China builds new quarantine center as virus cases rise
BEIJING -- A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an anticipated overflow of patients as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of the annual Lunar...
Vaccines to stimulus checks: Here’s what’s in Biden plan
President-elect Joe Biden is proposing a $1.9 trillion plan to expand coronavirus vaccinations, help individuals and jump-start the economyByThe Associated PressJanuary 15, 2021, 6:31 AM• 4 min readWILMINGTON, Del. --...
Biden unveils $1.9T plan to stem COVID-19 and steady economy
WILMINGTON, Del. -- President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan Thursday to end “a crisis of deep human suffering” by speeding up vaccines and pumping out financial help...
Heartbeat abortion ban may finally pass in South Carolina
South Carolina lawmakers are again considering a bill that would ban most abortions in the stateBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated PressJanuary 14, 2021, 7:03 PM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to...
Reform Party leader tasked to form Estonia’s new government
Estonia’s president has tasked the leader of the main opposition party to form a new government a day after Prime Minister Juri Ratas stepped down in the wake of a...
Asia Today: China virus cases spike as WHO researchers visit
China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast as a World Health Organization team arrived to investigate the origins of the pandemicByThe Associated PressJanuary 14,...
Navajo Nation, New Mexico reach settlements over mine spill
The Navajo Nation’s Department of Justice has settled with two mining companies to resolve claims stemming from a 2015 spill that sent wastewater downstream from the inactive Gold King Mine...
Spain: Judge orders incapacitated woman to get virus vaccine
BARCELONA, Spain -- A judge in northwest Spain has overruled a family's objections and decided to allow health authorities to administer a coronavirus vaccine to an incapacitated woman in a...
Dutch hold mass coronavirus testing amid new variant fears
Residents of a Dutch town have filed into a sports hall to take part in the country’s first mass coronavirus testing programBy PETER DEJONG and MIKE CORDER Associated PressJanuary 13,...
Indonesia starts mass COVID-19 vaccinations with president
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency useBy EDNA TARIGAN and VICTORIA MILKO Associated PressJanuary 13, 2021,...