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- The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines, pointing to new data that suggests pregnant people are at increased risk of developing severe illnesses if they contract the coronavirus.
- Damian Williams, the Brooklyn native who's President Biden's pick to be the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, would be the first Black man to head the influential prosecutor's office.
- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has been suspended from YouTube for posting anti-masking videos.
- People who started new jobs remotely during the pandemic are just now meeting their coworkers in person and everyone's discovering how tall each other are.
- Beanie Feldstein will star in a Broadway revival of Funny Girl.
- Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards, who stands accused of discriminating against pregnant employees at his previous job, has been named the new host of Jeopardy!, with Mayim Bialik getting the hosting gig for primetime and spinoff series.
- Frank Ocean has opened his small and very expensive appointment-only jewelry store in Manhattan's Chinatown.
- Dolly Parton is co-writing a mystery novel with James Patterson.
- The company that sold $400 "Cuomosexual" cashmere sweaters is offering to remove the embroidered moniker for free.
- And finally, stay cool!:
Published Aug 11, 2021
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