Pfizer and BioNTech have requested that the Food and Drug Administration authorize a COVID-19 booster shot for children ages 5-11. The companies announced Tuesday they submitted for an emergency use authorization from the FDA after a study showed a strong immune response to a booster shot among healthy children in that age group.
WASHINGTON – The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol is redoubling its efforts to have GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy appear for an interview amid new revelations concerning his private conversations about the deadly attack, the chairman said Tuesday.
BANGKOK – A court in militaryruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her.
KYIV, Ukraine – The International Atomic Energy Agency’s director-general says the level of safety at Europe’s largest nuclear plant, currently under Russian occupation in Ukraine, is like a “red light blinking” as his organization tries in vain to get access for work including repairs.
Garland Parker’s two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted second-place Denison to its eighth straight victory as it pulled out a 2-1 win over first-place Lovejoy in District 10-5A action.
WHITEWRIGHT — It was a contest worthy of a playoff berth, one scoreless through five innings, tied at two heading into extra innings and continuing deep into the night. But the first game of the doubleheader — no slouch in its own right — turned out to be the difference in the Howe Bulldogs gaining the final postseason spot out of District 11-3A and the Whitewright Tigers coming up short.
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration released a plan Tuesday to deal with an expected increase in already high numbers of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border due to the planned lifting of a public health order that has kept people from seeking asylum – and that Republican and some Democratic lawmakers insist should be kept in place.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday the coronavirus is under better control in the United States but the pandemic isn’t over – and the challenge is how to keep improving the situation.
Stocks end mixed after another wobbly day on Wall Street Stocks on Wall Street managed only meager gains Wednesday, after a broad rally led by technology companies faded by late afternoon, leaving the market little changed a day after a big sell-off. The S&P 500 saw most of a midday rally evaporate and wound up with a gain of just 0.2%.
ISTANBUL – For months, Istanbul restaurant Tarihi Balikca tried to absorb the surging cost of the sunflower oil its cooks use to fry fish, squid and mussels. But in early April, with oil prices nearly four times higher than they were in 2019, the restaurant finally raised its prices.