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Month: August 2021

Indy-based nonprofit receives grants to open family resource center for kids who are visually impaired

By Aleah Hordges Click here for updates on this story     INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Visually Impaired Preschool Services (VIPS) is receiving more than $500,000 in grants to help open a family resource center near downtown Indianapolis. The Simon & Estelle Knoble Family Resource Center is expected to open this fall. Regional Director Meredith Howell told News

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Biden encourages Americans who have been waiting for full FDA approval to get their Covid vaccination: ‘Get it today’

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday urged Americans who have been waiting for full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to go get vaccinated against Covid-19 hours after the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for those ages 16 and older. “If you are one of the millions of Americans who

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Biden encourages Americans who have been waiting for full FDA approval to get their Covid vaccination: ‘Get it today’

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday urged Americans who have been waiting for full approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to go get vaccinated against Covid-19 hours after the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for those ages 16 and older. “If you are one of the millions of Americans

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How climate change amplifies extreme weather like Tennessee’s deadly floods and NYC’s record rainfall

By Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist In New York, downpours from Hurricane Henri set rainfall records this weekend. At the same time in Tennessee, an astonishing amount of rain led to flash flooding that killed at least 21 people. Though separated by nearly 1,000 miles, these two extreme weather incidents are examples of the same phenomenon:

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