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Disney Cruise Line will require Covid-19 vaccination for kids ages 5 and older

Published 17 November 2021

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Disney Cruise Line will require Covid-19 vaccination for kids ages 5 and older

By Johanna Jainchill |

Disney Cruise Line will require all passengers ages 5 and older to provide proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 on all sailings departing on or after Jan. 13. 

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Crime/Justice, International news, News

Body Found Inside SUV Submerged in Miramar Canal

Published 12 November 2021

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Body Found Inside SUV Submerged in Miramar Canal

Officers found a body inside a car that was submerged in a canal Thursday in Miramar.

Police responded to the area behind IHOP on Miramar Parkway and University Drive in reference to a missing person.

After a tow truck removed a white Jeep from the water, a man’s body was found inside, Miramar police said.

Authorities did not give any details of the incident or the body.

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Health, International news, News

First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK

Published 4 November 2021

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Molnupiravir is the first oral antiviral treatment for Covid to report clinical trial results.

The first pill designed to treat symptomatic Covid has been approved by the UK medicines regulator.

The tablet – molnupiravir – will be given twice a day to vulnerable patients recently diagnosed with the disease.

In clinical trials the pill, originally developed to treat flu, cut the risk of hospitalisation or death by about half.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the treatment was a “gamechanger” for the most frail and immunosuppressed.

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Crime/Justice, International news, News

Police search for 71-year-old man missing out of NW Miami-Dade

Published 2 November 2021

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NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – Police are asking for the public’s help in locating an elderly man who went missing out of Northwest Miami-Dade. 

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International news, News

Jay-Z, Foo Fighters welcomed into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Published 1 November 2021

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Source: Caribbean LOOP NEWS

Jay-Z’s added another title to a resume that includes rapper, songwriter, Grammy winner, billionaire business mogul, and global icon — Hall of Famer.

The self-proclaimed “greatest rapper alive” was inducted Saturday night as part of an eclectic 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class that included Foo Fighters, Carole King, Tina Turner, The Go-Gos and Todd Rundgren.

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