Monday, August 30, 2021

Reading archive 2021-08-30

D.C.'s sports betting app keeps underperforming, with lots of finger-pointing about what’s to blame - "Companies running sportsbooks near stadiums like Nationals Park pay licensing fees to the city of $500,000 for five years. But Jordan said the fees, which are set in D.C. law, have proved to be too low to cover the expense of performing background checks and regularly inspecting the sportsbooks: From January 2020 through June 2021, the office took in just over $2 million in licensing fees but spent more than $3.6 million regulating the industry, Jordan said."

Opinion: Inside the mind of someone who won’t take a fully approved vaccine

How this after-school program achieved a high vaccination rate in a Black neighborhood where most young adults are unvaccinated

The false claim that the fully-approved Pfizer vaccine lacks liability protection - "These claims are false, based on a misunderstanding of the law, as Malone acknowledged after we contacted him."

Fear and anticipation on the streets of Kabul as Afghans adapt to Taliban rule

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