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In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, pallets of oxygen tanks sit in the 60th Aerial Port Squadron warehouse on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The United States is donating medical supplies to assist the country of India in its fight against COVID-19. The donation of 440 oxygen cylinders and regulators, one million N95 masks and one million COVID-19 rapid diagnostic kits, will be transported to India aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy. (Alexander Merchak/U.S. Air Force via AP)

U.S. military planes with COVID-19 aid reach India: White House

A pair of military planes loaded with COVID-19 aid left the U.S. late Thursday for India as the Asian country battles an unprecedented viral surge that is depleting oxygen supplies and bringing the health system to the brink of collapse.

April 30, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a vaccination site at M&T Bank Stadium, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Kamala Harris: ‘American aspiration’ defined first 100 days

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said "American aspiration" defined the first 100 days of the Biden presidency as she tied an improving economic outlook to Democrats' big-spending plans and a vaccine rollout that is starting to show dividends but risks stalling out.

April 29, 2021
This May 17, 2018 file photo shows packs of menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products at a store in San Francisco. U.S. health regulators will announce a new effort Thursday, April 29, 2021, to ban menthol cigarettes, according to a Biden administration official. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FDA moves to ban menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars

The Biden administration moved Thursday to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, cheering anti-smoking groups who have long said the products harm minorities while sparking fears that Black smokers will flock to illicit markets and face unfair prosecution.

April 29, 2021
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will offer the GOP rebuttal to President Biden's speech before a joint session of Congress this week. (Associated Press)

Tim Scott: ‘Socialist dreams’ won’t help America thrive

Sen. Tim Scott said "Washington schemes" and "socialist dreams" won't deliver America from its pandemic doldrums, using a prime-time GOP rebuttal Wednesday to decry Democrats as divisive virtue-signalers and promote free market reforms over the big-spending plans President Biden outlined to a joint session of Congress.

April 28, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Joe Biden in speech to Congress begs Americans to get shots

President Biden reprised his role as America's vaccine pitchman Wednesday in a joint address to Congress like no other, saying there is work to do against COVID-19 but one of "the greatest logistical achievements our country has ever seen" is starting to pay dividends.

April 28, 2021
Yvette Pau, 56, receives the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, in Gibraltar, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Gibraltar, a densely populated narrow peninsula at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, is emerging from a two-month lockdown with the help of a successful vaccination rollout. The British overseas territory is currently on track to complete by the end of March the vaccination of both its residents over age 16 and its vast imported workforce. But the recent easing of restrictions, in what authorities have christened “Operation Freedom,” leaves Gibraltar with the challenge of reopening to a globalized world with unequal access to coronavirus jabs. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) **FILE**

Gibraltar, Seychelles, Bhutan near widespread coronavirus immunity

Tiny Asian countries and the British territory Gibraltar are nearing widespread immunity against COVID-19 and are gaining a sense of normalcy, proving it pays to be small and have a steady supply of shots if you want to zip ahead in the global vaccination race.

April 25, 2021
A COVID-19 patient receives oxygen inside a car provided by a Gurdwara, a Sikh house of worship, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, April 24, 2021. Indias medical oxygen shortage has become so dire that this gurdwara began offering free breathing sessions with shared tanks to COVID-19 patients waiting for a hospital bed. They arrive in their cars, on foot or in three-wheeled taxis, desperate for a mask and tube attached to the precious oxygen tanks outside the gurdwara in a neighborhood outside New Delhi. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

U.S. sending aid to India amid COVID-19 crisis

The U.S. is sending protective gear, therapeutic drugs and raw materials for vaccines to India as it battles a catastrophic wave of COVID-19 cases that is taxing its health system, depleting oxygen supplies and forcing cremation centers to operate around the clock.

April 25, 2021