New COVID-19 cases in US plummet to lowest levels since last June
New coronavirus cases across the United States have tumbled to rates not seen in more than 11 months, sparking optimism that vaccination campaigns are stemmingRead More
Las Vegas officials hold pop-up vaccine clinic at strip club
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wearing a French maid-inspired lingerie costume and high heels, dancer JoJo Hamner waited patiently to get her COVID-19 vaccine in aRead More
Activists blockade McDonald’s distribution centers in UK
LONDON (AP) — Animal rights protesters are blockading four McDonald’s distribution centers in the U.K. in an attempt to get the burger chain to commitRead More
Hamas defiant with military parade, appearance of top leader
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Masked Hamas fighters brandishing assault rifles paraded in Gaza City and the group’s top leader made his first publicRead More
China’s Mars rover touches ground on red planet
BEIJING (AP) — China’s first Mars rover has driven down from its landing platform and is now roaming the surface of the red planet, China’sRead More
Ex-BBC head quits gallery job amid Diana interview fallout
LONDON (AP) — Tony Hall, who was director of BBC news and current affairs at the time of the public broadcaster’s explosive 1995 interview withRead More
Police: 2 dead, 8 wounded in downtown Minneapolis shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A shooting in downtown Minneapolis killed two people and wounded eight others, police said early Saturday. The 10 people shot included fiveRead More
Epstein guards to skirt jail time in deal with prosecutors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail haveRead More
US airlines resuming flights to Israel after cease-fire
United, Delta and American said Friday they are resuming flights to Tel Aviv after Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire in violence that hadRead More
Lady Gaga says rape at 19 led to a ‘total psychotic break’
Lady Gaga says she got pregnant at 19 after being raped by a music producer early in her career, a trauma that triggered a “totalRead More