European officials are on alert for confirmation that the omicron Covid strain is present in travelers who returned from southern Africa before widespread travel bans kicked in, with a handful of countries investigating suspected cases of the new variant....

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden descended on the island of Nantucket this week looking to preserve the sense of normalcy that the nation was so looking forward to over this holiday season.

Nations ban travellers from southern Africa, a day after health officials named the new Covid-19 strain.

A late-night shooting inside a Tennessee apartment has left three men dead and four more injured.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) declared a state of emergency to prepare for a new coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa. Hochul's declaration on Friday is one of the first emergency steps taken by a state in the U.S. against the new variant,...