Watch Live: Biden unveils new plan to tackle COVID-19 pandemic
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President Biden is introducing a six-pronged strategy Thursday to battle the COVID-19 Delta variant and boost vaccinations as cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to climb. White House officials have said Mr. Biden's plans to focus on private sector businesses and schools.
A White House official said the six pillars Mr. Biden will discuss are:Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.