WASHINGTON (AP) — US jobless claims drop to 498,000, a new pandemic low, as layoffs slow further with economy strengthening. Categories: AP National News
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Soldiers and police in the Pacific nation of Fiji have surrounded and locked down a major hospital. Health authorities say they are quarantining 400 patients, doctors, nurses and other staff within the compound until they can determine who had contact with a coronavirus patient who died there. The 53-year-old patient at Lautoka Hospital was only the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina House approves firing squad amid lack of lethal-injection drugs; inmates can also choose electric chair. Categories: AP National News
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trade Rep: Biden admin backs waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines to speed pandemic’s end. Categories: AP National News
NEW YORK (AP) — Peloton issues voluntary recalls for treadmills after multiple injuries and one child death. Categories: AP National News
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oversight Board upholds former President Trump’s suspension from Facebook, finds company failed to impose proper penalty. Categories: AP National News
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister is resisting mounting pressure to lift a temporary ban on flights from India, saying any early resumption of arrivals from that pandemic hot spot would erode Australia’s quarantine capability. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday that the pause of flights that began last week will continue until May 15. Lawyers are planning a legal…
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: Biden to set new target of vaccinating 70% of adult Americans, with 160M fully vaccinated, by July Fourth. Categories: AP National News
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: US to begin reallocating COVID vaccine shots from states with lower demand to states with more interest. Categories: AP National News
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has received its first batch of the Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. The 15,000 doses were flown in early hours of Tuesday to the Indian ocean island nation which is struggling to obtain COVID-19 vaccines because of the delay in getting them from the neighboring India. Sri Lanka has ordered 13 million doses of the…
