Biden and Congress mark a year since violent insurrection
Jan 06, 2022
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, the violent attack by Trump supporters that has fundamentally changed the Congress and raised…
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Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half remembered
Jan 05, 2022
By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK (AP) — Beneath a pale winter light and the glare of television cameras, it seemed hard not to see the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot for what it was. The violent…
Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately?
Jan 04, 2022
By LAURA UNGAR AP - Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is more likely…
FDA expands Pfizer boosters for more teens as omicron surges
Jan 03, 2022
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP - The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge, with the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12. Boosters already…
Thousands flee as Colorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes
Dec 31, 2021
By PATTY NIEBERG, BRADY McCOMBS and COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — Mike Guanella and his family were relaxing at their Colorado home and looking forward to celebrating a belated family Christmas later Thursday when reports…
Biden, Putin to hold call as Russia-Ukraine tension smolders
Dec 30, 2021
By AAMER MADHANI WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin are set to discuss the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine on Thursday during their second call in recent weeks amid little progress toward ending…
WHO: global COVID cases up 11% last week, omicron risk high
Dec 29, 2021
By: The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of COVID-19 cases recorded worldwide increased by 11% last week compared with the previous week, with the biggest increase in the…
Flu is making a comeback in US after an unusual year off
Dec 28, 2021
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP - The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported. Last year’s flu season was the lowest…
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, dies at 90
Dec 27, 2021
By ANDREW MELDRUM JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans,…
Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers
Dec 24, 2021
By PHILIP MARCELO, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN BOSTON (AP) — Staff absences for COVID-19 tripled this month in London’s hospitals, and nearly 10% of the city’s firefighters called out sick. In New York,…