Nation and World
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WHO: COVID-19 vaccination rates have dropped 50% in Africa
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses given in Africa has dropped by more than 50% over the last three months, the World Health Organization said Th...
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Malinin headlines Grand Prix opener at Skate America
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - The new face of American figure skating began to play around with the quadruple axel, that unicorn of a jump that had never been landed in competition, when he started t...
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Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - The young Afghan couple raced to the airport in Kabul, clutching their baby girl close amid the chaotic withdrawal of American troops last year. The baby had been rescue...
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FACT FOCUS: States, not CDC, set school vaccine requirements
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Thursday voted that the agency should update its recommended immunization schedules to add the COVID-1...
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Iran's Olympic chief claims no punishment coming for climber
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The president of Iran's national Olympic committee claimed Thursday that competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi will not be punished or suspended aft...
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Oklahoma executes man convicted of killing infant daughter
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed inmate Benjamin Cole on Thursday morning despite claims from his attorneys that he had been severely mentally ill. Cole was pr...
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Oklahoma executes Benjamin Cole who was convicted of killing his 9-month-old daughter in 2002
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executes Benjamin Cole who was convicted of killing his 9-month-old daughter in 2002. ...
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Woman charged with sending bee swarm on deputies at eviction
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman who released a swarm of bees on sheriff's deputies as they tried to serve an eviction notice is facing multiple assault a...
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Appeals court: Graham must testify in Georgia election probe
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to i...
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Panel votes to add COVID shots to recommended vaccinations
Oct 20, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - COVID-19 shots should be added to the lists of recommended vaccinations for kids and adults, a panel of U.S. vaccine experts said Thursday. The panel's u...