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Pfizer shots open to Hoosiers 12 and up starting Thursday

INDIANAPOLIS — Eager to raise Indiana’s lagging vaccination rate, state health officials have announced that residents aged 12 and older will be eligi...
20:36 12 May 2021

The Latest: Hearing on Capitol riot wraps; little new info

WASHINGTON — The Latest on congressional testimony about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot (all times local):...
19:31 12 May 2021

Children get shots at Georgia clinic after vaccine approved

DECATUR, Ga. — A steady stream of children and their parents arrived at an Atlanta-area clinic Wednesday to become the vanguard in the nation’s new ef...
18:52 12 May 2021

As ethnic violence rocks Israel, Arabs cite deep grievances

JERUSALEM — As rockets from Gaza streaked overhead, Arabs and Jews fought each other on the streets below and rioters torched vehicles, a restaurant a...
18:48 12 May 2021

Mystic Aquarium getting 5 Beluga whales from Canada

Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut is preparing for the arrival of five Beluga whales from a zoo and amusement park in Canada after navigating approval pr...
18:37 12 May 2021

Maine starts COVID-19 shot rollout to kids; nurses honored

<a data-key="story-link" class="firstWords-0-2-103" href="/article/maine-business-coronavirus-pandemic-health-5c1ccc8e746db49c5660d66fd7102510">U.S. r...
18:29 12 May 2021

Blinken stresses US resolve in call with Russian diplomat

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that the Biden administration will not waver in responding to...
17:26 12 May 2021

CNN’s Sanjay Gupta worries about a muddled pandemic message

NEW YORK — At this stage in the pandemic, CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta is concerned that Americans are not getting clear enough messages about what they sho...
17:25 12 May 2021

Schools ditch student mask requirements in growing numbers

As a lengthy, bitter fight over mask requirements for students neared its conclusion, the chairperson of a Florida school board announced that she wou...
17:19 12 May 2021

Sabres GM disputes disconnect between team and Eichel

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams intends to move ahead with “players who want to be here” and that — for now — includes disg...
17:04 12 May 2021

Treasure trove of rock memorabilia includes Kurt Cobain hair

NEW YORK — Guitars from Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton and Aerosmith as well as autographed memorabilia from The Beatles and even strands of hair from ...
17:01 12 May 2021

EXPLAINER: How will judge’s ruling affect Chauvin sentence?

MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin could face a much harsher prison sentence after a judge found several aggravating factors in George Floyd's death.
16:54 12 May 2021

Education: Gov ‘inciting hysteria’ by allowing mask opt-out

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's public schools chief on Wednesday said that the state's governor had no legal basis for allowing parents to opt thei...
16:46 12 May 2021

Poland wants to buy Marie Curie’s vacation house in France

SAINT-REMY-LES-CHEVREUSE, France — Poland’s prime minister says he’s given instructions for the government to buy a house in France where the Nobel-wi...
14:52 12 May 2021

UK foreign secretary calls for cooperation on cybersecurity

LONDON — U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday urged global cooperation to combat cyberattacks by “hostile state actors" and criminal gangs...
14:30 12 May 2021

UPS drivers picket in Maine over long hours during pandemic

AUBURN, Maine — United Parcel Service drivers represented by the Teamsters union picketed Wednesday at a distribution hub to call attention to long ho...
14:11 12 May 2021

Ruling paves way for longer sentence in George Floyd’s death

<a data-key="story-link" class="firstWords-0-2-103" href="/article/george-floyd-death-of-george-floyd-78a698283afd3fcd3252de512e395bd6">MINNEAPOLIS — ...
14:01 12 May 2021

Van Dijk out of European Championship, Henderson a doubt

Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk has ruled himself out of next month's European Championship, saying he wanted to use the offseason to complete his...
13:39 12 May 2021

Slovakia plans to keeping using AstraZeneca despite pause

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia's health minister says he plans to keep AstraZeneca in the country's vaccine arsenal, speaking a day after the country...
13:01 12 May 2021

Germany eases travel rules for vaccinated as vacations loom

BERLIN — The German government has agreed to let travelers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or recovered from infection avoid testing and qua...
12:36 12 May 2021

Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and Go-Go’s in Rock Hall on first try

NEW YORK — Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and the Go-Go's were elected Wednesday to the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame their first time on the ballot, leading a cl...
12:04 12 May 2021

UK government plan to toughen voter ID rules draws criticism

LONDON — The British government has announced contentious plans to toughen election voting rules by requiring photo identification at polling stations...
11:29 12 May 2021

EU court: Amazon tax deal with Luxembourg was legal

BRUSSELS — In the latest setback to European Union efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance, a court on Wednesday annulled a ruling by the European C...
10:43 12 May 2021

Hard-liner Ahmadinejad again seeks to be Iran’s president

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered Wednesday to run again for the Islamic Republic's presidency, raising ...
10:11 12 May 2021

UK economy showed resilience ahead of big lockdown easing

LONDON — The British economy contracted by a quarterly rate of 1.5% in the first three months of 2021, a relatively modest contraction given that the ...
7:49 12 May 2021

Analysis: McDavid NHL’s MVP front-runner in condensed season

Using any metric, Connor McDavid’s 100-plus point season makes the Edmonton Oilers captain the clear frontrunner for the NHL MVP award.
6:50 12 May 2021

House GOP set to oust Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post

WASHINGTON — House Republicans seem ready to toss Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump ...
4:08 12 May 2021

Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode

NEW DELHI — A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in doing the kind o...
4:06 12 May 2021

Analysis: Violence upends Biden’s Israel-Palestinian outlook

WASHINGTON — The surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence has flummoxed the Biden administration in its first four months as it attempts to craft a Middl...
4:06 12 May 2021

Jets beat Canucks 5-0 to secure 3rd in North Division

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Blake Wheeler had two goals and two assists, Connor Hellebuyck stopped 24 shots for his fourth shutout of the season, and the Win...
3:14 12 May 2021