BERLIN — The German government is following up on media reports that coronavirus test centers across the country have overbilled authorities for the number of tests taken. Germans are allowed one free “citizen’s test” per week to check if they are negative for coronavirus. They can use the result to be able to dine at outside restaurants, go shopping or…
ALBANY, N.Y. — The latest federal data shows that two-thirds of adults in New York state have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. At the same time, hospitalizations statewide are down to 1,143 patients, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. The total is the lowest since Oct. 31. On the vaccine front, about 46% of 20 million residents…
May 22 – 28, 2021 From a supporter of Syrian President Bashar Assad preparing to release hundreds of balloons with the colors of the Syrian flag at a gathering in the Syrian capital of Damascus, to demonstrators marching across the Brooklyn Bridge as they remember George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his death, and an Indian woman separating grain…
BEIJING — China on Saturday reported 16 new confirmed coronavirus cases including two authorities said were believed to have been acquired locally. The two locally transmitted cases were in Guangdong province in the south, adjacent to Hong Kong, the National Health Commission reported. It said the other infections are believed to have been acquired abroad. Mainland China’s death toll stands…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California district attorney won’t seek new death penalty sentence against convicted killer Scott Peterson. Categories: AP National News
HOUSTON (AP) — 11 Texas sheriff’s employees fired, 6 suspended after death of county jail inmate hit multiple times in head by officers. Categories: AP National News
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sheriff: Shooter who killed 9 at California rail yard had 12 guns, 22,000 rounds of ammunition at house he set on fire. Categories: AP National News
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Farm laborer convicted of first-degree murder in 2018 abduction and stabbing death of University of Iowa student. Categories: AP National News
Business Editors: U.S. financial markets will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. There will be no business fixtures Monday on the broadcast wire. The AP Categories: AP National News
WASHINGTON (AP) — US consumers boosted spending by 0.5% in April, a slowdown after big March gain powered by stimulus checks. Categories: AP National News
