By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press U.S. health authorities again expanded the nation’s booster campaign Thursday, opening extra doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to several mi…
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Biden calls on leaders to end ‘backward slide’ of democracy
By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden expressed alarm at a “backward slide” of democracy around the globe on Thursday, calling on fellow world leader…
COVID cases spike even as US hits 200M vaccine milestone
By SOPHIA TAREEN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 200 million Wednesday amid a dispiriting holiday-seas…
Pfizer says COVID booster offers protection against omicron
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new omicron variant even though the initial two doses appe…
The AP Interview: CDC chief says omicron mostly mild so far
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) — More than 40 people in the U.S. have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated…
Could others be charged, liable in Michigan school shooting?
By ED WHITE Associated Press A prosecutor continues to criticize the decision to keep a teenager in a Michigan school before a shooting that killed four students last week, raising questions about whe…
‘We just feel it’: Racism plagues US military academies
By AARON MORRISON, HELEN WIEFFERING and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press Eight years after he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Geoffrey Easterling remains astonished by the Confede…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
The Associated Press Kyle Rittenhouse did not sue LeBron James for defamation CLAIM: Federal magistrate approved Kyle Rittenhouse’s $110 Million defamation suit against LeBron James. THE FACTS: No suc…
US jobless rate sinks to 4.2% as many more people find jobs
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s unemployment rate tumbled last month to its lowest point since the pandemic struck, even as employers appeared to slow thei…
Roe v. Wade nearly fell 30 years ago. Can it survive again?
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — We’ve been here before, with the fate of abortion rights throughout the United States in doubt and awaiting a decision by th…