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View in browser     © Getty.com Portland to declare trade and travel ban against Texas By Jenna Romaine   Portland will be voting on an emergency resolution soon that would ban trading with Texas and bar city employees from traveling to the state as a direct response to the state’s new abortion law. Texas’ new law has made it illegal to access or provide an abortion in the state after the sixth week of pregnancy. Read the full story here       © Getty.com Whopping 70 percent of unvaccinated Americans would quit their job if vaccines are mandated By Joseph Guzman   A Washington Post-ABC News poll asked unvaccinated workers whose employers have yet to impose a vaccine mandate what they were likely to do if getting vaccinated was required to go into the workplace. The poll found 16 percent of unvaccinated workers would get the shot, 35 percent would ask for a medical or religious exemption and 42 percent would quit their job.  Read the full story here     © NASA/JPL-CalTech NASA's Mars rover scores 'phenomenal accomplishment' By Alexandra Kelley   Previous attempts at sampling Martian rocks failed to harvest as a result of the sample breaking. This time, officials are confident that the Perseverance rover captured sediment fragments based on photos from inside the collection tube. The rock that Perseverance drilled into was roughly the size of a briefcase and was part of a ridgeline more than half a mile long and full of boulders and rock outcrops, or rock formations visible on the surface. Read the full story here     Feature of the Week: © iStock.com Lower functioning from chronic sleep loss lingers even after a week of good sleep By Chia-Yi Hou   Sleep is essential, but many people don't always get enough of it. Some may try to recover on the weekends or when taking time off from work; however, recent research has suggested that even one night of sleep loss has physical and mental health effects. New research on sleep recovery suggests that one week of recovery from 10 nights of bad sleep may not be enough to get back to full functioning. Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email?   Sign up for Changing America       Forward Changing America       Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 © 1998 - 2021 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved.

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