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There have been 1,719 positive cases of the coronavirus among both students and staff within the Killeen Independent School District since March 2020 as of Saturday.
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A temporary COVID-19 vaccination site will be at Leo Buckley Stadium, 3409 Atkinson Avenue, Tuesday through Thursday.
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For the first time in several weeks, a new coronavirus-related death was added to Coryell County's count.
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A temporary COVID-19 vaccination site will be at Leo Buckley Stadium, 3409 Atkinson Avenue, Tuesday through Thursday.
More than a month has passed since Gov. Greg Abbott ended virtually all statewide restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. Nationwide, new coronavirus cases are on the rise as new variants of the virus spread. And about four-fifths of Texans are not yet fully vaccinated.
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Lampasas High School will host a free coronavirus vaccine clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 24.
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Earlier this week, AdventHealth-Central Texas announced that it would stop taking new coronavirus vaccine appointments after Friday. Despite this news, there are plenty of options for those who want one.
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Coryell County officials reported an increase in COVID-19 cases. The new cases bring the county's total to 5,131 with 53 deaths. Of the cases, 112 are active and 4,966 have recovered.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday recommended a “pause” in use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots, setting off a chain reaction worldwide and dealing a setback to the global vaccination campaign.
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Beginning Friday, AdventHealth of Central Texas will no longer be accepting new appointments for their COVID-19 community vaccination clinic.
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The Bell County Public Health District reported seven new deaths from COVID-19 Monday, including a local woman in her 20s.
There have been 1,677 positive cases of the coronavirus among both students and staff within the Killeen Independent School District since March, as of Friday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose into the thin air above the dusty red surface of Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by an aircraft on another planet.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown Monday night to prevent the collapse of the Indian capital's health system, which authorities said had been pushed to its limit amid an explosive surge in coronavirus cases.
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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called off a trip to New Delhi amid surging coronavirus cases in India, as the U.K. imposed a travel ban on most visitors from the vast Asian nation.
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Sales are steadily improving at Coca-Cola Co. as vaccinations allow for the opening of restaurants and offices in many regions globally.
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Congress has poured tens of billions of dollars into state and local public health departments in response to the coronavirus pandemic, paying for masks, contact tracers and education campaigns to persuade people to get vaccinated.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were modestly lower in early trading on Monday, as stocks eased after hitting more records last week. Most of investors' attention will turn to company earnings, as the busiest time for quarterly results will be this week and next.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not hear a case out of Pennsylvania related to the 2020 election, a case that had lingered while similar election challenges had already been rejected by the justices.
Leo Carax's “Annette,” starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver, will open the 74th Cannes Film Festival on July 6, festival organizers said Monday.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, has reached a new deal with reduced tax breaks for its scaled back manufacturing facility in southeast Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers and the the company announced on Monday.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike while behind bars, will be admitted to a hospital in another prison, the Russian state penitentiary service said Monday, after the politician's doctor said he could be near death.
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SHANGHAI (AP) — Volkswagen, Ford and Chinese brands unveiled new SUVs for China on Monday at the Shanghai auto show, the industry’s biggest marketing event in a year overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An approaching powerful typhoon has left at least one person dead, another missing and prompted the evacuation of more than 100,000 people as a precaution in the eastern and central Philippines, although the unusual summer storm is not expected to blow into land, o…
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