EU leaders faced with surge of infections, vaccine issues
<p>BRUSSELS — European Union leaders are meeting Thursday to look for ways of ramping up COVID-19 vaccinations across the 27-nation region amid a shortage...
1 report, 4 theories: Scientists mull clues on virus’ origin
GENEVA — A team of international and Chinese scientists is poised to report on its joint search for the origins of the coronavirus that...
US 30-year mortgage rates jump to 3.17%, highest since June
<p>McCLEAN, Va. — U.S. long-term mortgage rates jumped to their highest level since June, though still remain near historic lows.</p>
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Recharged: Energy seen as big winner after disastrous 2020
Energy companies spent the first quarter of 2021 recharging from a draining year. Wall Street expects that growth to continue as energy companies and...
Chicago hospital doctor resigns after improper vaccinations
<p>CHICAGO — An executive at a Chicago hospital that improperly gave COVID-19 vaccinations to people outside the area the city asked the hospital to...
NWHL playoffs resume Friday with expansion Six the top seed
<p>Coach Digit Murphy is eager for the Toronto Six to pick up where they left off some two months after the National Women’s Hockey...
More birders sighted in Central Park this spring migration
NEW YORK — This spring, longtime Central Park birder and naturalist Gabriel Willow is feeling a little less nervous than he did a year...
Fans to be allowed into matches in Copenhagen at Euro 2020
<p>COPENHAGEN — At least 11,000 fans will be allowed into soccer matches staged in Copenhagen during this year's European Championship, the Danish government said...
Greek Independence Day events culminate in military parade
ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s celebrations for the bicentenary of the start of the nation’s war of independence are culminating in a military parade and...
An NCAA hockey tourney first: All 5 Minnesota teams are in
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — For all Herb Brooks accomplished in the world of hockey, the Hall of Fame coach of the heralded “Miracle on Ice” team...