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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefly posted new guidance to its website stating that the coronavirus can commonly be transmitted through aerosol particles, which can be produced by activities like singing. Here, choristers wear face masks during a music festival in southwestern France in July.

CDC Publishes — Then Withdraws — Guidance On Aerosol Spread Of Coronavirus

The CDC says the guidelines were posted to its website in error. The now-deleted updates were notable because so far the agency has stopped short of saying that the virus is airborne.

Ben Shelton is the unexpected star of the Australian Open

The unexpected star of the Australian Open is a 20-year-old tennis player who had never been outside of the U.S. before this tournament. Ben Shelton has played his way into the quarterfinals.

People walk past destroyed houses after an earthquake in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, southwest of the city of Marrakech, on Saturday.

A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 2,000 people

More than 2,000 were also injured after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake devastated homes in villages across the Atlas Mountains, as well as historical sites inside Marrakech city.

Maine's secretary of state says Trump isn't qualified to appear on the state's ballot

Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows stated former President Donald Trump is not qualified to appear on the state's ballot under the 14th Amendment.

Among the stars being questioned under oath for Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit against Fox News are Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo. Banners bearing their images hang from Fox Corp headquarters in New York City, first, second and fourth from left, respectively.

Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit

Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson and others are being grilled under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for spreading lies about a voting tech company's role in the 2020 elections.

A Woman Takes The Wheel At GM

For the first time, a woman has been named CEO of a major U.S. automotive company. Mary Barra, 51, breaks a glass ceiling in one of the most male-dominated industries in the nation. But women buy more than half the cars in America, so the question is why it took so long.

No-Fly Zone In Syria Could Cost $1B A Month, U.S. General Says

Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has outlined the options and risks of U.S. military involvement in Syria. Read his letter to the chairman of the Senate's Armed Services Committee.

Over the last four decades, incomes in the United States have grown much less equal. Inequality is less pronounced in Western Europe.

Why America's 1-Percenters Are Richer Than Europe's

The share of total income of the top 1% of earners in the U.S. more than doubled over four decades. But in Europe, the gains were less dramatic. What accounts for the difference across the Atlantic?

Libby Says President Authorized Leak

A former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney suggests in court papers that President Bush approved a leak of classified pre-war intelligence on Iraq. Lewis Libby's claims put the president and the vice president in the awkward position of having authorized leaks.

It's been 2 years since George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis

On the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, Black people continue to be targets of hate. America's race issues are once again at the forefront after the mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.

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