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The announcement was met with ire from the cruise ship industry.

The CDC reduced the isolation time for those that test positive for COVID to five days, followed by five days of mask-wearing.

The incident occurred at The Naples Zoo late on Wednesday.

Times Square's New Year's Eve party will continue as planned but will limit capacity, mandate masks, require proof of vaccination, and not allow entry until 3 pm.

The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

Initial unemployment claims for the week ending on Christmas Day hit 198,000, beating forecasts and falling to a level not seen in decades.

Marisa Fotieo used a rapid test kit on herself mid-flight after she experienced a sore throat.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has hopes that the Omicron variant could mean a quicker end to the pandemic because of its high degree of transmissibility.

Thomas Randele revealed to his family that he was the fugitive Ted Conrad before his death due to cancer in May.

Lyndon James McLeod, who was accused of killing five people in a shooting spree Monday, allegedly published books online that mentioned some of his victims’ real-life names and described events similar to the attacks.

Gov. Brian Kemp said the government “will be deploying approximately 200 troops starting January 3.”

Authorities are seeking the public's help to locate the 14-year-old suspect.

Kuachua Brillion Xiong, 25, told a sheriff’s deputy that he disapproved of the current administration. Xiong's targets included former President Barack Obama and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

COVID-19 and the common cold share common early signs, such as fever, fatigue, body aches and sore throat.

The CDC calls C. auris a "serious global health threat."

The total number of breakthrough COVID-19 deaths represents 0.030% of the state's fully vaccinated residents.

A jury in Manhattan found British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, guilty on nearly all of the charges.

Pending U.S. home sales slumped by 2.2% in a sign that the housing market is cooling.

The next Mega Millions numbers will be drawn on Friday, Dec. 31.

Oklahoma's resistance against the Pentagon's vaccination mandate for National Guard members was dealt a setback on Thursday after a federal judge ruled against the state, arguing its case was "without merit."

The moving seven-day average of new cases was 265,427 as of Tuesday, surpassing the previous peak of 251,989 set in mid-January 2021, a tracker maintained by the university showed.

"I was right there when it happened and we had another good conversation about not trusting anything from the internet or Alexa," the girl's mother said.

Reid, who used his experience in Congress to help former President Barack Obama steer his landmark Affordable Care Act through the Senate, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018.

The state has now reported a total of 134,565 breakthrough infections since the beginning of the pandemic.

The CDC still encourages COVID-19 vaccination, noting that the shots can prevent severe illness, hospitalizations and deaths.

The parents of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta who was killed during a botched LAPD shooting have spoken out regarding their daughter's death.

A group of anti-vaxxers staged a protest inside a New York City Burger King, where they were promptly arrested after failing to show proof of vaccination.

Judge Bruce Jones may shorten the 110-year sentence of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos who killed 4 people in a fiery 28-car pile-up in Colorado in April 2019 when his brakes failed.

New York City’s public schools are bracing themselves ahead of a new semester by stockpiling testing kits and reworking its policies to protect students against COVID-19.