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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, shown here in a hospital in Denver.

CDC, FDA To Review J&J Shot After 6 Blood Clot Cases Reported Out Of Nearly 7M Doses

In a statement on Tuesday, U.S. authorities said they are "reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine."

Worksafe Tasmania officers inspect a bouncy castle at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania on Thursday. A strong gust of wind lifted the castle some 30 feet into the air at an event celebrating the end of the school year.

A wind gust swept a bouncy castle in Tasmania 30 feet in the air, killing 6 children

The incident happened at an end-of-year celebration at Hillcrest Primary School in the Australian state.

At a disciplinary trial, New York City police Officer Daniel Pantaleo was found guilty of using a banned chokehold in the July 2014 death of Eric Garner.

NYPD Judge Recommends That The Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Be Fired

NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo was found guilty of using a banned chokehold but not guilty of intentionally restricting Garner's breathing in 2014. The department says he has now been suspended.

A statue of John Harvard, namesake of Harvard University, wears a face mask last month on the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass.

Harvard And Other Universities Turn Down Relief Funds Amid Swell Of Criticism

President Trump and others criticized "elite, wealthy institutions" for money allocated to them by a federal package.

Erica Lux and Christian J. Collier - at WUTC

At Writers@Work, Inside The Mind Of Christian J. Collier

As our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - hosts the Meacham Writers’ Workshop for this spring, another gathering for writers unfolds this week in this city.

What Sen. Feinstein Losing Support Of California Democrats Says About The Party

California's senior senator, Democrat Dianne Feinstein, did not receive the endorsement of her party over the weekend. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Seema Mehta about why.

A man walks past sacks containing debris washed ashore from the X-Press Pearl on a beach in Colombo on Thursday. The plastic pellets will break down and be more difficult to clean up over time, marine biologist Asha de Vos says.

The Ship Sinking Off Sri Lanka Looks Like A Lasting Environmental Disaster

Waves of plastic pellets are washing up on beaches in Sri Lanka. Marine biologist Asha de Vos says the microplastics are spreading in the water and scientists don't yet understand the full effects.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic (left) embraces Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro after their match on day 11 of the 2013 Championships at Wimbledon.

Djokovic And Murray Win, Advance To Wimbledon Final

Top seed Novak Djokovic is through to the men's singles final at Wimbledon after beating Juan Martin del Potro in an epic semifinal match. Andy Murray stands in Djokovic's way, making the finals for the second year in a row. Murray lost the 2012 Championship final to Roger Federer.

FBI Executive Assistant Director for Science and Technology Amy Hess (from left) testifies on encryption Tuesday before a House panel, alongside the New York City Police Department's Thomas Galati and Indiana State Police Office Capt. Charles Cohen.

Lawful Hacking: Should, Or Can, The FBI Learn To Overcome Encryption Itself?

A major theme in the latest congressional hearing on encryption was whether the FBI, rather than asking tech companies for cooperation, has focused enough resources to keep up with technology itself.

Then-President Donald Trump is seen on the screen above the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Thursday in outtakes from his Jan. 7, 2021, video in which he refused to say he had lost the election.

As Jan. 6 panel pauses, the U.S. faces a fourth fall of Trump (with a fifth in view)

Even if the January 6 investigation had wrapped this week, the former president would still be looming over the fall landscape like a rising harvest moon.

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