Europe remains the second-most affected region in the world in terms of new coronavirus infections and deaths.
Julia McCue
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Supreme Court upholds FCC’s easing of local media ownership limits
The old rules prohibited a single entity from owning a radio or TV station and a daily newspaper in the same media market.
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Pfizer says vaccine effective at least 6 months, protects against South African variant
Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, announced updated results Thursday from their ongoing late-stage study.
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U.S. jobless claims rise to 719,000 as virus still forcing layoffs
Though the pace of applications has dropped sharply since early this year, they remain high by historical standards.
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Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted as China clamps down
Seven are found guilty in connection with a march during huge anti-government protests in 2019.
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France announces 3-week school closure, domestic travel ban
The move is a departure from the government’s policy in recent months, which has focused on regionalized restrictions.
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New Hampshire could reverse course on student vaccines
Gov. Chris Sununu said last week that only New Hampshire residents would be eligible for the vaccine when eligibility expands Friday.
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U.S. deaths up nearly 16% in 2020, highest-ever annual death toll
A new CDC report says U.S. deaths last year topped 3.3 million.
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Delta joins other U.S. airlines in ending empty middle seats
The decision announced Wednesday reversed a policy that had been in place since last April.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84
McMurtry, the author of many novels including the Pulitzer Prize winning epic ‘Lonesome Dove,’ was also writer of screenplays and a bookstore owner.