3 U.S. senators test positive for coronavirus
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Three U.S. senators — John Hickenlooper, Angus King and Roger Wicker — announced Thursday that they all have tested positive for coronavirus. All three senators were vaccinated and experiencing a "breakthrough" case of COVID-19.
Hickenlooper, a Democrat from Colorado, announced his positive result on Twitter. "I've tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19," he wrote. "I feel good but will isolate per docs instructions. I'm grateful for the vaccine (& the scientists behind it!) for limiting my symptoms. If you haven't gotten your shot-get it today! And a booster when it's available too!" Earlier Thursday, King, an Independent from Maine, and Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, also announced they are experiencing breakthrough cases of COVID-19.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.