nationally has risen just 0.2% in the past month. That tepid increase signals that hiring has been sluggish so far this month.

Still, the economy has shown signs of picking up as states and cities have eased some business restrictions and the most recent round of $600 stimulus checks have made their way through the economy. Sales at retail stores and restaurants soared in January, jumping 5.3% from December, the government said Wednesday.

Furniture and electronic and appliance stores recorded some of the strongest increases, likely a result of last year's healthy gain in home sales.

Factory output also rose last month, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday, its fourth straight increase, led by greater production of steel and other metals.

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US jobless claims rise to 861,000 as layoffs stay high

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The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week to 861,000, evidence that layoffs remain painfully high despite a steady drop in the number of confirmed viral infections WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week to 861,000, evidence that layoffs remain painfully high despite a steady drop in the number of confirmed viral infections.

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Texas family left without power

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If you told me two weeks ago that I would soon be tramping across a snow-covered apartment complex at midnight, looking for something to burn to keep my wife warm from the sub-freezing temperatures outside in Texas, I would have not believed you.

But that's where I found myself early Wednesday morning. I first noticed the power was out at 4 a.m. Monday -- I got up to use the bathroom and the lights didn't work. We were told to expect rolling blackouts lasting roughly 45 minutes at a time, so I was optimistic that the power would soon return. It didn't. To make matters worse, all the hotels in the area quickly sold out.
MAJOR WINTER STORM CRAWLS ACROSS EAST COAST
All day Monday, we waited for the power to return, huddling in front of the fireplace while the temperature hovered in the single digits. We made tea holding a small pot of water at arm's length over the fire. But our stack of firewood was running low.

Firewood was sold out virtually everywhere. The customer service desk at Lowe's told me they had been out since the morning. A half dozen guys in line behind me walked out upon hearing the news -- apparently, they'd been waiting to ask the same question. I drove around Fort Worth, looking for firewood. A Spanish-language gas station off the beaten path had a couple of Duraflame logs left; those and the two logs back home would have to last.
HISTORIC WINTER STORM SLAMS TEXAS WITH RECORD COLD, ICY ROADS
Monday evening, we caught a lucky break. A close friend's older sister, Rachel, lives nearby with her husband and texted us to say they still had power. We spent a few hours charging our laptops and phones before returning home, hoping the power would return any minute. It didn't.

That night, my wife and I slept with our mattress pulled up to the fireplace in the living room, hoping that we would wake up to a warm apartment.

We woke up Tuesday morning feeling like we lived in a refrigerator. Somehow, our apartment had only gotten colder. We quickly walked over to Rachel's and spent the day there -- the four of us working on laptops in the family room. The temperature there refused to budge above 60 -- which was still 20 degrees warmer than our apartment. Our hosts were beyond gracious, but it was a strange feeling to be dependent on the generosity of others for basic necessities like coffee and heat.

In hindsight, we should have accepted Rachel's offer to sleep on her couch that night, but we hoped our last few logs would keep a fire going until we fell asleep. They didn't.

As the fire died out a few minutes before midnight, I went out looking for things to burn. It took a few minutes to find a tree with branches low enough to grab, and another couple of minutes to tear off a mid-sized branch, which was more than enough time for the cold to seep through the multiple coats I was wearing. The fire still didn't last much longer -- but it helped.

It wasn't until Wednesday that a hotel room opened up. We couldn't check in until 3:00 p.m., but we headed over at noon, hoping that something would open up sooner. Above all, we were dreaming of a hot shower. After three hours of waiting, we had a room -- but there was a catch. Half the hotel rooms, including ours, had no water. We took it anyway.
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Our apartment still doesn't have power and the hotel room where we're staying doesn't have working water, but we have heat, electricity and Wifi -- and right now that's more than many of our fellow Texans have.

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Texas resident describes 48 hours without power in sub-freezing temperatures

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If you told me two weeks ago that I would soon be tramping across a snow-covered apartment complex at midnight during a winter storm, looking for something to burn to keep my wife warm from the sub-freezing temperatures outside in Texas, I would have not believed you.

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Severe winter storms will cause ‘widespread delays’ in COVID-19 vaccine shipments, CDC says

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Severe winter storms will cause ‘widespread delays’ in COVID-19 vaccine shipments, CDC says

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Dangerous winter storms in the United States have caused record subzero temperatures, power outages for millions of homeowners and have led to more than two dozen deaths. The inclement weather is also expected to have a large impact on the shipment and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

"Due to the severe winter weather currently impacting a large swath of the country, the U.S. government is projecting widespread delays in COVID-19 vaccine shipments and deliveries over the next few days," Jasmine Reed, a CDC spokesperson told FOX Television Stations.

Reed says the CDC is working closely with its partners to get the vaccine out to Americans, but the storm conditions facing the nation is likely to impact its swiftness.
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Shipping partners are working to deliver vaccine where possible, contingent on local conditions, but the adverse weather is expected to continue to impact shipments out of the FedEx facility in Memphis, Tenn., as well as the UPS facility in Louisville, Ken., which serve as vaccine shipping hubs for multiple states," Reed explained.

Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings are currently in effect for a large portion of the country, including Memphis and Louisville, where the coronavirus vaccines are shipped from.

On Wednesday, the National Weather Service forecasted a high of 26 degrees with a 90 percent chance of snow in Memphis - a city already impacted with snow and icy conditions.

Meanwhile, Louisville is bracing for another round of wintry weather with another 1 to 3 inches of snow expected, according to its local weather service.
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"CDC and federal partners are working closely with the jurisdictions, as well as manufacturing and shipping partners, to assess weather conditions and help mitigate potential delivery delays and cancellations," Reed said.

As of Tuesday, over 71 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been distributed, and over 55 million doses had been administered, but there were already signs of slowdowns amid the wintry weather.

Power outages in Texas forced one county to scramble to get more than 8,000 doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine into arms, while the supermarket chain Publix canceled COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Florida, citing shipment delays.
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In addition, Chicago closed all city-operated vaccination and testing sites Tuesday because of the weather and said shipments to the city will be delayed. Chicago could see its tenth consecutive day of snow Wednesday evening, just a day after some parts of the city were walloped by the city's largest winter this season.

Storms charge across U.S.

Winter storms and a blast of frigid air from the Arctic have left behind record-setting low temperatures and icy conditions across a large swath of the country.

The Pacific Northwest saw rare snow, a major blackout is ongoing in Texas and a tornado tore through a seaside town in North Carolina - leaving at least three people dead.

In Omaha, Nebraska the temperature bottomed out at 23 degrees below zero overnight, the coldest in 25 years. The state is also seeing major power outages.
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Millions of Texans are also without power amid subfreezing temperatures. The Houston area experienced record-breaking temperatures, which had been set in the early 1900s, during Monday's historic winter storm.

And it's not over yet. Another storm system will bring significant snowfall, rain and dangerous ice to parts of the South, mid-Atlantic and Northeast through at least Friday.

This system could bring a couple more inches of snow to places like Texas and several more inches to the interior Northeast.

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Dangerous winter storms in the United States have caused record subzero temperatures, power outages for millions of homeowners and have led to more than two dozen deaths. The inclement weather is also expected to have a large impact on the shipment and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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A North Carolina mother of five was accidentally shot to death after one of her children found a loaded gun in her purse, authorities said.

Cops responded to Gabriel Henderson's apartment in Cornelius around 7 p.m. on Monday, where they found her dead in a bedroom in the back of the home, according to the Cornelius Police Department.

Officers also found a small semiautomatic handgun on the bed, police said.

They believe the children found the weapon in their mother's purse. It was not clear who had fired the weapon.
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Henderson's youngest child was also shot and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The only people inside the apartment during the shooting were Henderson and her five children, according to police.

Four of the children were in the room at the time of the shooting, cops said.
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Henderson's oldest child was in the living room when the incident occurred, police added.
This report originally appeared in the New York Post.

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A North Carolina mother of five was accidentally shot to death after one of her children found a loaded gun in her purse, authorities said. Cops responded to Gabriel Henderson's apartment in Cornelius around 7 p.m. on Monday, where they found her dead in a bedroom in the back of the home, according to the Cornelius Police Department.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continued to slam the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on Thursday for what he says are failures to prepare the state for the winter storm that has left thousands freezing in the dark without running water.

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Across the South and into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, several million homes and businesses had no power Tuesday morning. In Texas alone, more than 4 million customers still had no electricity Tuesday morning. Some had been without power for more than 24 hours after generating stations went offline early Monday.

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As millions of Texans prepared to endure another frigid night with no electricity, officials pleaded with residents to refrain from using grills, generators and other items to provide heat indoors.

"This is a public health disaster and a public health emergency," Dr. Samuel Prater, an emergency room physician at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, said in a news briefing Tuesday evening, referring to dozens of cases of carbon monoxide poisoning in the wake of power outages during Winter Storm Uri.

At least two people, a child and an adult, have died.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said at least 300 calls regarding carbon monoxide poisoning had been received by the fire marshall, hospitals and other agencies. Hidalgo called it a "disaster within a disaster."

Harris County Fire Marshall Linda Christensen implored people to spread the word about carbon monoxide danger by texting and calling neighbors and friends and sharing warnings on social media.

"We have to get the message out. People are dying," Christiansen said. "We are losing our family members to carbon monoxide poisoning."

Safety rules include never using grills, generators and other items indoors, in garages or in close proximity to buildings.

The Cy-Fair Fire Department in northwest Harris County said many people were using charcoal grills inside their homes for heat. The department took 14 people, including seven children, to hospitals because of carbon monoxide poisoning.

In Fort Worth, Cook Children's Medical Center treated at least 13 pediatric patients for carbon monoxide poisoning.

In all, at least 17 deaths have been attributed to the storm.

Across the South and into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, several million homes and businesses had no power Tuesday morning. In Texas alone, more than 4 million customers still had no electricity Tuesday morning. Some had been without power for more than 24 hours after generating stations went offline early Monday.

One Texas utility warned that the grid manager was " unable to predict when grid conditions will stabilize. All customers are urged to be prepared for (continued) extended outages."
(MORE: Why Winter Storm Uri Caused Millions of Power Outages in Texas)
The outages also shut down water treatment plants and hundreds of thousands of people were told to boil water before using it.

Here is a look at more of the impacts of the cold and Winter Storm Uri.

Texas Power Outages

More than 3.1 million homes and businesses remained without electricity in Texas as of about 6 p.m. EST Tuesday, according to poweroutage.us.

The arctic air that poured into Texas resulted in a record-breaking demand for power that caused the state's electric grid to fail. Suppliers had planned to use rolling blackouts, but the system was overwhelmed.

An estimated 75% of Texas power generation capacity was impacted, according to KTRK.

"The number of controlled outages we have to do remains high. We are optimistic that we will be able to reduce the number throughout the day," tweeted Dan Woodfin, senior director of system operations for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state's power grid.

Bill Magness, president and CEO of ERCOT, told WFAA about 45,000 megawatts of electricity was offline Tuesday morning. Texas has about 680 power plants in the state, and 70 to 80 of those were offline, WFAA reported.
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Magness said ERCOT couldn't buy electricity from utilities in the eastern U.S. because they were experiencing their own outages and ERCOT isn't connected to utilities in the western U.S.

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan ordered a hearing to investigate ERCOT and determine what caused "caused the lights to go off across the Lone Star State."

Officials with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation announced they too are launching an inquiry into the operations of the country's bulk-power system, the Associated Press reported.

Texas officials asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to send 60 generators and planned to use them for hospitals and nursing homes first, AP reported. The state also opened 35 shelters.

At Least 17 Deaths

-A woman and her three elementary-school-age grandchildren died in a house fire about 2 a.m. Tuesday in Sugar Land, Texas, according to KHOU. Two people were injured. The cause of the fire is being investigated. The neighborhood had been without power for about eight hours, KHOU reported.

-A woman and a girl died and two other people were hospitalized Monday in Houston because of carbon monoxide poisoning, Houston Police said. It looked as if they left a car running in the garage to help warm the house, which had no power, police said.

-A man found dead Monday on a median in Houston was suspected to have died because of exposure to extremely low temperatures, Police Chief Art Acevedo said. An autopsy is pending.

-Just outside Houston, the death of a 60-year-old man found in a van in Harris County, Texas, also may have been caused by exposure to the cold, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said.

-A person who got out of his car after an accident on Interstate 10 was struck and killed late Monday, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said.

-Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said the cold is suspected in the death of a 78-year-old man found Monday morning outside his home near San Antonio, Texas, according to KSAT.

-In Missouri, a 59-year-old man was killed about 4:20 p.m. Monday near Sturgeon in Boone County after his pickup truck collided with a snowplow, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

-A 50-year-old Lafayette Parish man died Monday after slipping on ice and hitting his head, the Louisiana Department of Health reported.

-In Tennessee, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said a 10-year-old boy died and his 6-year-old sister was in critical condition after they fell through an iced-over pond Sunday morning near Millington, the Commercial Appeal reported.

-The Tennessee Department of Health said there was one storm-related fatality in Maury County but no other details were provided.

-In North Carolina, Uri spawned a tornado that killed three people and injured 10 in Ocean Isle Beach, according to Brunswick County officials.

Texas Water Problems

The power outages forced some water treatment plants to shut down.

Abilene, a city of about 120,000 people, shut off water service at 7 p.m. Monday after power outages at all three of its water treatment plants, the city said in a news release. It warned that residents would have to boil water once service was restored.

More than 212,000 residents of Fort Worth and those of nine cities that buy drinking water from Fort Worth were told to boil water before using it after treatment plants there lost electricity. Customers should expect to be on a boil water notice through at least late Wednesday, the city said in a news release.

The cities of Pflugerville and Taylor also issued boil water notices, as did the Manville Water Supply Corporation in Williamson County.

Customers in eastern Hays County and in the Elm Creek area in Elgin also were warned to boil water before using it, KXAN reported.

The city of Kyle asked residents to stop using water altogether until further notice. "Due to a loss of power ... we are close to running out of water supply in #KyleTX," the city tweeted.

Other Power Outages

For the second consecutive day, the Southwest Power Pool, which manages the electric grid across parts of 14 states, warned that demand has exceeded its electric supply. It again warned that member utilities would implement controlled outages.

Rolling blackouts were reported in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and New Mexico. They affected tens of thousands of customers at a time.

Beyond the planned outages, hundreds of thousands of customers lost power because of the effects of Winter Storm Uri.

More than 84,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana still had no power Tuesday evening, according to poweroutage.us. Much of that was caused by icy tree limbs falling on power lines. Frozen roads made it difficult for utility crews to reach the downed lines, Gov. John Bel Edwards said.

Kentucky was still reporting nearly 125,000 outages. Some customers might not have electricity restored until the weekend, the Lexington Herald Leader reported. West Virginia had more than 81,000 outages, and Virginia had more than 61,000. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses in several states including Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio also had no power.

Uri Still Causing Travel Problems

Ice- and snow-covered roadways were still making for hazardous driving conditions on Tuesday.

Downed trees and power lines made most roads impassable in much of northeast Kentucky, the state Transportation Cabinet said. "Travel is hazardous, and not advised," according to a news release. Low temperatures were making roadways harder to plow in central Kentucky. Crashes and jackknifed semitrailer tractors were reported on several interstates around the state.

In southeastern Kentucky, road crews had to stop treating secondary roads on Monday because of the bad conditions.

"Our trucks were running into guardrails, sliding into ditch lines, unable to stay on the pavement," Darold Slone, snow and ice coordinator for the district that covers that corner of the state, said in a news release. "Our drivers are highly skilled and experienced driving in every type of weather. ... They have chains on their tires. If they can't navigate the roads safely, then other people don't need to be out."
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The Kentucky State Police reported multiple collisions on Interstate 65 near Horse Cave shortly before 11 a.m. Northbound lanes remained block nearly an hour later. Two troopers were injured when their cars were struck by a semi while they worked at crash scenes, Trooper Daniel Priddy told weather.com.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol said it was working five separate crashes on Interstate 40 east of Lebanon, Tennessee.

Air travel was also being restricted by Uri. More than 2,700 flights were canceled Tuesday and nearly 1,700 flights scheduled for Wednesday have been canceled. Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport said it would be closed until at least 8 p.m. CST Tuesday, after originally hoping to open earlier. Dallas-Fort Worth International, where the low temperature dropped to -2, reopened but more than 946 flights were canceled.

Nashville International Airport remained open but 195 flights were canceled.

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The United States is currently in the throes the COVID-19 pandemic, with new mutations proving more transmissible-and more deadly. While the vaccine is being rolled out, offering some hope that normalcy will be restored in the future, preventing the spread of infection is now more crucial than ever. "In general, the more closely you interact with others and the longer that interaction, the higher the risk of COVID-19 spread," warns the . Over the last year, they have offered guidance on how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19, warning about places where you are more prone to infection. Read on-and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had Coronavirus .

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Several people have been hospitalized after a fiery crash involving multiple semi-trucks and passenger vehicles on a highway near Oklahoma City, according to Fox 25's Connor Hansen.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Department of Public Safety reportedly told Hansen that the highway could be closed for up to 8 hours.
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In a tweet, the agency said the crash occurred on the Turner Turnpike westbound near Post Road and that traffic is being diverted at Hogback Road. Westbound traffic is being diverted to the Kickapoo Turnpike and eastbound Turner Turnpike traffic is being diverted to Interstate highway 35.

"Just a reminder- do not get out if you don't have to," the agency warned.

The Oklahoma National Guard confirmed in a tweet that guardsmen are on scene transporting injured motorists and providing first aid as needed.
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The crash comes after Oklahoma declared a state of emergency for its 77 counties due to inclement weather conditions.

"Conditions range from light snow flurries to heavy snow with drifting across Oklahoma highways this afternoon, causing further travel delays," the state's Department of Transporation said in a 4 p.m. weather update. "Oklahoma Department of Transportation crews continue around-the-clock plowing and clearing operations and are asking the public to delay travel heading into the evening as this is likely to be the worst point for conditions since the start of the storm."

If travel is necessary, motorists are asked to stay roughly 200 feet behind road clearing equipment, allow extra space between vehicles to provide adequate distance for braking, and to be patient and allow for extra time in reaching destinations.
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Valparaiso University in Indiana has decided to change their mascot, The Crusades, due to its usage in the newspaper by the hate group, the KKK.

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Students who attend Valparaiso University are Crusaders no more. The Lutheran university, aligning with schools and professional sports teams that have recently nixed racist mascots, has announced it will replace its mascot, the Crusader, because of its usage by hate groups.

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Everyday more people are given given doses of the vaccine against Covid-19. This has led to an increase to President Biden's administration goal, of vaccinating 100 million people in it's first 100 days!

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President Biden said Friday that it is his hope that by "the end of summer almost everybody" will have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

The president this week announced that the White House had secured another 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, saying on Thursday that the additional doses will be used to inoculate some 300 million people by the end of July.
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When asked about the timeline on Friday, Biden said "this has never been done before."

"Our hope is that by the end of summer, everybody, almost everybody, almost 300 million shots," Biden said. "It is going to take time."

The president made the announcement about additional doses of vaccine during his tour at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., on Thursday. Biden said the government on Thursday afternoon formalized its contract with Pfizer and German company BioNTech, the maker of the first COVID-19 vaccine, to see emergency use approval in the U.S., for an additional 100 million doses.

The government also formalized its contract with Moderna, the maker of the second vaccine, to see emergency use approval, for an additional 100 million doses as well.

Overall, the additional 200 million doses will increase the country's vaccine supply by about 50% to 600 million total doses.
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"We have now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans," Biden said.

Additionally, the president when making the announcement said Pfizer and Moderna are slated to deliver a previous order of 200 million doses by late May, a month sooner than initially expected.

With more doses secured, the country is also on track to meet the administration's goal of vaccinating 100 million people in its first 100 days, Biden added.
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To date, 34.7 million people have received at least one dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna jab, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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As vaccine eligibility expands to more groups of people, so does vaccine accessibility. This week, the COVID vaccine is becoming available at more and more pharmacies in an effort to get more shots in arms. Starting Feb. 12, Walgreens pharmacies across 21 states will be administering the vaccine in stores to those that are eligible. To see if you can get the vaccine at your local Walgreens, read on, and for more vaccine locations, If You Live in These States, You Can Get a COVID Vaccine at CVS.

On Feb. 2, Walgreens announced in a statement that they had been selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to administer the COVID vaccine in association with the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. As the CDC explains, the program is a collaboration between the federal government, states, and 21 national pharmacy partners and independent pharmacy networks with the aim of making shots more accessible.

Before Feb. 12, Walgreens was already administering vaccines in 13 states at select locations. Now, Walgreens is tacking on eight more states to the list through doses from the federal government. While eligibility varies from state to state, the groups currently being vaccinated include healthcare workers, people over the age of 65, and people with underlying conditions.

"Walgreens was one of the first pharmacies to begin administering COVID-19 vaccinations in December to long-term care facility staff and residents," Walgreens president John Standley said in the statement. "We look forward to leveraging our experience to support the federal government and CDC in expanding access to these vaccines."

Since there is still limited availability of vaccines, Walgreens will not administer vaccinations on a walk-in basis at this time. If you're eligible, you can schedule your vaccination appointment through Walgreens' online scheduler.

Keep reading to find out which states will be offering vaccination at Walgreens, and for more places to get the shot, If You Live in These States, You Can Now Get Vaccinated at Walmart.

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The four skiers who died during a massive avalanche in Utah on Saturday have been identified by authorities.

The victims, which included three Salt Lake City residents, were among two separate groups of skiers caught in the avalanche in Millcreek Canyon. Four others survived the harrowing ordeal.

According to the Unified Police Department, the victims are: Sarah Moughamian, 29, Louis Holian, 26, Stephanie Hopkins, 26, and 23-year-old Thomas Louis Steinbrecher.

"All eight skiers were well prepared and had the necessary equipment for the conditions," the department said in a statement.
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Holian, Hopkins and Steinbrecher all hailed from Salt Lake City, police said. Moughamian lived in Sandy.

Hopkins worked as a nurse at University of Utah Health, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

"Hopkins worked in the neuro critical care unit and was loved and respected by her colleagues. We send our condolences to her family and loved ones during this difficult time," the hospital said in a statement to the newspaper.

The bodies of the four victims were recovered from the mountain by authorities on Sunday.
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The four survivors, all men who ranged from 23 to 38 years old, had dug themselves and the victims out before being rescued, authorities said.

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The four skiers who died during a massive avalanche in Utah on Saturday have been identified by authorities. The victims, which included three Salt Lake City residents, were among two separate groups of skiers caught in the avalanche in Millcreek Canyon. Four others survived the harrowing ordeal.