Jul 20 New research estimates millions may have died in India during pandemic By Sheikh Saaliq, Krutika Pathi, Associated Press India's excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India's worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the South… Continue reading
Jul 16 Trump showerhead rule that sought to increase water flow being dropped By Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Joe Biden's administration is reversing a Trump-era rule approved after the former president complained he wasn't getting wet enough because of limits on water flow from showerheads. Continue reading
Jul 16 WATCH: COVID-19 becoming ‘a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ warns CDC director By News Desk and Associated Press The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. is becoming “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”… Continue reading
Jul 16 Reuters photographer killed as Afghan forces fight Taliban By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Reuters said Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was embedded with the Afghan special forces, was killed as a commando unit sought to recapture Spin Boldak. Continue reading
Jul 16 Largest wildfire in Oregon expands further; new evacuations By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Firefighters scrambled on Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numerous conflagrations across the U.S. West that are straining resources. Continue reading
Jul 16 Cuomo to be questioned in sexual harassment investigation By Marina Villeneuve, Michael R. Sisak, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to be interviewed Saturday as the state attorney general's office winds down its investigation into sexual harassment and misconduct allegations. Continue reading
Jul 16 Rescuers race to prevent more death from European floods By Frank Jordans, Associated Press At least 110 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium, officials said Friday, as search and rescue operations continued for hundreds more still unaccounted for or in danger. Continue reading
Jul 14 U.S. overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and amounts to… Continue reading
Jul 14 Pope Francis returns to Vatican 10 days after surgery By Nicole Winfield, Domenico Stinellis, Gianfranco Stara, Associated Press Pope Francis was discharged from a Rome hospital and returned home to the Vatican on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery to remove half his colon. Continue reading
Jul 14 Indonesia reports 54,000 virus cases, becomes Asian hotspot By Associated Press Indonesia reported more than 54,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time Wednesday, surpassing recent daily infections in India, whose disastrous outbreak is declining, and becoming Asia's new virus hotspot. Continue reading