A bill to fund the US government through mid-February has gained the support of enough members of the Senate to win passage and prevent a partial shutdown of federal agencies at the end of this week. The vote late on Thursday came after some Republican...

Governments and scientists around the world are championing vaccination as the way to end the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet while large swathes of the global population remain unvaccinated because of a lack of access, other people who can get their jabs are...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is tightening recently relaxed restrictions on social gatherings as it grapples with its worst wave of the virus since the start of the pandemic. Starting next week, private social gatherings of seven or more people...

"Unfortunately he was allowed to go back to class," Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. "We now know he had a weapon with him at that time."

The Senate struck a last-minute deal that greenlighted a vote on a GOP amendment to defund Biden’s vaccine mandates in exchange for swift passage of the funding bill.