Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Moral Conscience, Dies at 90
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90.
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Omicron Spreads Global Gloom Over New Year’s Celebrations
Dire warnings abound, caseloads are rising alarmingly fast, air traffic is snarled and several countries are considering more restrictions to add to the patchwork of lockdowns and other measures already in place around Europe.
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As COVID Fueled the Drug Crisis, Native Americans Hit Worst
Written by CLAIRE GALOFARO The medicine man told her she should soon give her son back to the...
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Case Drop May Show South Africa’s Omicron Peak Has Passed
Written by ANDREW MELDRUM South Africa’s noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may...
Read MoreAfter SCOTUS Hearing, a New Look at Baby ‘Safe Haven’ Laws
Written by ASTRID GALVAN For years, Nicole Olson had longed for a baby and gone through a rigorous and emotional adoption process. Then Olson and her husband got a call asking if they’d like to adopt a newborn. That day. As soon...
Read MoreParents, Schools Face Another Reckoning Over COVID-19 Cases
Kathryn Malara, a Brooklyn teacher, lingered on a street Tuesday, filled with dread about going to her job. “I’m sitting in my car terrified to walk into school,” she wrote on Twitter just before taking a deep breath and heading...
Read MoreJudges Deem Law Addressing Child Sex Abuse Unconstitutional
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A North Carolina law cannot temporarily lift the statute of limitations to allow people who were sexually abused as children decades ago to be able to sue in civil court, a three-judge panel ruled...
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Cooper Pushes for COVID Boosters, Won’t Reimpose Mandates
Written by BRYAN ANDERSON In a major tonal shift from six days ago, North Carolina Democratic Gov....
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Biden to Pledge 500M Free COVID-19 Tests to Counter Omicron
Written by JOSH BOAK and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR With the omicron variant on the march, President...
Read MoreDemocrats Try to ‘Build Back’ After Manchin Tanks $2T Bill
Written by LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Democrats are struggling to pick up the pieces after Sen. Joe Manchin effectively crushed President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill. But they face serious questions whether the $2...
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