UK infections drop about 60% amid vaccinations, lockdown
LONDON — The U.K.'s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or death, according to the latest...
Grim view of global future offered in intelligence report
<p>U.S. intelligence officials are painting a dark picture of the world's future, writing in a report released Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic has deepened...
Israeli academic won’t receive prize after signing petition
JERUSALEM — Israel's top court on Thursday upheld a Cabinet minister's decision to temporarily block a prominent academic from receiving the country's highest honor...
Verizon recalls mobile hotspots sold to schools, in stores
<p>NEW YORK — Verizon is recalling 2.5 million mobile hotspots after some reports of overheating and two reports of minor burns.</p>
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Steep decline in giant sea turtles seen off US West Coast
MONTEREY, Calif. — Scientists were documenting stranded sea turtles on California's beaches nearly 40 years ago when they noticed that leatherbacks — massive sea...
University of Kentucky mistakenly sends 500,000 acceptances
<p>LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky mistakenly sent acceptance emails to 500,000 high school seniors for a program that usually accepts about three...
BP spill rescue pelican returns from Georgia to Louisiana
QUEEN BESS ISLAND, La. — A pelican rescued from the 2010 oil spill, cleaned of oil and released in Georgia has returned 700 miles...
US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations
<p>NEW YORK — The number of U.S. suicides fell nearly 6% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic — the largest annual decline in at...
Salvage crews secure drifting Dutch cargo ship off Norway
<p>HELSINKI — Despite heavy seas, a joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to get an abandoned Dutch cargo ship under control off the coast...
Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech
A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made “false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said...