Jan 01 U.S. hits 20 million-mark in COVID-19 cases By Associated Press America exceeded the mark Friday, less than a week after the country reached 19 million cases. COVID-19 deaths have also increased in the country, now totaling more than 346,000. Continue reading
Dec 31 2020 was a year like no other at the box office By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press “People have a desire to go outside the home and be entertained. That desire hasn’t changed but the ability to do that was profoundly limited.”… Continue reading
Dec 31 WHO clears Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use By Associated Press The World Health Organization says it has cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, meaning poorer countries may soon get access to the shot already available in Europe and North America. Continue reading
Dec 31 Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses By Todd Richmond, Associated Press Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two nights. Continue reading
Dec 31 Sen. Perdue quarantines for virus exposure before high-stakes Georgia runoff By Russ Bynum, Associated Press Republican Sen. David Perdue was forced into quarantine Thursday in the home stretch of Georgia's high-stakes Senate runoffs, after exposure to a campaign worker infected with the coronavirus. Continue reading
Dec 31 Major cities ring in a muted New Year’s amid global pandemic By Rod McGuirk, Frank Jordans, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press New Year's Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year filled with challenges. Continue reading
Dec 31 Jobless claims down 19,000, still 4 times pre-pandemic level By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits last week fell by 19,000 to 787,000, still a historically high level as a resurgent coronavirus maintains its grip on the U.S. economy. Continue reading
Dec 30 California announces first case of COVID-19 virus variant By Don Thompson, Associated Press Newsom said he had just learned of the finding in a Southern California case Wednesday. He announced it during an online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious-disease expert. Continue reading
Dec 30 PHOTO ESSAY: ‘Even more trapped than we were before.’ Syrian students document life in a refugee camp amid the pandemic By Austin Meyer, Hailey Sadler Since March 21, Za’atari, the world’s largest Syrian refugee camp, has been under strict lockdown. While the majority of the globe has been under various stages of lockdown as governments attempt to stem the spread of the virus, the enforced… Continue reading
Dec 30 U.K. approves use of ‘vaccine for the world’ By Danica Kirka, Mike Corder, Associated Press Britain has authorized an easy-to-handle coronavirus vaccine and decided to stretch out the time between doses to allow more people to get some level of protection faster as infections surge. Continue reading