Today's Headlines: New York City’s Schools Will Ramp Up Testing to Limit Classroom Closures

Omicron Is Not More Severe for Children, Despite Rising Hospitalizations
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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

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New York City's Schools Will Ramp Up Testing to Limit Classroom Closures

By Eliza Shapiro

The nation's largest school district will eliminate its current policy of quarantining classrooms after Covid exposures, in hopes of keeping more children in school during the spring semester.

Omicron Is Not More Severe for Children, Despite Rising Hospitalizations

Omicron Is Not More Severe for Children, Despite Rising Hospitalizations

By Andrew Jacobs

More children are being treated for Covid, but a combination of factors, including low vaccination rates, most likely explains the increase.

A Lavish Tax Dodge for the Ultrawealthy Is Easily Multiplied

A Lavish Tax Dodge for the Ultrawealthy Is Easily Multiplied

By Jesse Drucker and Maureen Farrell

Once aimed at small businesses, a 1990s-era tax break has become a popular way for Silicon Valley founders and investors to avoid taxes on their investment profits.

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Second Time Capsule Found Beneath Lee Statue

Video Video: Second Time Capsule Found Beneath Lee Statue

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Conservation experts recovered a copper box buried more than a century ago from a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia.

N.Y.C. Unveils New Testing Program To Keep Children in School

Video Video: N.Y.C. Unveils New Testing Program To Keep Children in School

By The Associated Press

Instead of quarantining entire classrooms exposed to Covid-19, New York City will allow asymptomatic students who test negative for the coronavirus to stay in school.

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