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(Headline USA) Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a policy the airline's top executive says is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $40,000. CEO Ed Bastian said that all...

UPDATE 8/25/21: Herschel Walker said he "can't sit on the sidelines anymore” as he joined the Republican U.S. Senate race in Georgia. He's running with some definite advantages — including his football fame and the support of former President Donald Trump — but also with a lot of unknowns in...

(Headline USA) The Supreme Court says the Biden administration likely violated federal law in trying to end a Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. With three liberal justices in dissent, the high court on Tuesday refused to block a lower court ruling...

(Headline USA) Striking a deal with vulnerable Democrats who had voiced opposition to a massive spending spree, House Democratic leaders muscled President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle Tuesday. The agreement ended an intra-party standoff that had threatened to derail the controversial $3.5 trillion plan. The 220-212 vote...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden has decided to stick with his deadline next week for completing the U.S.-led evacuation from Afghanistan, an administration official said Tuesday. The decision reflects a growing fear of extremist attacks at the Kabul airport but also opens Biden to domestic political complaints of caving to Taliban...

(Associated Press) Hours after leaving office, scandal-tainted former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suffered another defeat Tuesday, losing the special Emmy Award he received last year for his daily, televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said in a statement that given Cuomo’s resignation...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden honored the 2020 WNBA champions Seattle Storm on Monday, celebrating their success on the court and hailing the four-time title holders for changing lives with their activism. The visit marked the first time that an NBA or WNBA team has visited the White House since the...

(Associated Press) Hours before leaving office, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday granted clemency to six people, including the driver in a fatal 1981 armored truck robbery whose release was championed by his son, San Francisco’s top prosecutor. David Gilbert, 76, is serving a life sentence for his role in...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden said Sunday he would not rule out extending the evacuation of Americans beyond Aug. 31, the date he had set for completing the withdrawal of troops and formally ending the nearly 20-year U.S. military role in Afghanistan. And British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to press...

(Headline USA) An officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol as she began to climb through the broken part of a door leading into an area known as the Speaker’s Lobby acted lawfully and in line with police department policy, the...

(Headline USA) The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone intended to help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles a contagious coronavirus mutant that shots don't seem to be able to prevent. The vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech now...

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden said Sunday the U.S.-led evacuation of Americans, at-risk Afghans and others from the Kabul airport accelerated this weekend, though it remains vulnerable to threats. One week after the Taliban completed its takeover of Afghanistan by capturing Kabul, Biden said discussions are underway among military officials...