Dodger Stadium COVID Vaccine Site to Reopen for Second Doses
People vaccinated in mid-January were automatically slotted into appointments for most of the city s anticipated weekly supply of doses, a prioritization that the city said complied with directives by health officials. by Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times / February 15, 2021 COVID-19 vaccinations for health care workers were administered at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 15, 2021, in Los Angeles. The site was forced to close last week due to shortages of the vaccine. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times/TNS) TNS
(TNS) - Dodger Stadium and several other COVID-19 vaccination sites that were shuttered last week due to shortages are set to reopen Tuesday, though continuing supply problems mean the vast majority of shots administered will be second doses, Los Angeles officials said.
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Democratic lawmakers will introduce an ambitious immigration reform bill, but it could just be the opening bid.
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Biden’s Big Swing at Immigration Reform
President Biden will make official today his aggressive opening salvo in a decades-long effort to reform a broken U.S. immigration system, which ground to a near-halt under his predecessor.
Democratic lawmakers are set to introduce the legislation that Biden officials touted on his first day in the White House an ambitious bill that would offer a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 11 million immigrants in the United States without legal status.
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Power blackouts amid a cold winter storm in Texas show how vulnerable the power grid is to extreme weather.
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The Power Grid Problem
A deadly winter storm has gripped much of the United States, leaving millions without power in record-breaking cold weather.
Texas, in particular, has been hard hit.
More than 4 million homes and businesses in the state saw their electricity shut off as temperatures dropped into the single digits, driving up demand for heating while simultaneously freezing much of the energy infrastructure that would normally keep people warm. Rolling blackouts began Monday morning and continued into Tuesday evening.