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Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend 02/28/2024 05:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they got a booster in the fall, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that bec Pope Francis had diagnostic tests in a Rome hospital after his weekly audience 02/28/2024 02:09pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who recently had the flu, was brought to a hospital in Rome for diagnostic testing after the papal audience Wednesday, the Vatican said, without giving further details. The pope arrived at the Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island in a small white Fiat 500, leaving ag Today in History: February 28, Pope Benedict XVI becomes first pope in six centuries to resign 02/28/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 2024. There are 307 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 28, 2013, Benedict XVI became the first pope in 600 years to resign, ending an eight-year pontificate. (Benedict was succeeded the following month by Po Rapid test could detect COVID-19 in air before you go to movie, dine out 02/27/2024 11:20am • Researchers at Virginia Tech are working on a device that would let people sample air for the presence of COVID-19, before deciding whether to enter a business or facility. "We're trying to make it possible that someone could walk into a space, and within 15 minutes, do something like a rapid Biden backed off a pledge to abolish the federal death penalty. That's left an opening for Trump 02/27/2024 10:17am • WASHINGTON (AP) — As he prepared to take office three years ago, Joe Biden's incoming administration considered a host of possible options to fulfill a campaign pledge to end the federal death penalty. One idea was an executive order, according to people familiar with the matter. But the White Hou Long-stalled Geneva motor show revs again as Renault, MG, BYD electrics roll onto its smaller stage 02/27/2024 12:01am • GENEVA (AP) — The century-old Geneva motor show is back in action for the first time in five years, and organizers are desperately trying to rev up its fortunes. The show skidded off track in 2020 — canceled at the last minute because of the coronavirus outbreak — and had been stalled until no Plan to revitalize downtown DC would cost $400 million 02/26/2024 03:50pm • A plan announced by D.C. political and business leaders Monday that aims to increase activity in the city's downtown area would take five years to fully implement and would cost $400 million. The downtown area finds itself at a "post-pandemic inflection point," according to a presentation from th Global economy is weighed down by war, uncertainty and instability, trade chief warns 02/26/2024 09:37am • ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the World Trade Organization warned on Monday that war, uncertainty and instability are weighing down the global economy and urged the bloc to embrace reform as elections across nearly half the world's population could bring new challenges. WTO D Today in History: February 26, World Trade Center bombed in 1993 02/26/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2024. There are 309 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 26, 1993, a truck bomb built by Islamic extremists exploded in the parking garage of the North Tower of New York’s World Trade Center, killing six people Today in History: February 25, Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston for first world title 02/25/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2024. There are 310 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1964, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) became world heavyweight boxing champion as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach. On this date: In Virginia lawmakers send Youngkin bills to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour 02/23/2024 04:11pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats who control the Virginia General Assembly sent Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin legislation on Friday that would increase the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2026. Identical bills that would bump the current $12-per-hour minimum wage to $13.50 on Jan. 1, 202 After pandemic child care shortage, Loudoun Co. seeks input from parents, providers 02/23/2024 08:46am • After the COVID pandemic sparked a national and local child care crisis, Loudoun County, Virginia is trying to make sure parents can find affordable, high-quality care. The county has launched its first Child Care Needs Assessment Survey, which will be open through March 14. In addition, focus gr Afrofuturist opera `Lalovavi' to premiere in Cincinnati on Juneteenth 2025 02/22/2024 03:57pm • The Cincinnati Opera will present an Afrofuturist-themed production next year that commemorates the Juneteenth holiday and would mark the first of three commissions from the company to all-Black creative teams. “Lalovavi" is composed by Kevin Day with Tifara Brown writing the libretto and Kimille Live updates | New attempts at Gaza cease-fire are underway, Israel's Gantz says 02/21/2024 07:13pm • New attempts are underway to reach a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas that could pause the war in Gaza, a member of Israel’s War Cabinet said late Wednesday. “Initial signs indicate a possibility of moving forward,” said Benny Gantz, a former military chief and defense minister. It's t San Francisco Opera commissions Huang Ruo's `The Monkey King' for 2025 premiere, based on novel 02/20/2024 04:40pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Opera commissioned Huang Ruo to compose “The Monkey King,” based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” for a fall 2025 premiere. David Henry Hwang, whose “M Butterfly” won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Play, is wr