Health Dec 31 Florida breaks single-day COVID case record The omicron variant of the coronavirus has spiked in Florida and across the nation over the past few weeks.
Nation Dec 31 Hall of Famer Sam Jones, winner of 10 NBA titles, dies at 88 Jones died Thursday night in Florida, where he had been hospitalized in failing health.
Arts Dec 31 'Winnie the Pooh,' 'Sun Also Rises,' Hughes poems among works going public in 2022 "Winnie the Pooh" and "The Sun Also Rises" are among the works from 1926 whose copyrights will expire Saturday, putting them in the public domain in 2022.
World Dec 30 After shutting down human rights group, Russia labels Pussy Riot member 'foreign agent' Russian authorities have designated a member of the Pussy Riot punk group, a satirist and an art collector as "foreign agents" as part of efforts to stifle dissent.
Nation Dec 30 More time needed to remove jet fuel from Pearl Harbor drinking water, says Navy Military officials tell Hawaii lawmakers that they need more time to flush jet fuel from their Pearl Harbor water system.
Nation Dec 30 Virginia Confederate monuments will likely head to Black history museum, say officials Officials from the state of Virginia and the city of Richmond have tentatively decided the future of their now mostly relocated Confederate monuments.
World Dec 29 France puts pressure on the unvaccinated as it again breaks its COVID-19 case record France's government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs.
World Dec 29 China says SpaceX satellites nearly collided with its three-member crew space station China is urging the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX nearly struck the station.
Health Dec 29 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing The briefing is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET.
Health Dec 29 Global COVID cases up 11 percent last week and omicron risk is high, says WHO 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 Americas.