Stocks are falling Monday as a new, potentially more infectious strain of the coronavirus has countries around the world restricting travel from the United Kingdom, raising worries that the economy is about to take even worse punishment By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer December 21, 2020, 6:02 PM • 5 […]
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Vatican: OK to get virus vaccines using abortion cell lines
The Vatican has declared it “morally acceptable” for Roman Catholics to receive COVID-19 vaccines based on research that used fetal tissue from abortions By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press December 21, 2020, 3:54 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on […]
Probe: Trump officials attacked CDC virus reports
A House investigative panel says Trump administration political appointees tried to block or change more than a dozen government articles that detailed scientific findings about the spread of the coronavirus By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press December 21, 2020, 3:53 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this […]
2 guilty of manslaughter in deaths of 39 migrants in England
Two members of an international people-smuggling gang have been convicted of manslaughter over the deaths of 39 people who were found in the back of a container truck in southeastern England ByThe Associated Press December 21, 2020, 3:36 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article […]
Social media manipulation affects even US senators: Report
A vast, globalized industry of low-cost social media manipulation service providers continues to flourish, distorting both commerce and politics — including the verified social media accounts of two U.S. senators By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press December 21, 2020, 3:11 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this […]
Fort Drum soldier found fatally shot, another soldier held
Authorities are holding a U.S. Army soldier in the death of a fellow soldier from Tennessee who was found shot to death in New Jersey after he was missing from a base in upstate New York ByThe Associated Press December 21, 2020, 11:31 AM • 2 min read Share to […]
COVID-19 spikes follow in prisons after inmate transfers
DETROIT — Families of men incarcerated at Michigan’s Kinross Correctional Facility believed its remote location would spare it from a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. For a while, they seemed to be right. Kinross, built on the grounds of a former Air Force base in the Upper Peninsula, is closer to Canada […]
Miss France runner-up targeted by anti-Semitic abuse
France’s interior minister has led high-profile condemnation of anti-Semitic abuse directed at the runner up of Miss France 2021, who has Israeli origins By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press December 21, 2020, 9:58 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article PARIS — France’s interior minister has […]
Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island
The U.S. Geological Survey says the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has erupted ByThe Associated Press December 21, 2020, 9:44 AM • 1 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article HONOLULU, Hawaii — The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island has erupted, the U.S. Geological Survey said. […]
EU regulator meets to discuss approval of COVID-19 vaccine
The European Medicines Agency is meeting to consider approving a coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer that would be the first to be authorized for use in the European Union ByThe Associated Press December 21, 2020, 8:42 AM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article […]