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Despite being vaccinated and boosted, Elton John has contracted covid-19 and is postponing two farewell concert dates in Dallas.
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022NEW YORK — A New York City police officer gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that killed his partner has also died of his injuries, police said Tue…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022Stocks fell sharply on Wall Street Tuesday, continuing a volatile bout of trading that has sent markets swinging between steep losses and gains as investors ga…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original covid-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant.
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022Ukraine's leaders sought Tuesday to reassure the nation that an invasion from neighboring Russia was not imminent, even as they acknowledged the threat is real…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon ordered 8,500 troops on higher alert Monday to potentially deploy to Europe as part of a NATO "response force" amid growing concern …
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports January 25, 2022World health officials are offering hope that an ebbing of the omicron wave will give way to a more manageable phase of the covid-19 pandemic, even as they war…
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports January 25, 2022High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic, suggesting that the coronavirus has ended…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022WASHINGTON -- The federal government launched a revamped website Monday -- the first day of tax filing season -- to help people who were eligible for the expan…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022A pro-Trump social media influencer who posted video of himself at the U.S. Capitol during last year's riot was sentenced Monday to three months of home detent…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Prosecutors in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights accused the men Mond…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022m ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus on Monday launched a radio show on Apple Music Hits, with hopes of figuring out why his songs like "Mamma Mia" and "Dancing Queen" have …
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022ATLANTA -- Judges have approved a request for a special grand jury by the Georgia prosecutor who's investigating whether former President Donald Trump and othe…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022ROME -- With special pandemic precautions, balloting began Monday in Italy's Parliament on who should become the country's next president, even as party leader…
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022The Supreme Court said Monday that it will consider reining in federal regulation of private property under the nation's main law restricting water pollution, …
by The Associated Press January 25, 2022