US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Dec 11, 2020
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign…
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US jobless claims jump to 853,000 amid resurgence of virus
Dec 10, 2020
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral…
High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
Dec 09, 2020
By MARK SHERMAN and MARC LEVY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment…
Feds passed up chance to lock in more Pfizer vaccine doses
Dec 08, 2020
By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is facing new scrutiny Tuesday after failing to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine,…
Trump lawyer Giuliani in hospital after positive virus test
Dec 07, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump’s inner circle to contract the disease that is now surging across the U.S.…
Data shows Americans couldn’t resist Thanksgiving travel
Dec 04, 2020
By STEPHEN GROVES SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Americans couldn’t resist the urge to gather for Thanksgiving, driving only slightly less than a year ago and largely ignoring the pleas of public health experts, who…
NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid
Dec 03, 2020
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday. Observations by a telescope in Hawaii clinched its identity,…
UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people
Dec 02, 2020
By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS AP - An overheating world obliterated weather records in 2020, creating an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, floods, droughts and ice melt, the United Nations’ weather agency…
At tiny rural hospitals, weary doctors treat friends, family
Dec 01, 2020
By JEFF ROBERSON and JIM SALTER MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) — As Dr. Shane Wilson makes the rounds at the tiny, 25-bed hospital in rural northeastern Missouri, many of his movements are familiar in an age…
Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK its virus shots
Nov 30, 2020
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP - Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection —…