Despite Ample Shots and Incentives, Vaccine Rates Lag Far Behind in the South
Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi have the lowest vaccination rates in the country, increasing the risk of virus surges there.
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Lawmakers Balk at Cuomo’s Plan for M.T.A. Leadership
Sarah Feinberg’s potential role leading the nation’s largest transit system appeared uncertain a day after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced it.
ProPublica Report Has Congress Rethinking How to Tax Superrich
A report showing that the richest Americans, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett, pay almost no taxes has refocused attention on the tax code.
Global Vaccines, G7, Solar Eclipse: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
Developer pulls the plug on Keystone XL oil pipeline
The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline announced Wednesday it is pulling the plug on the controversial project after the Biden administration revoked its permit in...
Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting to Bomb Amazon Data Center
Prosecutors said that Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, of Wichita Falls, Texas, had also boasted that he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 when Trump supporters...
Reports of Severe Covid or Death After Vaccination Are Rare, but Not Unexpected
No vaccine is ever 100 percent effective, experts say, stressing that the shots remain critical in reducing severe disease and death from the coronavirus.
Biden and Johnson expected to work on lifting US-UK travel restrictions
President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson are expected to commit on Thursday to working to open up travel between the US and the...
US President raises stakes on first foreign trip, saying he’ll tell Russian counterpart ‘what I want him to know’
President Joe Biden told a hangar of US troops on Wednesday he was in Europe to defend the very concept of democracy, setting high stakes for...
Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting to Bomb Amazon Data Center
Prosecutors said that Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, of Wichita Falls, Texas, had also boasted that he was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 when Trump supporters...
