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Ransomware Persists Even as High-Profile Attacks Have Slowed

US Workplace Vaccine Mandate Penalties to Start Jan. 10

Egypt Announces its First Cases of Omicron Variant

Pandemic Could Extend To 2024, Pfizer Says

WHO Chief: Inequitable Vaccine Distribution is ‘Failure for Humanity’

Ken Kragen, Who Helped Organize ‘We Are the World,’ Dies

Rockettes End Season as New York Tallies Record COVID-19 Cases

US CDC Recommends ‘Test-to-Stay’ COVID-19 Options to Keep Kids in School

Japan Seeks Additional Vaccines for COVID-19 Booster Campaign

After Whistleblower Disclosures, Facebook Faces an Uncertain Future

Researchers Warn of Mass Language Extinction

China-Russia Collaboration in Space Poses Challenge for West

US Permanently Relaxes Restriction on Abortion Pill

CDC Advisers Vote to Recommend mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Over J&J’s

Bruce Springsteen Sells Song Catalog to Sony in $500 Million Deal, Billboard Reports

NASA’s Icarus Moment and Trip Through Time in This Week’s Space News

New Study Says Omicron Variant Grows Faster in Airway Passages

End of an Era: Airbus Delivers Last A380 Superjumbo to Emirates

Israel to Donate 1 Million COVID Vaccines to African Nations

US CDC: Omicron Now About 3% of All COVID-19 Cases

Report Indicates Greater Huawei Involvement in Surveillance

China to Crack Open ‘Great Firewall’ for Winter Olympic Athletes

NASA Probe Becomes First Spacecraft to Enter Sun’s Atmosphere

Stay Calm, Don’t Panic, Says South African Doctor

African Leaders Call for More Investment in Healthcare

Yarnbombing Hits NYC – Art Trend Takes Crocheting to the Streets

Nonprofits Urge Addition of Deadly Noma Disease to WHO List

Spain’s Language Wars Reignite in Catalonia

China Promotes Vaccines Around the World but Critics Point to Lower Efficacy

Why China’s Advancements in Quantum Technology Worry Others

Biden: US Has Ordered Enough Pfizer Anti-Viral Pills to Treat 10 Million Americans

Rumba Shimmies onto UNESCO Cultural Heritage List

New Studies: Pfizer Vaccine Provides Protection Against Hospitalization in Omicron Patients

LGBTQ Advocates Hail Canada’s Ban of Conversion Therapy

Benin’s New Abortion Law Stirs Opposition, Support

VP Harris Unveils Biden Administration Electric Car Charging Plan

Hollywood Mostly Silent on Golden Globe Nominations Amid Controversy

Elon Musk Named Time’s 2021 ‘Person of the Year’

New Initiative Provides Free Treatment for Children with Cancer in Developing Countries

Rain, Snow Fall as California Braces for Brunt of Storm

Fauci: COVID Booster Shots Increase Protection Against Omicron Variant

Vicente Fernandez, Revered Mexican Singer, Dies at 81

‘Vampire’ Author Anne Rice Dies at 80

COVID-19 Disrupts Education for More Than 400 Million in South Asia

After Centuries, Belgian Nuns Join Monks in Beer Production

Paris Climate Accord Signed 6 Years Ago Today

Coral Evolution Tweaked for Global Warming

US, Australia and Japan to Fund Undersea Cable in the Pacific

Paris Climate Accord Signed Six Years Ago Today

Daughter of Pioneering Astronaut Alan Shepard Soars to Space Aboard Blue Origin Rocket

How Will the World Decide When the Pandemic Is Over?

South African Doctors See Signs Omicron Is Milder Than Delta

 ’Futures’ Exhibit Looks at Possibilities

Women Seek Diverse Paths to Leadership in Islamic Spaces

Daughter of Pioneering Astronaut Alan Shepard Set for Blue Origin Spaceflight

US National Guard Helping Virus-Sapped States, Hospitals

As Democracy Summit Wraps, US Restricts Exports of Repressive Cyber Tools

‘The Internet’s on Fire’ as Techs Race to Fix Software Flaw

Former U.S. Football Player Presses for Cancer Cure in Honor of Late Wife

Al Unser, Four-time Winner of Indianapolis 500, Dies at 82