Pandemic sets back Italian women’s long fight for jobs
ROME — One of hundreds of thousands of women in Italy who lost jobs in the pandemic, Laura Taddeo has a masters degree in...
Top Portugal court nixes euthanasia law, says it’s imprecise
LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s Constitutional Court on Monday blocked a law passed by parliament introducing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill and gravely...
Indiana makes COVID-19 vaccine available to those 45 and up
INDIANAPOLIS — State health officials opened up COVID-19 vaccination eligibility on Tuesday to all Indiana residents 45 and older.
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GOP attorneys general question stimulus barring tax cuts
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that bars states from...
Chimpanzees at Czech zoo get screen time amid virus lockdown
<p>PRAGUE — A zoo in the Czech Republic is trying out a new way for its bored chimpanzees to monkey around during the coronavirus...
Family of boy killed at Disney World urges organ donation
<p>OMAHA, Neb. — A Nebraska couple whose 2-year-old son died tragically at Walt Disney World nearly five years ago wants more families to consider...
Cruise ship passengers recall deaths, confusion, quarantine
SAN FRANCISCO — The last vacation Margrit and Lucio Gonzalez took together began with an ominous delay: a medical emergency on the cruise ship...
Japan, US to share China concern as ministers meet in Tokyo
TOKYO — Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region...
In one week, Duke COVID cases approach fall semester total
RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke University saw nearly as many cases of the coronavirus last week as it did during the entire fall semester, according...
Patricio sustains head injury as Liverpool beats Wolves 1-0
<p>WOLVERHAMPTON, England — Wolverhampton goalkeeper Rui Patricio was carried off on a stretcher with a serious-looking head injury after more than 10 minutes of...