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European Commission didn't provide enough information about COVID-19 vaccine deals, EU court says 07/17/2024 06:51am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission did not allow the public enough access to information about COVID-19 vaccine purchase agreements it secured with pharmaceutical companies during the pandemic, the EU general court said Wednesday. The decision came a day ahead of a vote at the European Parli Bank of England faces dilemma after potential Taylor Swift upside impact on UK inflation 07/17/2024 06:26am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is facing a dilemma about whether to cut interest rates next month after official figures Wednesday showed inflation holding steady at its target against expectations of a modest decline, possibly as a result of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. The Office for National St Heat driving people indoors, transmissible variants causing people to get sick this summer, virologist says 07/17/2024 04:31am • The extreme heat that's been making its way across the D.C. region in the last few weeks is causing many people to remain indoors, which one virus expert said is a factor facilitating the spread of respiratory viruses like COVID-19. Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Schoo Violence plagued all levels of American politics long before the attempt on Trump's life 07/16/2024 09:37pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Long before a would-be assassin wounded former President Donald Trump, the fuse of political violence had been burning across America. Members of Congress have been shot. One lawmaker's staffers in Virginia were attacked with a baseball bat. In Louisville, a bullet grazed the Biden says cooling political rhetoric doesn't mean he'll 'stop telling the truth' about Trump 07/16/2024 08:49pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail on Tuesday for the first time since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, continuing his calls to calm the divisive rhetoric on both sides but also arguing that doing so "doesn’t mean we should stop telling the truth” a Award-winning Oregon chef Naomi Pomeroy drowns in river accident 07/16/2024 07:30pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland on the map as a culinary destination, has drowned in an inner tubing accident, authorities said. She was 49 years old. Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the Willamette River near Corvallis after the group she was Plain old bad luck? New Jersey sports betting revenue down 24% at casinos, and 9.5% overall in June 07/16/2024 05:04pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's casinos saw their sports betting revenue decline by nearly 24% in June, and sports betting revenue overall in the state declined by 9.5%, according to figures released Tuesday by state gambling regulators. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement report Kennedy and West third-party ballot drives are pushed by secretive groups and Republican donors 07/16/2024 03:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Libertarians in Colorado want to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot to create chaos. Petition drives for Cornel West in Virginia and North Carolina are being run by groups with Republican ties. And in Arizona, a convicted fraudster who's been repeatedly investigated for us Belgian sprinter Philipsen completes hat trick of stage wins at Tour, Girmay falls near finish 07/16/2024 12:30pm • NIMES, France (AP) — Jasper Philipsen completed a hat trick of stage wins at this year's Tour de France after Biniam Girmay — his main rival for the best sprinter's green jersey — crashed near the finish on Tuesday. There was no major change in the general classification with two-time champion Thousands of Philadelphia city workers are back in the office full time after judge rejects lawsuit 07/16/2024 09:37am • Thousands of Philadelphia city employees are back in their offices full time after a judge rejected a union's request to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s requirement that they return. District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees had sued the city, claiming t Kennedy and West third-party ballot drives are pushed by secretive groups and Republican donors 07/16/2024 07:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Libertarians in Colorado want to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot to create chaos. Petition drives for Cornel West in Virginia and North Carolina are being run by groups with Republican ties. And in Arizona, a convicted fraudster who’s been repeatedly investigated for Australian cyclist Chris Harper withdraws from Tour de France with COVID-19 symptoms 07/16/2024 05:54am • GRUISSAN, France (AP) — Chris Harper of Australia has withdrawn from the Tour de France ahead of Tuesday's 16th stage, his team said, as COVID-19 infections continue to hit cycling's marquee event. The Jayco Alula team said that Harper “is suffering from COVID symptoms and following medical advi Amid chaos and gunfire, Trump raised his fist and projected a characteristic image of defiance 07/15/2024 09:15am • NEW YORK (AP) — He was bleeding from the head after a barrage of bullets flew through his rally when Secret Service agents gave the go-ahead that it was safe to move from the stage. But Donald Trump had something he needed to do. “Wait, wait, wait!” the former president could be heard telling Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas steps down to become EU's top diplomat 07/15/2024 08:59am • HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has stepped down as the leader of the Baltic country to become the foreign policy chief of the European Union later this year. Kallas, Estonia’s first female prime minister, handed in her formal resignation to President Alar Karis during a b Doctors pushing to expand access to telemedicine visits for mental health patients 07/14/2024 05:05am • As in-person doctor's visits return to pre-pandemic levels, some virtual medical visits are not dwindling. In fact, some research shows mental health patients prefer visiting health care providers from the comforts of their own homes. More than half those visits, 55% nationwide, are remote, accor