Medically At-Risk North Carolinians Can Get Third COVID Shot
Written by BRYAN ANDERSON North Carolina health officials said Monday that medically vulnerable...
Read More
Associated Press
Taliban Announce ‘Amnesty,’ Urge Women To Join Government
Written by AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR, KATHY GANNON and JON GAMBRELL The Taliban declared an...
Read MoreBiden: Afghan Chaos ‘Gut-Wrenching’ but Stands by Withdrawal
Written by ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ROBERT BURNS and ZEKE MILLER A defiant President Joe Biden rejected blame for chaotic scenes of Afghans clinging to U.S. military planes in Kabul in a desperate bid to flee their home country after...
Read More
Sources: US To Recommend COVID Vaccine Boosters at 8 Months
Written by ZEKE MILLER U.S. health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for...
Read MoreAmong France’s Poorest, Once-Lagging Vaccine Rates Jump
Written by CONSTANTIN GOUVY The poorest region in mainland France has managed to dramatically speed up its COVID-19 vaccination campaign in recent weeks, notably by opening walk-in pop-up centers to reach out to people where...
Read MoreNC Employees’ Personal Info Uploaded to Internal Website
Personal information for nearly 85,000 North Carolina state employees was mistakenly uploaded to an internal portal, state officials said. A file containing the names, Social Security numbers and employment information of 84,860...
Read More
Rush on Kabul Airport as Afghans Flee Taliban Takeover
Written by AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, KATHY GANNON AND JOSEPH KRAUSS Afghans rushed onto the tarmac...
Read MoreQuake Injured Wait for Help as New Disaster Overwhelms Haiti
Written by MARK STEVENSON and EVENS SANON Under Haiti’s burning heat, Jennie Auguste lies with a lost, thousand-yard stare on a flimsy foam mattress placed on an airport’s tarmac. A resident of the southwestern part of the...
Read MoreUSDA to Permanently Boost Food Stamp Benefits by 25 Percent
Written by ASHRAF KHALIL and JOSH BOAK The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to needy families — the largest single increase in the program’s...
Read MoreGlobal Sizzling: July Was Hottest Month on Record, NOAA Says
Written by SETH BORENSTEIN Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced. As extreme heat waves struck parts of the United States and Europe, the globe...
Read More