Colin Dwyer
The Food and Drug Administration greenlights the biotech firm’s vaccine for emergency use in the U.S. The move bolsters a vast inoculation effort that’s already underway.
In a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 71% of respondents said they would definitely or probably get inoculated — a significant leap over the 63% who said so in an August/September poll.
In revised guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention trimmed its recommended quarantine for possible exposure — from 14 days to seven or 10, depending on test results and symptoms.
The Trump campaign paid $3 million to get recounts in two heavily Democratic counties in Wisconsin. The effort backfired in Milwaukee County, at least, where Biden expanded his margin of victory.
The pharmaceutical giant and partner BioNTech announced Friday that they are submitting a formal request to the Food and Drug Administration, just days after the vaccine was shown to be 95% effective.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its recommendations one week before the holiday, advising that Americans be careful amid an explosion in the spread of the coronavirus.
The president’s decision to grant clemency to his longtime confidant drew vehement criticism from Democratic lawmakers. Republicans largely kept silent, with one notable exception: Sen. Mitt Romney.
The attorney general said Trump removed Geoffrey Berman as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. But the president quickly sought to distance himself from the decision.
Across from the White House, in front of the Lincoln Memorial and across the capital, people are gathering again in what has become a focal point of the nationwide protests over police brutality.
Prosecutors say a probe of the unarmed black man’s death in Minneapolis is underway and federal charges are possible. Violent protests erupted for a third night.
The coronavirus pandemic has made a day of contrasts — between joy and commemoration — feel even more confusing. For the most part, weather and official efforts kept the festivities muted.
Three members of the White House coronavirus task force — FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, CDC Director Robert Redfield and NIAID Director Anthony Fauci — are isolating themselves for two weeks.
About 2,100 people died on Friday — the highest daily death toll in the United States so far. Confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been reported in nearly every country around the world.
Trump administration officials said it will extend the current ban on travel from most of Europe to include the U.K. and Ireland, effective Monday. U.S. citizens are exempted.
The 67-year-old ex-producer received nearly the maximum sentence for rape and sexual abuse, the counts he was convicted of last month. At the hearing, Weinstein compared his trial to the Red Scare.
The Italian government has locked down the country’s northern region, including the cities of Milan and Venice, affecting a quarter of its population.
Jurors in Manhattan spared the 67-year-old former producer the harshest penalty he might have faced but convicted him on some counts. He faces the possibility of years in prison.
Some 43 months after the U.K. voted to leave the European Union, the day of divorce has finally arrived. Supporters and critics alike had their say; but largely, a somber mood welcomed the milestone.