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FACT FOCUS: A look back at some of the questionable claims made during the Democratic convention 08/23/2024 07:10pm • The Democrats' star-studded, four-day convention drew to a close as Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the party's nomination for president. The festivities were high on entertainment and praise for Harris and running mate Tim Walz. But while most speakers stuck to the script — and the facts � FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days 08/22/2024 06:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains -- and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too. With the Food and Drug Administration’s clearance, Pfizer and Moderna are set to begin s When your child doesn't want to go to school: They might not be playing hooky. It could be 'school refusal' 08/22/2024 04:00am • "Get up. You’ll be late!” It’s something many parents have probably said at least a few times as they try to get their kids ready to go to school. While some kids may negotiate five more minutes to snooze, some parents in the D.C. area have a more “relentless and exhausting” challenge when Japan records trade deficit as surging global prices pushes imports higher 08/20/2024 09:43pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan racked up a 621 billion yen ($4.3 billion) trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged, according to government data released Wednesday. Japan’s imports grew nearly 17% from a year ago to 10.2 trillion yen ($70.6 billion), while exports grew 10% to 9.6 trillion yen ($66 Dr. Amy Acton, who helped lead Ohio’s early pandemic response, is weighing 2026 run for governor 08/20/2024 08:33pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dr. Amy Acton, the former Ohio health director who became a household name during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, says she is considering a run for governor in 2026. Acton shared her deliberations with reporters during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago o Alaska Air clears a big hurdle in its proposed merger with Hawaiian Airlines 08/20/2024 11:59am • Alaska Air is one step closer to acquiring Hawaiian Airlines after the U.S. Department of Justice chose not to challenge the $1 billion deal that the carriers say will create a company better able to serve travelers. Alaska Air announced in December that it would pay $18 in cash for each share of H Joe Biden's exit, talk of the glass ceiling, a nod to Gaza protesters. Takeaways from DNC's Day 1 08/20/2024 07:17am • CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention 's first night showcased speeches from the last Democrat to lose to Donald Trump and the last one to beat him. Hillary Clinton spoke hopefully of finally breaking the “glass ceiling” to elect a female president. Joe Biden laced into Trump an The Latest: Biden headlines Night 1 of the DNC 08/20/2024 12:24am • The Democratic National Convention began on Monday in Chicago, with roughly 50,000 people expected to arrive in the Windy City. That includes thousands of anti-war activists demonstrating near the United Center. President Joe Biden is the headline speaker for the first evening. Later this week, Vice Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of 'overtourism' in the summer of 2024 08/19/2024 04:22am • SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of 'overtourism' in the summer of 2024 08/19/2024 01:25am • SINTRA, Portugal (AP) — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as Got cold symptoms? Here's when kids should take a sick day from school 08/19/2024 12:14am • PHOENIX (AP) — As schools reopen for another year, they are focused on improving student attendance. But back-to-school is hitting just as COVID-19 cases are increasing, raising the question: When is a child too sick for school? School absences surged during the pandemic and have yet to recover. N Her name was on a filing agreeing to be a Cornel West elector. Her question: What's an elector? 08/16/2024 10:30pm • PHOENIX (AP) — When Denisha Mitchell was asked why she filled out paperwork to serve as an Arizona elector for the independent presidential candidate Cornel West, her first response was “What?!” Her second: What's an elector? “I was shocked and surprised by it all. I didn't even know what a COVID-19 is on the upswing in the US 08/16/2024 03:28pm • COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it’s on the upswing around the country. “We’ve seen these summer increases every summer that COVID-19 has been with us,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Johns Hopkins University infectious disease phy Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic? 08/16/2024 01:08pm • LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus' transmission. Sweden has since announced it had found the first case of a new form of mpox previously only Germany's quarrelsome government clinches a deal on the 2025 budget 08/16/2024 10:53am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's quarrelsome governing coalition reached an agreement Friday on details of the country's 2025 budget, weeks after Chancellor Olaf Scholz and top officials clinched an initial deal that then got bogged down in a new dispute, further damaging the unpopular government's image.