Category: LEAD STORY

By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday joined the ranks of governors receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on live television in hopes of assuring the public

Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Shanta Corbett  is an American viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health based in Bethesda, Maryland. Appointed to the VRC in 2014,

By KRISTIN M. HALL NEW YORK (AP) — Charley Pride, one of country music’s first Black superstar whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Electoral College elector Robin Smith, left, and others clap after casting their votes for President of the United States at the state Capitol, Monday, Dec.

By ROBERT BURNS and JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

BY JUAN PABLO GARNHAM Quinn Smoot poses for a portrait at West Houston Assistance Ministries, which runs a food pantry. Food banks have been a huge help to clients

By MARK SHERMAN and MARC LEVY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in