Fauci, Paul clash on virus origins, trade charges of lying
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, angrily confronted Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday in testimony on Capitol...
Afghan war’s end quiets chaplain’s litany of funeral prayers
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — This is the place where widows wailed, where mothers buckled to the tarmac in grief and where children...
McConnell urges Americans: ‘Get vaccinated’ or risk shutdown
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell implored unvaccinated Americans Tuesday to take the COVID-19 shot, issuing a stark and grave warning of a...
Viola Davis memoir ‘Finding Me’ scheduled for next April
NEW YORK — Oscar winner Viola Davis is working on a memoir that she says will be “straight, no chaser.”
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Bragg officially declared winner in Manhattan DA primary
NEW YORK — Alvin Bragg, who would be Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, has officially been declared the winner of the Democratic primary race...
Weinstein extradition fight ends with transfer to California
ALDEN, N.Y. — New York prison officials handed over convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein for transport to California on Tuesday to face additional sexual assault...
Calls for outside help as extreme weather fuels Oregon fires
PORTLAND, Ore. — The threat of thunderstorms and lightning has prompted officials in fire-ravaged Oregon to ask for help from outside the Pacific Northwest...
Ball State the preseason favorite to win MAC football title
DETROIT — Ball State is the preseason favorite to win the Mid-American Conference football title.
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Mexican wolf breeding program gets boost from zoo
MEXICO CITY — Five gray wolf pups born at Mexico City’s Chapultepec Zoo are giving a boost to efforts to broaden the endangered species’...
Tom Brady, champion Buccaneers visit Biden at White House
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden welcomed Tom Brady and the Super Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House on Tuesday, the first visit...