As spring charges full speed ahead, the cat lovers of New York City are panicking. The pandemic has complicated spay/neuter efforts, and springtime is the season when many kittens are born. As Lucy Soucek reports, rescuers are already seeing more kittens than usual.

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Preppers have long been scoffed at and stigmatized. But in 2020 while most of us were scrambling for the last rolls of toilet paper, the prepared were grabbing their go-bags. After such a dastardly year, doomsday doesn’t feel so far off. And, as Joanna Robin reports, preppers are having a moment in New York City.

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Cornell University is the latest to join a growing list of American colleges planning to mandate COVID vaccinations for their students. It’s a sticky subject for schools, which have to weigh the benefits of increased vaccination against potential burdens on individuals and their freedoms.

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