Tag: Health
Rio de Janeiro police evict tent city of pandemic ‘refugees’
RIO DE JANEIRO — Police started evicting hundreds of homeless families from a recently established tent city near Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, an...
Barcelona’s finances holding up new Messi contract
BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona’s poor finances have become the stumbling block to getting Lionel Messi to sign another contract, according to club president Joan...
Retiring UAW leader reflects on tough times past and ahead
DETROIT — When Rory Gamble took over as president of the United Auto Workers in 2019, the union was embroiled in a federal corruption...
Texas inmate faces execution after killing 3 family members
HOUSTON — A Texas inmate faces execution on Wednesday after killing his pregnant wife, 5-year-old daughter and father-in-law more than a decade ago in...
Putin reveals he was vaccinated with Russia’s Sputnik V
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin revealed Wednesday that he had received the domestically developed Sputnik V vaccine earlier this year, stressing the importance of...
Canadian boxer Bujold wins appeal to compete at Tokyo Games
TORONTO — Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold looks forward to the day when she can tell her daughter that she got in the Olympic ring...
Youth of the pandemic revisited: Hopeful, resilient, nervous
A young woman in California, newly vaccinated, flashes a smile and a peace sign as she poses for a prom photo with her pals....
Economist: $2.5B to abate opioid crisis in WVa community
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A 15-year plan to abate the opioid crisis in a West Virginia community will cost local officials $2.5 billion, a forensic...
Amazon says its carbon footprint grew 19% last year
NEW YORK — Amazon said Wednesday that its carbon footprint grew 19% last year as it rushed to deliver a surge of online orders...
As COVID recedes in prisons, will any lessons learned stick?
Derrick Johnson had a makeshift mask. He had the spray bottle of bleach and extra soap that corrections officers provided. But he still spent...