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UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive
LONDON - Britain's newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from derailing its fast-moving vaccinati...
Feb 15, 2021
Canada's Bianca Andreescu 2nd round winner at Phillip Island Trophy
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Bianca Andreescu improved to 2-1 for 2021 with a 7-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over American Madison Brengle in the second round of the Phillip Island Trophy on Monday. The sec...
Feb 15, 2021
Russian cargo ship launched to International Space Station
MOSCOW - An unmanned Russian cargo ship launched successfully Monday with a load of supplies for the International Space Station. The Progress MS-16 cargo ship blasted off as scheduled at 9:45 a.m. (0...
Feb 15, 2021
Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump took in the win at Mar-a-Lago, surrounded by friends and family. His lawyers celebrated with hugs and smiles. One joked, "We're going to Disney World!" Now acquitted in his s...
Feb 15, 2021
Major Australian media company strikes Google news pay deal
CANBERRA, Australia - Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism in a partnership announced Monday before the nation's Pa...
Feb 15, 2021
At Camp David retreat, Biden hangs out, shows he's got game
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden spent his third week in office visiting the Pentagon, touring the National Institutes of Health and working on the administration's COVID-19 response. He capped it off...
Feb 15, 2021
NC GOP to vote on censuring Burr after impeachment vote
RALEIGH, N.C. - The North Carolina Republican Party is expected to vote Monday on whether to censure Sen. Richard Burr over his vote to convict former President Donald Trump during Trump's second impe...
Feb 15, 2021
Impeachment isn't the final word on Capitol riot for Trump
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he's to blame for the deadly Capitol riot. The next step for the former president could be th...
Feb 15, 2021
As vaccinations lag, Israel combats online misinformation
JERUSALEM - After surging ahead in the race to vaccinate its population against the coronavirus, Israel is blaming online misinformation for a sudden slowdown in the campaign. Now, officials are fight...
Feb 15, 2021
Power cut across Texas as snow, ice blanket southern Plains
DALLAS - A winter storm dropping snow and ice also sent temperatures plunging across the southern Plains, prompting a power emergency in Texas a day after conditions cancelled flights and impacted tra...
Feb 15, 2021