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LA County to reopen indoor dining, movie theaters as soon as Monday Los Angeles County, once the epicenter of the pandemic, may soon open up indoor dining, movie theaters and gyms — even as soon as after this weekend. The county could move to the "red tier" in Californias tier-based system as early as Monday if the state reaches its goal of administrating 2 million vaccine doses to residents in its disadvantaged areas — which appears likely to happen on Friday, according to the Los Angele...

Michigan wont receive Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses for next 2 weeks Dave Boucher and Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press Biden says US will have enough vaccines for all adults by end of May Replay Video UP NEXT As Michigan prepares to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility Monday to those 50 and older with underlying health conditions, it cannot rely on doses of the latest vaccine to hit the market for some time.  The state wont receive any doses of the Johnson...

Hunt for COVID-19 vaccine takes Michiganders to other states: Theyre desperate Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press How to soothe COVID-19 vaccine discomforts Replay Video UP NEXT Jodi Schumaker cried while she drove north on Interstate-75 through Kentucky on Tuesday afternoon, feeling defeated as she headed home to Michigan without getting a COVID-19 vaccine.  Her hopes had been crushed by bad weather that delayed coronavirus vaccine shipments all over the U.S., includ...

As chip shortage cripples auto production, Biden steps in Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press Biden signs Buy American executive order Replay Video UP NEXT The auto industry might get federal relief from the shortage of semiconductor chips that has crippled vehicle production over the past several weeks.  President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to review the U.S. supply chains of products in key industries, including semiconductor chips that are used in vari...

Liberal arts colleges fighting to survive are discounting tuition and raising enrollment, but its not working David Jesse, Detroit Free Press © David Jesse Jada Stewart, a junior at Albion College, loads her belongings into her mothers car on Nov. 15 as she moves back to her home in Chicago. DETROIT – The sedan swooped in to Albion College, stopping alongside the curb next to a dorm. The trunk popped open, and in the wind, rain and cold one day last fall, Jada Stewart lo...

Liberal arts colleges fighting to survive are discounting tuition and raising enrollment, but its not working David Jesse, Detroit Free Press © David Jesse Jada Stewart, a junior at Albion College, loads her belongings into her mothers car on Nov. 15 as she moves back to her home in Chicago. DETROIT – The sedan swooped in to Albion College, stopping alongside the curb next to a dorm. The trunk popped open, and in the wind, rain and cold one day last fall, Jada Stewart lo...

Detroiter helped aid in the effort to turn Georgia blue Kyla L. Wright, Detroit Free Press © Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press Zinnia Patcas who just returned home from canvassing for the Georgia run-off election poses for a photo at her home in Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 8, 2021. It was nearly 14 years ago when 59-year-old Zinnia Patcas first dove into politics as a union volunteer at an Iowa caucus during former President Barack Obama’s first campaign for the White House. Since...

SNAP beneficiaries, food banks to get boost from stimulus   Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press (TNS) Jan. 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Cars pull into the parking lot to get food Thursday at St. Anthonys community center on West Vernor in Detroit. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press via TNS) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Milk and other items were given away to families during a food drive at St. Anthonys community center in Detroit. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press via TNS) Show MoreShow Less...

Ford shutters plants in Brazil to cut costs, effective immediately Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press Introducing the new Ford Ranger Tremor Replay Video UP NEXT Ford Motor Co. will stop manufacturing in Brazil in 2021 as part of a restructuring plan meant to cut costs and increase efficiency, the company announced Monday afternoon. The company is closing two plants immediately and a third later in the year, affecting about 5,000 workers, spokesman T.R. Reid told reporters ...

and food banks and pantries across the state stand to get a much needed boost.  The latest federal stimulus package earmarks $13 billion for food assistance, including a 15% increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits through June and additional money for food banks, as Americans continue to struggle to put food on the table.  "When moneys tight, the grocery budget is often one of the first sacrifices that a family will make because its one of the quickest or easiest o...