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Today in History: October 16, Cuban missile crisis begins 10/16/2022 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2022. There are 76 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bas 'Don't Look Back': Refugee, plant worker writes of survival 10/15/2022 12:00pm • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — As Achut Deng lay in her apartment bedroom in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, sickened alongside hundreds of her co-workers at a South Dakota meatpacking plant, she worried she was going to die. It wasn't the first time she felt the imminent threat of death. Her c German health minister urges stepped-up COVID-19 measures 10/14/2022 08:25am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister on Friday urged the country's 16 states to consider stepping up their measures against the coronavirus amid a rise in new cases. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said he favors requiring mask-wearing indoors, a measure that has largely faded in Germany except Will COVID spike again this fall? 6 tips to help you stay safe 10/14/2022 05:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Will COVID cases spike again this fall? Last year, the emergence of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus caught many people by surprise and led to a surge in cases that overwhelmed hospitals and drove up fatalities. Now we' Correction: Virus Outbreak-Japan-Tourists story 10/14/2022 03:20am • TOKYO (AP) — In a story published October 11, 2022, The Associated Press published a story about Japan reopening to most tourists after pandemic restrictions were lifted. The AP erroneously credited the wrong video journalist as a contributor. The story has been corrected to show that AP video jou DC may delay COVID-19 vaccination deadline for students again 10/13/2022 11:27pm • D.C.’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination deadline for eligible school kids, may be pushed back again. The D.C. Council is expected to take a vote on temporary and emergency legislation on Nov. 1 to push back the deadline almost another year to the beginning of the 2023-24 school year. The current Spacey trial proceeds after his lawyer contracts COVID-19 10/13/2022 05:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The sex abuse trial of actor Kevin Spacey hit a snag Thursday when the judge announced one of Spacey's top lawyers had come down with COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan told the jury that attorney Jennifer Keller was missing because she had tested positive for the virus Tourists flock to Taiwan as COVID entry restrictions eased 10/13/2022 01:39am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan lifted all its COVID-19 entry restrictions on Thursday, allowing tourists unfettered access to the self-ruled island after over 2 1/2 years of border controls. Hong Kong and Taiwan, together with mainland China, required most visitors to complete a mandatory quarantine China's Xi gets chance to tighten hold on economy at meeting 10/12/2022 10:28pm • BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping, China’s most influential figure in decades, gets a chance to install more allies who share his vision of an even more dominant role in the economy for the ruling Communist Party and tighter control over entrepreneurs at a party meeting that starts this weeken Cases of respiratory virus RSV in children rising in 33 states 10/12/2022 07:11pm • ▶ Watch Video: Respiratory virus cases rise among children A family vacation turned into a trip to the emergency room for April Joines and her 6-year-old daughter, Lillian, who suffers from asthma and was hospitalized with a lung infection called respiratory syncy US clears updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5 10/12/2022 01:12pm • The U.S. on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5, seeking to expand protection ahead of an expected winter wave. Tweaked boosters rolled out for Americans 12 and older last month, doses modified to target today’s most common and contagious omic 'Africa on its own': Little help in epidemics, says official 10/12/2022 05:57am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Africa must plan to respond effectively to disease outbreaks without international help, a top public health official said Wednesday, warning that the continent of 1.3 billion people is “on its own” during pandemics. As assistance often never materializes, African natio Fairfax Co. leaders support keeping pandemic-era outdoor dining 10/11/2022 10:58pm • Restaurants that took their business outside when the pandemic struck may be able to continue serving their customers al fresco under a proposal to continue outdoor dining in Fairfax County, Virginia. More Fairfax County News More Coronavirus News More Food & Restaurant News White House: Get new booster by Halloween for safer holidays 10/11/2022 04:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday said eligible Americans should get the updated COVID-19 boosters by Halloween to have maximum protection against the coronavirus by Thanksgiving and the holidays, as it warned of a “challenging” virus season ahead. Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House CO Today in History: October 11, Anita Hill accuses Thomas 10/11/2022 12:00am • Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2022. There are 81 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 11, 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened two days of talks in Reykjavik, Iceland, concerning arms control and human