By Tim Lister and David McKenzie, CNN In the early days of November, laboratory technicians at Lancet Laboratories in Pretoria, South Africa, found unusual features in samples they were testing for the coronavirus. Essentially, a gene was missing in what would be a normal genome profile of the virus. PCR tests weren’t detecting one of
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By ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press BETHESDA (AP) — President Joe Biden is kicking off a more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots. Biden on Thursday is unveiling a winter plan to combat the coronavirus and its omicron variant with enhanced availability of shots and vaccines but without major new
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her likely successor have met with state governors to consider tighter rules to curb coronavirus infections that again topped 70,000 newly confirmed cases in a 24-hour period. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said Tuesday that he backs a general vaccine mandate but favors letting lawmakers vote according to
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her likely successor have met with state governors to consider tighter rules to curb coronavirus infections that again topped 70,000 newly confirmed cases in a 24-hour period. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said Tuesday that he backs a general vaccine mandate but favors letting lawmakers vote according to
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By Shimon Prokupecz and Steve Almasy, CNN Ethan Crumbley, who is accused of killing four fellow students at a Michigan high school, will be tried as an adult and faces murder, assault and weapons charges. He will also face one count of terrorism causing death, a rare charge for a school shooting. The events unfolded
Continue Reading By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Governments around the world are weighing new measures for populations tired of hearing about coronavirus restrictions and vaccines. The proposals have emerged as the delta variant of COVID-19 pushes up cases in Europe and fears grow over the omicron variant. Greeks who are over age 60 and
Continue Reading By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Governments around the world are weighing new measures for populations tired of hearing about coronavirus restrictions and vaccines. The proposals have emerged as the delta variant of COVID-19 pushes up cases in Europe and fears grow over the omicron variant. Greeks who are over age 60 and
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Brittany Bailey, is set to be sentenced in federal court after originally being charged with knowingly distributing child pornography and conspiring with others to distribute and receive it in May of 2019.
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By Jack Guy, Lauren Kent and Max Foster, CNN Business Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has won the latest round of a prolonged privacy battle with the publisher of the Mail on Sunday. A UK court on Thursday dismissed an appeal brought by Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) against a previous judgment that the duchess had a
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — México y Estados Unidos anunciaron una iniciativa conjunta para abordar las causas fundamentales de la migración irregular desde El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras, dijeron el miércoles la CancillerÃa mexicana y la Agencia estadounidense para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID) en un comunicado. Bajo la iniciativa, denominada “Sembrando Oportunidades”, USAID y la Agencia Mexicana
Continue Reading By AMI BENTOV Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Residents of Israel’s seaside metropolis Tel Aviv have for years complained of how expensive it is, with living costs taking a chunk out of their paychecks. Now a report released Wednesday affirms their dissatisfaction with the prices. Tel Aviv has emerged as the most expensive
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By Kevin Liptak and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden announced a new strategy Thursday aimed at fighting a potential winter surge of Covid-19 without enacting unpopular lockdowns as the pandemic approaches its two-year mark. Biden’s multi-pronged approach puts a heavy emphasis on expanding vaccinations to the remaining Americans who have resisted getting shots, and
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By Deidre McPhillips, CNN Most fully vaccinated adults in the United States say they plan to get a booster, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation survey. Demand for booster shots has increased dramatically over the past month — about 60% of fully vaccinated adults say they’ve already gotten their booster or “definitely” will. But
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By Jason Hanna, Aya Elamroussi and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Two teachers separately reported concerning behavior from sophomore Ethan Crumbley starting the day before the fatal Michigan high school shooting he’s accused of — prompting two meetings with him, including one with his parents just hours before the killings, a sheriff said Thursday. Crumbley, 15, was
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By Jason Hanna, Amir Vera, Adrienne Broaddus and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN The terror at Michigan’s Oxford High School that left four dead started with gunfire, yelling and an urgent message on a loudspeaker. Then frightened students barricaded doors, phoned for help and picked up anything they could grab in case they needed to fight back.
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By Travis Caldwell, CNN As the first case of the Omicron variant in the US was detected on Wednesday, health officials are urging Americans not to wait any longer to receive a vaccination or booster to better protect themselves and others. With the Delta variant still spreading — and travel expected to increase this month
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A British court is set to reaffirm or quash a ruling that a British newspaper publisher breached the privacy of the Duchess of Sussex by publishing portions of a letter she wrote to her estranged father. A High Court judge ruled in February that publication of the letter that the former Meghan
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — A British court is set to reaffirm or quash a ruling that a British newspaper publisher breached the privacy of the Duchess of Sussex by publishing portions of a letter she wrote to her estranged father. A High Court judge ruled in February that publication of the letter that the former Meghan
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Austrian media report that the country’s former chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, plans to quit politics a month after stepping down as leader amid corruption allegations. Vienna daily Krone reported Thursday that Interior Minister Karl Nehammer could replace Kurz as the head of the conservative Austrian People’s Party. It quoted people close to Kurz
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The GOP argues that Democratic policies that have pumped money into the economy are helping to drive inflation. Democrats counter that the high prices are temporary and caused largely by the pandemic’s effects. They say the economy will settle down soon.
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