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Covid News: L.A. School System Is Expected to Issue Student Vaccination Mandate

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Covid News: L.A. School System Is Expected to Issue Student Vaccination Mandate

Here’s what you need to know: Students at Normont Elementary on the first day of school in Los Angeles on Aug. 16.Credit…Allison Zaucha for The New York Times Los Angeles is poised to become the first major school district in the nation to mandate coronavirus vaccines for students 12 and older who are attending class … Read more

Who’s an astronaut? FAA wades into a murky issue for spacefliers

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Jeff Bezos gets pinned

Jeff Bezos receives a bespoke Blue Origin astronaut lapel pin from former NASA astronaut Jeff Ashby, who now serves as Blue Origin mission control director. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Hundreds of deep pocket tourists are likely to embark on suborbital space travel as Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company and Virgin Galactic, founded by … Read more