Turkish tourism video taken down after online outcry
ISTANBUL — A video promoting tourism in Turkey amid the pandemic has caused an uproar on social media for showing tourism employees wearing masks...
The unwitting are the target of COVID-19 falsehoods online
<p>Dr. Michelle Rockwell lost a pregnancy in December and shared her heartache with her 30,000 Instagram followers. Weeks later, she received the COVID-19 vaccine...
PWHPA forging ahead without NHL backing of women’s hockey
The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association is forging ahead with its bid to establish an economically sustainable professional league in North America with or...
General Mills dives deeper into the pet business
SILVER SPRING, Md. — General Mills is diving further into the red-hot pet food market, acquiring Tyson Foods' animal treat business for $1.2 billion...
California governor to reveal booming budget proposal
<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was one year ago that a solemn Gov. Gavin Newsom walked onto a podium in California's capital city, removed his...
US calls reports of migrant children in buses ‘unacceptable’
<p>Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention center are “completely unacceptable” if true, U.S....
Conservatives seize on gas crunch to blame Biden, stir base
A graphic calling the East Coast fuel supply crunch “Biden’s Gas Crisis.” A tweet speculating that gas stations running dry was an “INSIDE JOB.”...
Severe drought crisis deepens along Oregon-California border
PORTLAND, Ore. — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water...
Visegrad Group ministers discuss security, fighting pandemic
<p>WARSAW, Poland — Foreign ministers of the four European Visegrad Group countries are meeting in Poland for talks on coming out of the pandemic,...
UK pushing ahead with plans for in person COP26
LONDON — The U.K. official leading preparations for the COP26 climate conference reiterated Thursday the intention to hold the delayed summit in person despite...