However, the agency is now scrapping those plans after receiving a wave of backlash from lawmakers and privacy groups.

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1. Coronavirus
School mask mandates will come to an end in Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware and Oregon within weeks, state officials announced yesterday. This is a positive sign of decreasing Covid-19 cases across the nation as the country moves toward a new normal, several Democratic governors said. California will also lift its statewide indoor mask mandate for vaccinated people next week, nearly two years after it was first implemented. Similar announcements are expected from other states in the near future as more local leaders consider the shifting tide of mask politics, frustration with continued Covid-related restrictions, as well as higher vaccination rates and a decline in cases since the peak of the Omicron surge.