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NYC to limit classroom closures, prioritize ramped-up testing for schools 29 Dec 2021 - 09:05 pm

New York City will stop quarantining entire classrooms exposed to the coronavirus and will instead prioritize a ramped-up testing program so that asymptomatic...

Helicopter fighting fire crashes in Argentina's Patagonia, killing two 29 Dec 2021 - 08:30 pm

BUENOS AIRES- A helicopter that was fighting forest fires in the rugged Patagonia region of southern Argentina crashed on Wednesday, killing two crew...

US coronavirus cases hit record high 29 Dec 2021 - 07:46 pm

The average number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States hit a record high of 258,312 over the past seven days...

Brazil sets aside $35 million to fix roads washed out by rains 28 Dec 2021 - 09:18 pm

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has set aside 200 million reais ($35.5 million) to rebuild highways and roads destroyed by heavy rains that have...

Los Angeles police video shows chaos moments before fatal shooting of 14-year-old girl 28 Dec 2021 - 02:38 pm

LOS ANGELES- Body-camera video released on Monday showed the chaotic, violent moments leading to the fatal Los Angeles police shooting of an assault...

Apple closes New York City stores to shoppers as COVID-19 cases rise 28 Dec 2021 - 02:08 pm

Apple Inc said on Monday it has closed all of its 12 New York City stores to indoor shopping as cases of the...

CDC cuts isolation time recommended for people with asymptomatic coronavirus infections 28 Dec 2021 - 01:39 pm

Federal health officials on Monday shortened the recommended time Americans infected with the coronavirus should isolate from 10 days to five if they...

Gunman kills four in Denver-area shooting spree before he is killed by police 28 Dec 2021 - 09:15 am

DENVER: A lone gunman shot dead four people and wounded three, including a police officer, on Monday during a Denver-area shooting spree that...

Death toll from Brazil flooding rises in Bahia's 'worst disaster' ever 27 Dec 2021 - 11:54 pm

ITABUNA, Brazil- The death toll from floods hammering northeast Brazil rose to 20 on Monday, as the governor of Bahia state declared it...

Fauci suggests air travel vaccine mandate as Omicron grounds US flights 27 Dec 2021 - 11:47 pm

Skyrocketing COVID-19 cases hobbled U.S. airline staff on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations, and prompted the country's top infectious disease expert to...

Paraguay confirms first cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus 27 Dec 2021 - 08:52 pm

ASUNCION- Paraguay has confirmed its first three cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, its Health Ministry said on Monday, adding that...

'We have more work to do,' Biden says of COVID test shortage 27 Dec 2021 - 08:46 pm

WASHINGTON- U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday pledged to ease a shortage of COVID-19 tests as the Omicron variant spreads across U.S. states...

Fauci says domestic travel vaccination rule should be considered 27 Dec 2021 - 07:59 pm

President Joe Biden’s medical adviser said a domestic travel vaccination rule should be considered as the omicron variant fuels record Covid-19 case loads...

Flight cancellations continue due to bad weather, sick crews 27 Dec 2021 - 07:14 pm

New york: Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday, with major U.S. airlines each canceling dozens of flights. Staffers calling out...

Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year's celebrations 27 Dec 2021 - 06:03 pm

BRUSSELS:After struggling with the coronavirus for far too long, the world understands all too well Belgium's word of the year, "knaldrang!” - the...

EO Wilson, naturalist dubbed a modern-day Darwin, dies at 92 27 Dec 2021 - 03:57 pm

Washington: EOWilson, an American naturalist dubbed the modern day Darwin whose interest in ants led him to conclusions about human nature being directed...