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Fauci: 1st US case of COVID-19 omicron variant identified

WASHINGTON (AP) - A person in California became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the COVID-19 omicron variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists continue to study th...

Dec 01, 2021

Fourth student dies from Michigan high school shooting

OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a 17-year-old boy has become the fourth student to die from a school shooting in Michigan. The Oakland County sheriff's office identified the teen Wednesd...

Dec 01, 2021

Abortion rights at stake in divided Supreme Court arguments

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's three liberal justices suggested Wednesday that it would severely damage the court's legitimacy if it agrees to reverse the decades-old abortion decisions that de...

Dec 01, 2021

South Korea confirms first five cases of omicron variant

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea has confirmed its first five cases of the new omicron coronavirus variant in people linked to arrivals from Nigeria. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agen...

Dec 01, 2021

Japan suspends new reservations on all incoming flights

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's NHK national television said the country's transport ministry on Wednesday requested international airlines to stop taking new reservations for all flights arriving in Japan until...

Dec 01, 2021

Councilman Andre Dickens wins Atlanta mayor race over Moore

ATLANTA (AP) - City Council member Andre Dickens has won the runoff to become Atlanta's next mayor. Dickens on Tuesday powered past current City Council President Felicia Moore, who had been the leadi...

Nov 30, 2021

Honduras' ruling party candidate concedes presidential race

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - The candidate from Honduras' ruling party conceded Tuesday that opposition candidate Xiomara Castro won Sunday's presidential election. Tegucigalpa Mayor Nasry Asfura of t...

Nov 30, 2021

Grand jury clears officer who shot Pharrell Williams' cousin

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A special grand jury found that a Virginia Beach police officer was justified in fatally shooting a Black man armed with a gun during a chaotic night of violence on the city...

Nov 30, 2021

Authorities: Student kills 3, wounds 6 at Michigan school

OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three students and wounding six other people, including a teacher, authorities said. O...

Nov 30, 2021

Author Alice Sebold apologizes to man cleared in 1981 rape

NEW YORK (AP) - Author Alice Sebold apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir "Lucky" and said she was struggling with the role she ...

Nov 30, 2021