By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohioans ages 12-25 who receive the coronavirus vaccine can enter a new lottery making them eligible for five $100,000 college scholarship…
COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students’ lunchboxes, telling parents it’s “now hiring.” El…
Biden doubles US global donation of COVID-19 vaccine shots
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as h…
Haitian trip to Texas border often starts in South America
By JULIE WATSON, JUAN A. LOZANO and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Robins Exile downed a traditional meal of plantains and chicken at a restaurant run by Haitian immigrants, jus…
‘Soul-crushing’: US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying…
J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response
LONDON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a first dose. J&J said in statem…
‘The world must wake up’: Tasks daunting as UN meeting opens
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In person and on screen, world leaders returned to the United Nations’ foremost gathering for the first time in the pandemic era on Tuesday w…
Ohio Rep. Bob Latta contracts COVID-19 after vaccination
The Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — U.S. Rep. Bob Latta became the second member of Congress from Ohio to test positive this week for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated against the virus. T…
COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-th…
‘I just cry’: Dying of hunger in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, people now eat only green leaves for days. At a health center last week, a mother and her newborn weighing jus…