MAY 9, 2021
First lady Jill Biden gestures to a student as she visits the Christa McAuliffe School in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., March 17, 2021. Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS
First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday delivered a message of encouragement to moms nationwide.
"I know how hard you're working, and I want you to remember that...
MAY 9, 2021
FILE Critical care workers insert an endotracheal tube into a coronavirus disease positive patient in the intensive care unit at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., Feb. 11, 2021. - Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Variant COVID-19 infections skyrocketed following spring break in Florida and there have been more than 10,000 variant cases reported throughout the state, the South Florida Sun...
MAY 9, 2021
FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021, file photo, voters wait in line to cast their ballots in Georgia's Senate runoff election in Atlanta. Former President Donald Trump’s discredited allegations about a stolen election did nothing to save his presidency months ago. Courtrooms, state governments and ultimately Congress affirmed the legitimacy of his defeat and the honesty...
MAY 9, 2021
Dr. Anthony Fauci. - AP/Pool
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said Sunday that the U.S. is unlikely to see a surge of COVID-19 infections over the fall and winter like it did last year, pointing to the widespread availability of vaccines as a "game changer" that would prevent future surges.
"Well, the fact that...
MAY 7, 2021
Coronavirus Outbreak In India. - Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto/Getty
Delhi — India continues to break records for new COVID-19 infections and deaths. On Friday the Health Ministry said 414,188 new cases were confirmed and 3,915 more deaths added to the country's toll, which brought the total number of fatalities blamed on the coronavirus in India to more than 234,000.
The...
MAY 6, 2021
Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. - Pool/Reuters
The Biden administration’s support of a petition to ease patent protections for vaccines elevated the global battle against the coronavirus as a central plank of U.S. foreign policy, but myriad hurdles remain before that stance could become international policy — if ever.
As a result, it could be...
MAY 6, 2021
The contrast could hardly be sharper.
Receiving oxygen treatments for Covid-19 last month in Delhi. - Atul Loke / NY Times
In much of the developed world, vaccine orders are soaring into the billions of doses, Covid-19 cases are easing, economies are poised to roar to life and people are busy lining up summer vacations. In many less...
MAY 5, 2021
Bill and Melinda Gates. - Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Bill and Melinda Gates' split is the latest high-profile divorce, which are unique in some ways.
Billionaires tend to settle out of court and their lifestyles are less affected by the results.
People, no matter their wealth, tend to divorce for the same reasons.
When Bill and Melinda Gates...
MAY 5, 2021
A federal judge has accused the Justice Department and then-Attorney General William P. Barr of misleading the court and public to hide how he decided that President Donald Trump should not be charged with obstructing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Washington ordered the release Monday of a 2019...
MAY 5, 2021
Donald J. Trump was barred from Facebook on Jan. 7 after he used the site to foment an insurrection in Washington. - Erin Schaff / NY Times
SAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook-appointed panel of journalists, activists and lawyers on Wednesday upheld the social network’s ban of former President Donald J. Trump, ending any immediate return by Mr....
