Tom Howell Jr.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte: Get vaccinated for COVID-19, or go to jail

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte late Monday threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

June 22, 2021

America giddy with post-pandemic normalcy: Baseball, church, proms, weddings, vacation getaways

Tuxedo rentals at Men's Wearhouse are nearing 2019 levels after almost no event business in February, Sam's Club is selling more party supplies, and librarians in South Carolina are "practically giddy" after lifting mask rules this month and seeing patrons bring children to storytime.

June 14, 2021

G-7 powers pledge 1 billion vaccine doses as summit kicks off in U.K.

President Biden and allied leaders pledged Friday to provide 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the developing world through 2022 as the Group of Seven nations kicked off their three-day summit with handshakes and a "family photo" on the beach in Cornwall, England.

June 11, 2021

CDC looking at heart inflammation in teens, young adults after COVID-19 vaccinations

Federal health officials are investigating whether the unusually high number of reports of heart inflammation in teens and young adults is tied to vaccinations for COVID-19, particularly after the second dose of a messenger-RNA version from Pfizer and Moderna.

June 11, 2021

First lady Jill Biden, Kate Middleton tour Cornwall preschool

U.S. first lady Jill Biden and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, admired drawings, stacked Legos and fed rabbits with about 20 children in a preschool tour Friday designed to showcase early education on the sidelines of the Group of Seven nations summit in Cornwall, England.

June 11, 2021

White House: German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit Biden on July 15

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit President Biden at the White House on July 15 to address COVID-19, climate change and other challenges, the White House said Friday.

June 11, 2021

Biden, Britain’s Johson pledge to tackle pandemic, climate change

President Biden, in England on the first overseas trip of his term, began stamping his brand on U.S. diplomacy in person Thursday, pledging with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take aggressive action on climate change and gearing up for the Group of Seven summit by offering to give away a half-billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

June 10, 2021

First lady Jill Biden to keep up a busy schedule in U.K.

First lady Jill Biden enjoyed tea with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's wife, Carrie, on Thursday and will meet with British military veterans and Queen Elizabeth II over the weekend as part of a busy schedule during President Biden's first foreign trip as president.

June 10, 2021

Biden prods G-7 nations to donate COVID-19 vaccines, pledges 500 million more doses

President Biden prodded wealthy nations Thursday to contribute a fair share of COVID-19 vaccines to the world after the U.S. set a high bar for the Group of Seven nations gathered in England, pledging to buy and donate 500 million doses of the "extremely effective" Pfizer-BioNTech version for the poorest nations.

June 10, 2021

Biden to stress strengthening alliances before fraught Putin summit

President Biden arrived in England on Wednesday for his first foreign trip, telling U.S. troops at an air base that he's on a mission to reinforce alliances with the world's leading democracies before his showdown next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

June 9, 2021

Biden to purchase 500M Pfizer shots for rest of the world

The Biden administration is planning to buy 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to share with the rest of the world.

June 9, 2021

Full agenda, alliance repair top Biden’s Europe to-do list

President Biden embarked on his first foreign trip Wednesday hoping to revamp transatlantic ties, forge a vaccine strategy for the COVID-19 fight and unite the world's most economically advanced democracies to fight Russian and Chinese geopolitical provocations and a rising menace in cyberspace.

June 9, 2021

U.S. purchases 1.7M courses of Merck’s COVID-19 pill ahead of approval

The Biden administration said Wednesday it will purchase 1.7 million courses of an investigational COVID-19 drug from pharmaceutical giant Merck that is taken orally and designed to prevent the virus from replicating in the body.

June 9, 2021

Fauci urges vaccination to beat Delta coronavirus strain: ‘Can’t let that happen’

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said the increasing prevalence of the fast-moving "Delta" strain of the coronavirus underscores the need for all Americans to get vaccinated.

June 8, 2021

Biden adviser Andy Slavitt leaving COVID-19 role

Biden adviser Andy Slavitt said Tuesday he will leave the White House on Wednesday after supporting the federal COVID-19 response in a temporary role.

June 8, 2021

Pelosi: Voting bill ‘must become law’ despite Sen. Manchin’s opposition

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said the Democrats' high-profile voting bill is awaiting action in the Senate and "must become law" to preserve the sanctity of the vote, doubling down on the sprawling measure two days after Sen. Joe Manchin III effectively doomed its prospects.

June 8, 2021

French President Macron gets slapped in southeast town

French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face Tuesday while visiting a small town in southeast France.

June 8, 2021

VP Harris lowers expectations for ‘quick fix’ to border crisis

Vice President Kamala Harris says there isn't going to be a "quick fix" to the migrant surge from Central America and dismissed those who have criticized her for failing to visit the U.S. southern border to see the crisis firsthand.

June 8, 2021

Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage

A widespread internet outage caused a temporary shutdown of major sites such as Amazon, Target, CNN and The New York Times.

June 8, 2021

Eric Adams leapfrogs Andrew Yang in NYC mayor’s race: Poll

Eric Adams leads the Democratic pack in the race for New York City mayor, according to a poll released Monday that shows the retired police captain jumping ahead of high-profile contender Andrew Yang.

June 7, 2021