Shadow seekers, billionaire tax, vaccines for cabbies: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY
Alabama
Montgomery: The state on Monday launched an online portal for people to check their eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations and make appointments. The Alabama Department of Public Health said the site at alcovidvaccine.gov will allow those eligible to make an appointment if shots are available in their county of choice. The portal also provides information about additional drive-thru and walk-in clinics being offered. Starting next Monday, Alabama will expand who is eligible for the vaccine to everyone 65 and older, educators, court officials, corrections officers, postal employees, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers. Currently, only people 75 and older, first responders, health care workers and long-term care reside
The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) A day after a snowstorm slowed Massachusetts COVID-19 vaccination program, things are ramping up again Tuesday.
Mass vaccination sites at Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park returned to regular hours after some appointments were changed and vaccinations were curtailed early Monday, according to CIC Health, which is running both sites.
Anyone with an appointment can show up at their assigned time, but people who can t reach Gillette or Fenway safely in the storm s aftermath can reschedule, the company said.
The Reggie Lewis Center in Boston s Roxbury neighborhood, which was supposed to open Monday as a mass vaccination site for residents ages 75 and older, opened Tuesday instead. Appointments that were scheduled for Monday will automatically be rescheduled for Feb. 8.
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Lebanon Returns Religious Paintings to Greece Stolen 14 Years Ago Published January 28th, 2021 - 07:21 GMT
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The only way to put a price tag on them would be through the completion of the auction, which fortunately did not happen
Lebanon has returned two 18th-century religious paintings to Greece. The works were finally uncovered after having been stolen 14 years earlier.
The two icons have been on an international notice call since unknown parties stole from the Agia Triada monastery in Thessaly, Greece, in 2006.
“The paintings were found after they were put on auction in October 2020 by an auction house in Germany, while still being in the possession of a Lebanese art dealer,” Konstantinos Chatzithomas, the Greek Embassy’s deputy head of missions, told The Daily Star. “Through the relevant catalogue, it was established that they were indeed the stolen paintings before the auction took place.
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