Hong Kong scraps vaccine pass, COVID-19 tests for travelers
Sen. Richard Sears wants to close an exemption to child abuse and neglect reporting laws for clergy in Vermont. Texas wildlife officials say hundreds of bats lost their grip and plunged to the pavement underneath a bridge in Houston. Nearly 700 of an estimated 1,500 bats rescued in the Houston area during last week's cold snap will be released back into the wild on Wednesday. Edward Seaton, a former Pulitzer Prize Board Chair, died at 79. Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers have held previously unannounced talks in Moscow. Turkey and Syria have been standing on opposite sides in Syria's civil war.
