February 18, 2021

Texas prices for lodging, necessities skyrocket amid storm

Hotel rooms for $1,000 a night. Gasoline prices spiking. Even bottled water prices doubling or tripling overnight. Officials in Texas say the winter storm that […]
February 18, 2021

The Latest: Georgia to open 4 COVID-19 vaccination sites

ATLANTA — Georgia is opening up four mass vaccination sites to inoculate people against COVID-19, with locations chosen to try to increase the lagging share […]
February 18, 2021

Nicaragua creates Ministry of Extraterrestrial Space Affairs

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua has created a new National Ministry for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, which is drawing amused reactions […]
February 18, 2021

'Mercenary' donor gets 12 years in campaign finance scheme

LOS ANGELES — A once high-flying political fundraiser who prosecutors said gave illegal campaign contributions to Joe Biden, Lindsey Graham and a host of other […]
February 18, 2021

The Latest: Algeria to start producing Russian vaccine

ALGIERS, Algeria — President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says Algeria will start producing Russia’s Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine in six or seven months. The announcement came Thursday in […]
February 18, 2021

“Mr. Kitty” goes virtually to Washington over GameStop saga

The social media movement that made a beloved icon of GameStop enthusiast Keith Gill continued to rally behind the YouTube personality known as Roaring Kitty […]
February 18, 2021

Majority of those working on Enbridge pipeline from outside Minnesota

Enbridge has fallen considerably short of goals to hire Minnesota workers for its controversial new oil 340-mile pipeline across the northern part of the state. […]
February 18, 2021

The Latest: Deal to get 1.1B vaccines to over 190 nations

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Vaccine developer Novavax has agreed to provide 1.1 billion doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine for use in more than 190 low- […]
February 18, 2021

Stocks fall as investors fret over jobless claims, inflation

Stocks posted modest losses on Thursday as investors had little reason to buy stocks with discouraging economic data and a steady rise in bond yields, […]
February 18, 2021

NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA rover streaked through the orange Martian sky and landed on the planet Thursday, accomplishing the riskiest step yet in […]