Coronavirus

Colombians will pick from six candidates in a presidential ballot being held Sunday amid a generalized feeling the country is heading in the wrong direction.

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a once-powerful Italian prelate who long served as the Vatican's No. 2 official, has died at 94.

Tuesday’s school shooting is a tragic end to a terrible year for Texas teachers who faced two COVID-19 surges, staffing shortages, school boards fights, book bans.

Residents in China's largest city of Shanghai have become bolder in demanding the lifting or easing of coronavirus restrictions that have left millions locked up in their compounds for almost two months.

Polling shows majorities of Americans think mass shootings would occur less often if guns were harder to get.

With one of Europe’s largest gay pride celebrations right around the corner, Spain's LGBTQ community is worried that outbreaks of monkeypox on the continent could lead to an increase of homophobic sentiment based on misunderstandings of the disease.

A massive safety recall and supply disruptions have swept many leading formula brands off store shelves.

Japan will open its borders to foreign tourists in June for the first time since imposing tight pandemic travel restrictions about two years ago, but only for package tours for now.

Many hotels across the United States have done away with daily housekeeping service, making what was already one of the toughest jobs in the hospitality industry even more grueling.

Stagflation.

Pandemic-weary U.S. residents are confronting high gas prices as they decide whether to travel this Memorial Day weekend.

The White House says the Grammy-nominated South Korean boy band BTS and President Joe Biden will meet next week to talk about “Asian inclusion and representation.”.

The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity and might possibly cause more serious disease.

Britain's Conservative government has unveiled a $19 billion package to ease a severe cost-of-living squeeze.

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths are still falling globally after peaking in January.

Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week as the number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits remains near five-decade lows.

Wednesday marked the second anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked a global protest movement and calls for a racial reckoning to address structural racism that has created long-standing inequities impacting generations of Black Americans.

Last year’s French Open champion in singles and doubles says she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will withdraw from the tournament.

The Congressional Budget Office says that high inflation will persist into next year.

In between mass shootings killed and wounded people attending school, grocery shopping and simply living their lives, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19.

The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced a congressional grilling over a months-long delay in inspecting the plant at the center of a nationwide baby formula shortage.

The risks to the global economy are leading to an increasingly gloomy view of the months ahead for corporate leaders, government officials and other VIPs gathered at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

A San Antonio infectious disease expert says it’s not time to let up on COVID-19 precautions as daily cases are on the rise.

Pfizer says three small doses of its COVID-19 vaccine protect kids under 5.

Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy are warning of burnout among the nation’s health care staff after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been shadowed by career-threatening scandal for months — but so far has escaped unscathed.

In one of the busiest corridors for illegal border crossings, Cubans, Colombians and Venezuelans are often released to pursue asylum in the United States.

Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 have some encouraging news.

The European Union is extending looser limits on spending by member countries for an extra year in a bid to counter the economic fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine.