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Delta variant accounts for 20% of new infections in US; world case rates fall: Latest COVID-19 updates

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel will meet Wednesday to consider possible changes to COVID-19 vaccinations for young adults after reports of heart inflammation among a small number of teenage vaccine recipients.There have been several hundred cases of...

'She flew out': Opera singer gives birth to baby girl in back seat of her car

Opera singer Emily Geller Hardman had organized every detail of her pregnancy. It wasn't supposed to include giving birth in the back seat of her car.Hardman was about 37 weeks along in her pregnancy in May when she decided...

Eric Adams is leading, but the race for New York City mayor isn't decided. Here's what we know.

NEW YORK – Eric Adams, the Brooklyn Borough president and former police captain, is waking up Wednesday in the lead to be New York City's next mayor, but even though voting is done, the race is far from over.It may take...

Millions of people with felonies can now vote after widespread reform. Most don't know it.

Nicole Lewis and Andrew R. CalderonOnly a fraction of the thousands of formerly incarcerated people whose voting rights were restored in time for the 2020 election made it back on to the voter rolls in four key states —...

Britney Spears to speak at conservatorship hearing: Here's what we know

Britney Spears is expected to address the court Wednesday in the ongoing battle over her conservatorship for the first known time in more than two years. All eyes are on the pop star, awaiting what she'll say. The 39-year-old has been under a conservatorship...

Prime Day 2021 is over, but you can still get tons of amazing Amazon deals—shop them all

It came, it saw, it conquered. Over the last 48 hours, Amazon Prime Day 2021—and all the competing sales that went along with it—turned our live upside down with a savings bonanza like none other. Everything—and we do mean everything—took...

New York City's mayor race: Polls close but final results may have to wait until July

NEW YORK – The polls have closed in the Big Apple as New Yorkers voted Tuesday to pick their next mayor in what could be one of the most consequential elections in the city's recent history.But don't expect a clear winner tonight: With...

Vanessa Bryant settles wrongful death lawsuit vs. helicopter company, pilot's estate

The widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant has reached a confidential settlement to end her lawsuit against those she blamed for the death of her husband and daughter in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles in January 2020.Less than...

Detroit Pistons win No. 1 pick in 2021 NBA draft lottery

The Detroit Pistons secured the franchise-changing ping pong ball in Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery.The Pistons will pick No. 1 in the draft — slated for July 29 — and Oklahoma State guard Cade Cunningham is expected to be the...

California deserts have lost nearly 40% of plants to hotter and drier weather, satellite data shows

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Desert plants — famous for tolerance of torrid landscapes — are dying at an alarming rate due to the twin threats of even hotter temperatures and less rain, according to new research published this week.After analyzing more than three decades of...
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Sydney’s huge Gaza protest shows there’s now no stopping the tide of public opinion | Sarah Malik

The rain couldn’t stop us. At least 100,000 people took over the CBD and marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge...
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