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INDEPENDENCE RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS

Critical violations involve factors that can directly lead to foodborne illness and must be corrected within 72 hours or as otherwise stated. All critical violations must be corrected within 72 hours (or as otherwise stated on the report). All non-critical violations must be corrected by the next regular inspection (or as otherwise stated on the report).
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Woman admits to role in Capitol riot days after crash arrest

SULLIVAN, Mo. – A Missouri woman who was photographed last year carrying a wooden name plate torn from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor for her role in the insurrection and was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation and substance abuse treatment.
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Home COVID-19 tests soon to be covered by insurers

WASHINGTON – Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising frustrations.
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Poll: Concerns involving economy up, virus down

WASHINGTON – Heading into a critical midterm election year, the top political concerns of Americans are shifting in ways that suggest Democrats face considerable challenges to maintaining their control of Congress.
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Egyptian rights group shuts down, one of last

CAIRO – One of Egypt’s last independent human rights organizations has closed down, a statement by the group said Monday, citing government persecution. Egypt’s government has engaged in a widespread crackdown on dissent for years that has stifled many of the country’s civil society groups and jailed thousands.
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Uganda’s schools end long lockdown

KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda’s schools reopened to students on Monday, ending the world’s longest school disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening caused traffic congestion in some areas of the capital, Kampala, and students could be seen carrying their mattresses in the streets, a back-to-boarding-school phenomenon not witnessed here for nearly two years.
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Retirement plan: Internship at Disney World

Soon, the Dave’s Barbershop lettering – along with the caricature of Dave Gramling – will be peeled away from the front window of the Main Street shop that was as much a gathering place for friends and family as it was a part of every groom who had his hair cut on his wedding day, to youngsters who sat the car-themed barber chair to get his first cut and trim.
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LOCAL COVID-19 VACCINATION SITES

All Missourians ages 5 and older (Pfizer vaccine) or 18 and older (Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines) are eligible to receive COVID vaccines without charge. If you are seeking a third dose of Pfizer or Moderna, you should first talk with your health-care provider.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.
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