UK Investigates Possible Allergic Reactions to COVID-19 Shot

LONDON (AP) – U.K. regulators say people who have a “significant history” of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccination program. The national medical director for the National Health Service in England said Wednesday that health authorities…MORE

Appeals Court To Rehear Texas Abortion Case

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal appeals court in New Orleans will next month reconsider a ruling that struck down a Texas law banning a common second-trimester abortion procedure. The Texas law used the non-medical term “dismemberment abortion” to describe the procedure. Abortion rights groups say the procedure is known as dilation and evacuation and…MORE

Tesla Stock Offering, Elon Musk Moving To Texas

Tesla said Tuesday it is looking to raise up to $5 billion in capital through a stock offering. The announcement came on the same day CEO Elon Musk said he has moved his home to Texas from California. The stock sale is the second for the electric-vehicle and solar-panel company in three months. In September,…MORE

Test Flight Of SpaceX’s Starship Aborted At Last Second

Boca Chica, TX (AP) – The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX’s futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second. SpaceX was aiming Tuesday for an altitude of eight miles for the rocketship that SpaceX’s Elon Musk is designing to carry people to Mars. But an automatic engine abort occurred with just 1.3 seconds remaining…MORE