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Amid dropping COVID cases, South Africa loosens restrictions 03/23/2022 09:19am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With declining cases of COVID-19, South Africa's president has announced that it is no longer mandatory to wear masks outdoors and vaccinated travelers entering the country are no longer required to produce a negative PCR tests. The relaxed restrictions will also allow sports WHO: COVID-19 cases rise for 2nd straight week, deaths fall 03/23/2022 06:54am • GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases globally increased by 7% in the last week, driven by rising infections in the Western Pacific, even as reported deaths from COVID-19 fell, the World Health Organization said. There were more than 12 million new weekly cases and just under 33,000 Ecuador, Uruguay aiming to lock in World Cup spots this week 03/22/2022 09:54pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — South America’s quota of four direct spots for the World Cup in Qatar could be filled with a round of qualifying to spare, with Ecuador and Uruguay aiming to secure spots behind Brazil and Argentina this week. The fifth-place team in South America will play an intercontinental p Oscar Preview: Five big questions ahead of Sunday's awards 03/22/2022 08:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Academy Awards have always loved a comeback story. This year, the Oscars are attempting to star in one, too. On Sunday, the Academy Awards will try to bounce back from a 2021 ceremony that was plagued by pandemic restrictions, a botched ending and record-low ratings. The 94th A Q&A: Soledad O'Brien Opens Up About Caregiving for Her Parents 03/22/2022 08:00pm • Soledad O'Brien, a documentarian, journalist and host of the new personal finance podcast "Everyday Wealth," was one of six siblings helping their aging parents when they could no longer manage on their own. (Her father passed away on Feb. 6, 2019, and her mother passed away not much later on March Montgomery Co. to keep streeteries in Bethesda, Silver Spring, Wheaton open until Labor Day 03/22/2022 06:13pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, will keep streeteries in Bethesda, Silver Spring and Wheaton open at least through Labor Day, the county’s Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. Streeteries were established during the pandemic to help restaurants by closing off street traffic to create ou Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US 03/22/2022 05:15pm • With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too. Experts are also keeping their eyes on another mutant: a rare delta-omicron hybrid that they say doesn't pose much of a Spain to enter new era without isolation for mild COVID-19 03/22/2022 02:42pm • MADRID (AP) — Spanish health authorities are moving closer to normalizing life in coexistence with COVID-19, by scrapping mandatory quarantines — from next week — for those infected with the virus but showing no or mild symptoms of the disease. Under current regulations, seven days of isolatio Small 9/11 museum known for ground zero tours may shut soon 03/22/2022 02:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Years before the Sept. 11 museum was built at the World Trade Center, a storefront visitor center across the street opened to offer tours led by victims' relatives, survivors and others with personal ties to the trauma and tragedy of 9/11. Sixteen years and five million visitors la NYC may lift rules requiring face masks for children under 5 03/22/2022 11:53am • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is preparing to lift requirements that children under age 5 wear face masks in school. Adams on Tuesday said that he will make masks optional for those in daycare and prekindergarten starting April 4 if case rates and the risk of the virus spreading r Pakistani PM urges Islamic nations to mediate in Ukraine war 03/22/2022 11:53am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister on Tuesday urged foreign ministers from Muslim-majority nations to help end Russia's war in Ukraine, appealing also to China's top diplomat to join the effort. Imran Khan spoke at the start of a two-day gathering in Islamabad of the 57-member Organization 9 million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa 03/22/2022 06:19am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A drive to vaccinate more than 9 million children against polio has been launched this week in four countries in southern and eastern Africa after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi. The urgent vaccination campaign has started in Malawi where drops of the inocula South Korea's COVID-19 deaths strain crematories, hospitals 03/22/2022 05:11am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Health officials in South Korea have instructed crematories to burn more bodies per day and funeral homes to add more refrigerators to store the dead as families struggle with funeral arrangements amid a rise in COVID-19 deaths. The country has been dealing with a massiv Pablo Francisco, famous for spoofing movie trailers, performs live at DC Comedy Loft 03/22/2022 12:23am • Listen to our full conversation on my podcast “Beyond the Fame.” One man. One way. One desire to spoof a movie trailer voice and become a star. Pablo Francisco performs at the DC Comedy Loft from Thursday through Saturday. "It'll rip your voice up," Francisco told WTOP. "I got a cal AP Top U.S. News at 11:20 p.m. EDT 03/22/2022 12:00am • Official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6 Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US Disney in balancing act as some workers walk out in protest Tornado strikes New Orleans as storms move into Deep South Don't blame bail reform for higher crime, NYC watchdog says