COVID hospitalizations at least 3 times higher among seniors than other age groups
New CDC data shows COVID-19 hospitalizations among Americans aged 70 and older are at least three times higher than among other age groups.Powered by WPeMatico
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declares homelessness an emergency
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has declared homelessness an emergency in the California city.Powered by WPeMatico
Ukraine PM requests air defenses to counter Russia attacks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is asking Western leaders to help Ukraine overcome Russia’s weapons advantage by supplying more modern tanks, artillery, ammunition, rockets and air defensesPowered by WPeMatico
Texas coach Beard arrested on felony family violence charge
Texas men’s basketball coach Chris Beard is facing a felony family violence chargePowered by WPeMatico
Jay Leno opens up about his accident: ‘It was an accident, that’s all’
Jay Leno is opening up about the accident he had in his home garage last month.Powered by WPeMatico
77-year-old woman stabbed to death at her home during car robbery
Eleanor Bowles, 77, interrupted the suspect's robbery of her 2021 Lexus before she was fatally stabbed, Atlanta police said.Powered by WPeMatico
Manchin has ‘no intention’ of switching to be independent, suggests that could change
Joe Manchin on Monday left the door open to becoming an independent, three days after Arizona colleague Kyrsten Sinema announced that she was leaving the Democratic PartyPowered by WPeMatico
Soccer journalist Grant Wahl’s body returned to US
A senior State Department official says the body and possessions of soccer journalist Grant Wahl have been repatriated to the United States after his death last week while covering the World Cup in QatarPowered by WPeMatico
Judge rejects vaccine choice law in health care settings
A federal judge says a person's choice to decline vaccinations does not outweigh public health and safety requirements in medical settingsPowered by WPeMatico
Councilman embroiled in racist tape scandal involved in fight at holiday event
Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de Leon is being investigated by police after a video showed him getting into a fight was a community activist at a holiday event.Powered by WPeMatico
3 bald eagles die, 10 sick after eating euthanized animals
The euthanized animals were improperly disposed of at a Minnesota landfill.Powered by WPeMatico
Texas church bus accident injures 16, including 13 kids
A small church bus overturned near a Houston-area apartment.Powered by WPeMatico
Numbers on panel examining Va. Beach mass shooting dwindle
It raises doubts among some whether the panel can perform its job.Powered by WPeMatico
Paul Silas, 3-time NBA champion, longtime coach, dies at 79
Paul Silas was LeBron James’ first coach in the league.Powered by WPeMatico
Confederate monument set to be removed from Virginia capital
Work to remove the final monument from Richmond should start this week.Powered by WPeMatico
Ukraine: Russia put rocket launchers at nuclear power plant
Ukrainian officials claim Russian forces installed launchers at Zaporizhzhia.Powered by WPeMatico
Death toll in Jersey fire rises to 5; 4 still missing
Police say the number of people killed in an apartment building explosion and fire on the English Channel Island of Jersey has risen to five, and four others are still unaccounted forPowered by WPeMatico
Helicopter raid kills Islamic State officials in Syria, US says
A U.S. helicopter raid killed two members of ISIS in Syria early Sunday morning local time, U.S. Central Command announcedPowered by WPeMatico
Gaza authorities discover over 60 Roman era graves
The tombs were in an ancient burial site dating back to the Roman era.Powered by WPeMatico
Coast-to-coast storms to coat country in snow, rain
The West has been blanketed in snow as many regions on the East Coast brace for the first flurries of the season.Powered by WPeMatico
Strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shakes southern Mexico
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake has shaken southern Mexico, sending nervous residents of the capital into the streetPowered by WPeMatico
‘I’ll kill you all’: Man kills 3 in Rome condo board meeting
Authorities and witnesses say a man opened fire during a meeting of a condominium board in northern Rome, killing three peoplePowered by WPeMatico
Police arrest man wounded in Oklahoma pot farm slayings
The survivor of the shooting that killed four people has been arrested.Powered by WPeMatico
Deputy in California slayings killed self with service gun
He allegedly killed three relatives of a girl he tried to sexually extort onlinePowered by WPeMatico
Federal data: Kansas oil spill biggest in Keystone history
Federal data shows the spill dumped enough oil to fill an Olympic-sized pool.Powered by WPeMatico
Man killed by troopers was hauling suspected cocaine
The incident started as a high-speed chase on Interstate 10 in Louisiana.Powered by WPeMatico
Fifth teenager pleads guilty in shooting near Iowa school
It's the fifth guilty plea among the 10 people charged.Powered by WPeMatico
Large, powerful winter storm set to slam United States
A winter storm heads for the west coast on Saturday while the east coast braces for another storm expected to hit next week.Powered by WPeMatico
3 dead, several missing after explosion, fire on Jersey
Police on the Channel Island of Jersey say an explosion and fire in an apartment building has killed at least three people and left several missingPowered by WPeMatico
Sam Bankman-Fried to testify as lawmakers demand answers on FTX’s downfall
Sam Bankman-Fried said he will try to "shed light" on issues surrounding FTX's U.S. solvency, what he thinks led to the crash and his "own failings."Powered by WPeMatico
Nobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
The winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have shared their visions of a fairer world during an award ceremony and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in UkrainePowered by WPeMatico
Kansas man charged in 1980 killing of nursing student
Investigators who reexamined her death turned up new evidence.Powered by WPeMatico
Mail carrier killed while delivering mail in Milwaukee
A shooter killed a U.S. Postal Service employee as he was delivering mail.Powered by WPeMatico
Court: Resentence mom who put newborn in trash at sorority
She put the infant in the trash after giving birth at her college sorority housePowered by WPeMatico
Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law
President Joe Biden plans to sign legislation this coming week that will protect gay unions even if the Supreme Court were to revisit its ruling supporting a nationwide right of same-sex couples to marryPowered by WPeMatico
US: Russia, Iran moving toward full defense ‘partnership’
The Biden administration is accusing Russia of moving to provide advanced military assistance to Iran, including air defense systems, helicopters and fighter jetsPowered by WPeMatico
Squirrel shooter arrested after bullet breaks child’s window
A 76-year-old Minnesota man is facing criminal charges because he was shooting at a squirrel and a bullet went through a child’s bedroom window in a neighboring homePowered by WPeMatico
France to make condoms free for anyone under 25, Macron says
French President Emmanuel Macron says France will make condoms free in pharmacies for anyone up to age 25Powered by WPeMatico
Connecticut’s first retail cannabis sales to begin Jan. 10
About half of the state's medical marijuana operators will expand.Powered by WPeMatico
Employees of Kentucky candle factory destroyed by deadly tornado file new lawsuit
In a lawsuit filed Thursday, several employees at a Kentucky candle factory allege the company "refused" to let them leave before a deadly tornado struck.Powered by WPeMatico