Two people are dying of COVID-19 every hour in California's most populous county as the state set daily records for newly reported cases and deaths and hospitals struggle to to...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
The World Health Organization said Thursday that countries in the Asia-Pacific region are not guaranteed to have early access to COVID-19 shots and urged them to adopt a long-term approach...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
Ryan Bowser looked somber as he sat in his cramped Oregon apartment, worried whether he, his pregnant girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter would have a roof over their heads in...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
U.S. officials say they're actively negotiating for additional purchases of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine after passing up a chance to lock in a contract this summer since it was still unclear...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Science & Tech
Today's best Amazon sale items to shop include Bluetooth headphones from Aukey, H&R Block tax software and so much more—shop our top picks.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
Tribune Publishing and BR Holding Company will sell the BestReviews website to TV station owner Nexstar Media Group for $160 million, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal to sell the...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
Wonder Woman is flying to Roku after all. WarnerMedia has secured a deal to make HBO Max available through Roku's popular streaming devices, a move that could help the service...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
Joe Biden is picking deal-makers and fighters to lead a climate team he'll ask to remake and clean up the nation's transportation and power-plant systems, and as fast as politically...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
Joe Biden is picking deal-makers and fighters to lead a climate team he'll ask to remake and clean up the nation's transportation and power-plant systems, and as fast as politically...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
The Government is under pressure to introduce a vaccine compensation scheme “as a matter of urgency” following recommendations from an expert group.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
Leaving Cert students affected by Covid may be given a second chance to sit papers in July.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
Thousands of workers may not be back in the office until late next year as employers wait for a full vaccine roll-out.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
The fugitive widow of an Islamic State gunman and a man described as his logistician have been convicted of terrorism charges in the trial of 14 people linked to the...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
The number of schoolboys thought to have been kidnapped by Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group in Nigeria, could be almost twice as high as reported.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
US Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has warned fellow Republican senators against joining President Donald Trump's extended assault on the electoral college results.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Farming
Last week the British Embassy in Dublin, hosted a seminar on British/Irish co-operation in the development of offshore renewable energy.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
The largest individual shipper container transported here with the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine would be capable of delivering enough jabs for 2,437 people, it was confirmed yesterday.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
Donald Trump's neighbours in Florida are taking legal action to prevent him from moving permanently to his Mar-a-Lago beach residence after leaving office next month.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
Restrictions on gatherings will be in place for at least the next three months and probably six, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has warned.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
Air pollution from traffic fumes contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl who died of a fatal asthma attack, a landmark ruling has found.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
President-elect Joe Biden told Georgia voters they must deliver two Democratic Senate runoff victories in January so his administration can forcefully confront the coronavirus pandemic and other national challenges.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
US Congressional negotiators yesterday were “closing in” on a $900bn (€740bn) Covid-19 aid bill that will include $600 (€493) to $700 (€575) stimulus checks and extended unemployment benefits, and Congress...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
A Chinese lunar capsule has returned to Earth with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the Moon in more than 40 years.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
The threat posed to Christmas celebrations by Covid-19 was brought home last night as nearly 400 children and their teachers were told to restrict their movements until December 30.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
Two San Diego strip clubs can remain open and make their own determinations about providing a safe environment for dancers and patrons during the pandemic, a judge ruled Wednesday, dealing...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Breaking News
Eurozone countries have agreed to keep spending their way out of the Covid-19 crisis next year.
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
South Korea has added more than 1,000 infections to its coronavirus caseload for the second straight day amid growing fears that the virus is spreading out of control in the...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
The Trump administration has relaxed a regulation restricting water flow from showerheads, a pet peeve of President Donald Trump, who complained that he wanted more water to make his hair...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
The owners of a Santa Monica beachfront hotel built without proper permits have agreed to pay $1 million in penalties and restitution to Los Angeles County, prosecutors said Wednesday. As...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
Facebook is again pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices, this time saying in full page newspaper ads that the social media giant is standing up...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
The latest developments on the winter storm moving across the Northeast (all times local): 7:45 p.m. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Wednesday he is banning tractor trailer and tandem trailers...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
More than two dozen commercial fishers who make up the bulk of San Francisco's famed seafood industry sued the city Wednesday, alleging that gross negligence by the Port of San...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Politics
More than two dozen commercial fishers who make up the bulk of San Francisco's famed seafood industry sued the city Wednesday, alleging that gross negligence by the Port of San...
Posted by | December 17, 2020 | Science & Tech
You can still buy the larger editions of the Echo speaker and original HomePod and have them in time for Christmas.
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
The Trump administration said Wednesday it was cutting $200 million in federal healthcare funding to California because the state requires insurance providers to cover abortions. The U.S. Department of Health...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
The Trump administration said Wednesday it was cutting $200 million in federal healthcare funding to California because the state requires insurance providers to cover abortions. The U.S. Department of Health...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Science & Tech
We've rounded up 15 last-minute Christmas gifts that you can not only get on time for the big day, but on sale—shop our top picks.
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Business
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday lauded the rollout of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, but it appears the second-week supply will be thousands of doses smaller than anticipated. Missouri received about...
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Business
OLYMPIA, Washington — Coronavirus infections remain rampant, but health officials in Washington state said Wednesday they're seeing some encouraging signs in recent data, just as front-line workers begin receiving vaccinations....
Posted by | December 16, 2020 | Politics
Oregon hospitals administered the first coronavirus vaccines in the state Wednesday to nurses, respiratory therapists, housekeeping workers and other health care employees in high-risk jobs, marking the beginning of a...
