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Norfolk authorized $4.7 million dollars for bonuses to keep the city’s police officers Tuesday night, the latest salvo in an arms race among local departments trying to attract and keep police.

The U.S. and allies are trying to complete the evacuation by Aug. 31, the deadline for the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Amid a Covid-19 surge, a lack of military data is skewing local vaccination figures.

Dr. Laura Sass, a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at The Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, said the health system is reporting 40 to 60 new positive cases of COVID-19 in children each day since the end of July.