GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's signature ski race was canceled Monday after a rise in COVID-19 infections was blamed partly on tourists from Britain.
Wengen was to host three races on the iconic …
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR
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1/11/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — One of the defining images of the Capitol siege was of . Clad in black and with a helmet over his head, he might have been hard to identify even after he paused to sit in a leather …
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By JAKE COYLE
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1/11/21
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa is struggling to cope with a spike in COVID-19 cases that has already overwhelmed some hospitals, as people returning from widespread holiday travel along the coast …
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By ANDREW MELDRUM
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1/11/21
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VERKHOVYNA, Ukraine (AP) — Riding a horse-drawn cart, Dr. Viktoria Mahnych trots along country roads to attend to her patients in several villages nestled in the Carpathian Mountains in western …
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By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and YURAS KARMANAU
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1/11/21
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WAYNETOWN — Organizers for Waynetown Christmas in the Park are celebrating their most successful season yet. A record number 3,475 vehicles filled with people found their way to the …
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Journal Review
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1/11/21
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Dear Doctor: I’m a 60-year-old woman with naturally fair skin. I’ve worked outdoors all of my life — and now I have the age spots on my face to prove it. Why do they …
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1/11/21
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MADRID (AP) — Emergency crews in central Spain cleared 500 roads and rescued over 1,500 people stranded in vehicles as the country slowly shovels out of its worst snowstorm in recent …
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1/10/21
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BEIJING (AP) — More than 380 people have tested positive in a growing COVID-19 outbreak south of Beijing in China's Hebei province.
Hebei health authorities said that 40 new cases had been …
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1/10/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten months into America’s viral outbreak, low-income workers are still bearing the brunt of job losses — an unusual and harsh feature of the pandemic recession that flattened …
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and ALEXANDRA OLSON
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1/9/21
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The G League will crown its 2021 champion in a bubble, just as the NBA did last season.
Plans were announced Friday for the G League season, which will be condensed and played at the Walt Disney …
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By TIM REYNOLDS
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1/8/21
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NEW YORK — New research suggests the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech can still work against a mutated coronavirus.
Two variants -- one discovered in Britain, the other in South …
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By The Associated Press
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1/8/21
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ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. has topped 4,000 daily deaths from the coronavirus for the first time, breaking a record set just one day earlier, with the surge being driven in several Sun Belt …
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By EUGENE GARCIA, LISA MARIE PANE and THALIA BEATY
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1/8/21
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball grew up playing 3-on-3 games against his older brother Lonzo on a concrete court in the backyard of their parents’ home in Chino Hills, California.
“Nobody …
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By STEVE REED
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1/8/21
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The Montgomery County Community Foundation continues to help people who are struggling due to the pandemic, thanks in part to a $10,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation.
AT&T’s grant …
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1/8/21
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SAO PAULO (AP) — The night before New Year’s Eve in Rio de Janeiro, thousands of revelers clad in their bathing suits crowded onto the iconic Ipanema beach to have some seaside drinks. It was one …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET
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1/8/21
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SAO PAULO (AP) — The night before New Year’s Eve in Rio de Janeiro, thousands of revelers clad in their bathing suits crowded onto the iconic Ipanema beach to have some seaside drinks. It was one …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET
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1/7/21
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California health authorities reported Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads
The state Department …
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and DON THOMPSON
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1/7/21
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The U.S. registered its highest deaths yet from the coronavirus on the day a mob attacked the Capitol.
On Wednesday, the nation recorded nearly 3,900 deaths. The virus is surging in nearly every …
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By The Associated Press
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1/7/21
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It took five decades for the Kansas City Chiefs to win a second Super Bowl. Now they have the audacity to shoot for two in two years.
Yet while Patrick Mahomes and Co. …
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By DAVE SKRETTA
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1/7/21
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
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The Tulsa-Central Florida men’s basketball game scheduled for Saturday at Tulsa has been postponed due to …
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By The Associated Press
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1/7/21
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