To prevent outbreaks, WHO estimates 95% of the population must be immunized – coverage has stalled between about 70% and 85% globally.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inNation & World
Eta soaks Florida, races to Atlantic off Georgia, Carolinas
The storm dumped torrents of blustery rain on Florida’s west coast as it slogged over the state before making landfall near Cedar Key, Fla.
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Posted inBusiness
Online shopping surge could lead to holiday delivery delays
FedEx and UPS are ramping up their holiday hiring while expanding their weekend operations.
Posted inBusiness
Stocks pull further below record highs as infections spread
Analysts are still largely optimistic the market can climb even higher, largely because they see a potential vaccine as a game changer.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Sports
The Weeknd to headline the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show
The Weeknd joins a list of celebrated musicians who have played during Super Bowl halftime shows, including Madonna, Beyoncé, Prince, Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson.
Posted inElection 2020
The Latest: Former White House officials urge cooperative transition
6:40 p.m. A bipartisan group from the last three White Houses is urging the Trump administration to move forward “to immediately begin the post-election transition process.” The call from the Center for Presidential Transition advisory board comes as the General Services Administration has yet to formally recognize Democrat Joe Biden as the president-elect. That’s a […]
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The Latest: Global coronavirus case total tops 50 million
BOSTON — The coronavirus has hit another sobering milestone: more than 50 million positive cases worldwide since the pandemic began. Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus tracker reported more than 50.2 million COVID-19 cases globally as of Sunday. There have been more than 1.2 million deaths from the disease worldwide since the pandemic started. The U.S., with […]
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
House Democrats blame losses on polls, message, even Trump
Expectations for big wins came crashing down with a stark reversal of gains in Trump country.
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Presidential election exposes America’s ‘perilous’ divides
Whoever emerges as the winner, that division ensures that the next president will face significant gridlock in Congress, skepticism about the integrity of the vote and an agitated electorate increasingly divided by race, education and geography.
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Ethiopia says forced into ‘aimless war’ as bombings alleged
Ethiopia’s well-armed Tigray region asserts that fighter jets have bombed locations around its capital, aiming to force the region ‘into submission,’ while Ethiopia’s army says it has been forced into an ‘unexpected and aimless war.’