The omicron variant of COVID-19 may be less likely to land patients in the hospital than the delta strain, according to a trio of studies of preliminary data.
Researchers in Scotland suggest …
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Naomi Kresge / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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12/22/21
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LOS ANGELES — A highly influential COVID-19 forecast is projecting that the omicron surge may result in as many as 400,000 new coronavirus cases a day across the nation — significantly …
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Rong-Gong Lin II and Luke Money / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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12/22/21
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California Public Employees' Retirement System audit says three police chiefs and a police commander in a small community just outside of San Francisco defrauded the …
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Randy Diamond / The Sacramento Bee (TNS)
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12/22/21
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has lifted some restrictions on vaccinated travelers and reopened its land borders, but limited operations at U.S. consulates abroad continue to keep visa …
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Suzanne Monyak / CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
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12/22/21
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City and state officials across the U.S. have pledged to avoid the COVID-19 shutdowns that caused an economic upheaval in the first year of the pandemic. But a surge of cases and the spread of the …
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Stacie Sherman / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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12/22/21
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Russia welcomed U.S. willingness to start talks next month on its security proposals, a day after President Vladimir Putin threatened a military response if the Kremlin’s demands aren’t …
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Ilya Arkhipov and Andrey Biryukov / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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12/22/21
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Some of the people confined to their homes while awaiting trial on charges tied to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump have been freed to travel for the …
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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12/21/21
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has issued dozens of denials to Afghans seeking safety in the United States through a fast-track for legal entry called humanitarian parole.
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Andrea Castillo / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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12/21/21
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Anthony Fauci is calling on Fox News to fire host Jesse Watters after the Philadelphia native told a crowd of conservatives to ambush Fauci in public and send the footage to his network.
"The guy …
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Rob Tornoe / The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
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12/21/21
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Mince pies. Latkes. Eggnog. Tamales. As extended families the world over plan holiday celebrations again, they’re encountering a harsh reality: Traditional foods, especially those sold for a …
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Bloomberg News (TNS)
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12/21/21
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The omicron variant accounted for 73% of all sequenced Covid-19 cases in the U.S., surging from around 3% last week, according to the latest federal estimates.
The highly mutated coronavirus …
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Timothy Annett / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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12/20/21
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The last 12 Christian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti and held in captivity for two months found their freedom by escaping, according to their charity group, Christian Aid Ministries, and several …
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Jacqueline Charles / Miami Herald (TNS)
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12/20/21
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Although the unvaccinated remain most at risk for COVID with two variants in the state, the vaccinated Florida population clearly isn’t in the clear.
About 30% …
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Cindy Krischer Goodman / South Florida Sun-Sentinel (TNS)
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12/19/21
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren tested positive for COVID on Sunday, the Massachusetts Democrat shared in a tweet.
“I regularly test for COVID & while I tested negative earlier this week, today I …
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Shant Shahrigian / New York Daily News (TNS)
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12/19/21
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LOS ANGELES -- Confronted with a jet-black globular fish with razor-sharp teeth, prickly skin and a strange stalk protruding from its head, lifeguards at Swami's Beach in Encinitas, California, …
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Lila Seidman / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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12/19/21
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An effective shutdown of the U.S. likely won’t be necessary as COVID-19 surges again, though hospitals will be tested by the expected rush of cases from the omicron variant, according to …
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Alan Goldstein / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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12/19/21
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WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III appeared to pull the plug on the centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, saying Sunday that he cannot support the House-passed …
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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12/19/21
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Backlash continues to mount over the 110-year sentence given this week to the 26-year-old truck driver who was convicted for killing four people in a crash on …
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Julia Cardi / The Gazette (TNS)
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12/18/21
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AUSTIN, Texas — Construction crews have begun work on a border wall funded by the state of Texas and private donations, Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday.
Speaking in front of a segment of the …
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Madlin Mekelburg / Austin American-Statesman (TNS)
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12/18/21
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to warn the nation of the perils of remaining unvaccinated against the coronavirus in a planned speech Tuesday as the omicron variant takes hold in the …
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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12/18/21
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