In the name of “science and solidarity,” the European Commission has secured over 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines for the bloc…
Continue ReadingCongressional leaders on Friday failed to secure a long-awaited deal on a $900 billion pandemic relief package but managed to narrowly avoid a…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted Thursday to recommend the agency grant…
Continue ReadingAlex Trebek, the genial “Jeopardy!” host with all the answers and a reassuring presence in the TV game-show landscape for five decades, has died. He…
Continue ReadingSenate Republicans voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Monday, a major victory for the…
Continue ReadingPope Francis has declared support for civil unions for same-sex couples for the first time, according to the Catholic News…
Continue ReadingPurdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges for its role in creating the nation’s opioid…
Continue ReadingBlazes roaring through Colorado and Utah have pushed people from their homes and caused damage that officials have not yet been able to…
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin must reach an agreement within 48 hours if they want to pass a…
Continue ReadingThis year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme for its “efforts to combat hunger” and its “contribution to bettering…
Continue ReadingSix men were charged Thursday in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to a federal criminal…
Continue ReadingDerek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer facing murder charges in George Floyd’s death, has posted $1 million bail, his attorney, Eric…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump has ordered his negotiators to halt talks over a new stimulus package, after the two sides have struggled for months to reach…
Continue ReadingThe Nobel Prize in Medicine has been jointly awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of hepatitis C…
Continue ReadingDisney is laying off 28,000 people in the United States as the coronavirus pandemic hammers its parks and resorts…
Continue ReadingSeveral new California fires torched thousands of acres in a day, including the fast-moving Napa County Glass Fire, which destroyed a…
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TikTok won’t be kicked off of US app stores — at least not…
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A Category 1 Hurricane Sally is pummeling southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle after it crossed land Wednesday morning, prompting water…
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OROVILLE, Calilf. (AP) — Three people died in a wind-whipped Northern California wildfire that has forced thousands of people from their homes…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Isaias keeps gaining speed as it barrels up the East Coast, inundating cities from both the sea and the sky while bringing winds that…
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