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Top eight stories for today including Georgia’s Republican-led House of Representatives voted along party lines to pass another far-reaching elections bill; President Biden said 200 million Americans will be vaccinated by his 100th day in office; All California residents over the age of 16 will be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine beginning April 15, and more.

/ March 25, 2021
Ann White of Roswell holds protest signs on the North Wing stairs of the Georgia State Capitol building on day 38 of the legislative session in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. "It ain't over yet," said White. "I look forward to going door-to-door working against everybody that voted for (SB 202)." The Georgia state House has passed legislation brought by Republicans that could lead to a sweeping overhaul of state election law. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Top eight stories for today including Georgia’s Republican-led House of Representatives voted along party lines to pass another far-reaching elections bill; President Biden said 200 million vaccines will be administered by his 100th day in office; All California residents over the age of 16 will be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine beginning April 15, and more.

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National

1.) Holding the first press conference of his presidency Thursday, Joe Biden said that 200 million vaccines will be administered by his 100th day in office — doubling an initial goal set by his administration in January.

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

2.) The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Thursday that the act of police shooting a woman in the back constitutes a seizure under the Fourth Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court. (Jack Rodgers/Courthouse News)

Regional

3.) Georgia’s Republican-led House of Representatives voted along party lines Thursday to pass another far-reaching elections bill, moving one step closer to overhauling the state’s voting laws.

Ann White of Roswell holds protest signs on the North Wing stairs of the Georgia State Capitol building on day 38 of the legislative session in Atlanta, Thursday, March 25, 2021. "It ain't over yet," said White. "I look forward to going door-to-door working against everybody that voted for (SB 202)." The Georgia state House has passed legislation brought by Republicans that could lead to a sweeping overhaul of state election law. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

4.) Betting on a flood of supply from the federal government, California officials on Thursday announced all residents over the age of 16 will be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine beginning April 15.

A Covid mass-vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles County. (Nathan Solis/Courthouse News)

5.) Prosecutors formally charged a Colorado man suspected of opening fire on a Boulder grocery store with 10 counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder.

People are led out of a King Soopers grocery store after a shooting in the store Monday, Marxh 22, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (Hart Van Denburg/Colorado Public Radio via AP)

6.) Judges must consider a person’s ability to pay when setting bail, and can only keep someone in jail pretrial if there are no other less restrictive ways of protecting public safety, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

The California Supreme Court building in San Francisco. (Maria Dinzeo/Courthouse News)

International

7.) Danish drugmaker Lundbeck and several generic drug companies lost their appeal Thursday of about $177 million in fines they face for working to keep cheaper antidepressants off the market, in violation of EU antitrust rules.

(Image by Hayleybarcar from Pixabay via Courthouse News)

8.) The European Union’s highest court has rejected a climate change lawsuit brought by families from around the world on the grounds that they aren’t individually affected by EU climate policies. 

FILE- In this Nov. 29, 2019, file photo, a demonstrator holds a terrestrial globe in Lisbon during a worldwide protest demanding action on climate change. The European Union's top court definitively rejected an effort by a Scandinavian youth group and eight families around the world to force the EU to set more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)
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