MIKE STOBBE / AP Medical Writer
2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad.
The
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Philadelphia became the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate on Monday after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections, with the
Billionaire Elon Musk, one of Twitter’s biggest shareholders, is reversing course and will no longer join the company’s board of directors, less than a week after being awarded
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President Joe Biden on Monday took fresh aim at ghost guns, the privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up
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The familiar sights and sounds are still there: the scuffed and faded floor tiles, the relentless beige-on-beige color scheme, the toddlers' clothes and refrigerators and
SETH BORENSTEIN / AP Science Writer
The one-two punch of nasty wildfires followed by heavy downpours, triggering flooding and mudslides, will strike the U.S. West far more often in a
PAUL WISEMAN / AP Economics Writer
America's employers extended a streak of robust hiring in March, adding 431,000 jobs in a sign of the economy's resilience
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The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump last year of inciting the Capitol insurrection. But neither Trump nor any of his top advisers have faced
JAKE COYLE / AP Film Writer
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Wednesday said that Will Smith was asked to leave to Sunday’s Oscar ceremony after hitting
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Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but
PAT EATON-ROBB / AP Sports Writer
There was a time, not that many years ago, when predicting the women’s NCAA Tournament champion seemed relatively easy.
UConn or Tennessee or Baylor
JOHN MARSHALL / AP Basketball Writer
March Madness has taken a power turn as it turns to the Final Four. No more plucky underdogs, much as we enjoyed the run by