US & World Archives

Naked mole rats have accents — and use them to discriminate against foreigners

January 29, 2021 10:15 AM CNN Newsource

Strangers are just friends you haven’t met — unless you’re a naked mole rat. Arguably nature’s least beautiful animals, naked…

Several remaining missing Chibok schoolgirls escape from Boko Haram

January 29, 2021 10:07 AM CNN

Some of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram nearly seven years ago have finally escaped from their captors, a father of one of the girls…

Weather reporter gets adorable ‘interruption’ from her toddler on live TV

January 29, 2021 10:00 AM CNN

LOS ANGELES, CA (KABC) — Baby on the move! We’re all making do with working from home, but sometimes there are certain things we…

Kremlin says Putin signs bill extending the New START nuclear treaty with the U.S.

January 29, 2021 9:36 AM Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and…

Fauci, White House Covid team concerned over virus variants

January 29, 2021 9:12 AM Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — Dr. Anthony Fauci says the emergence and increasing spread of coronavirus mutations means vaccine makers must be ready to make new…

European Union approves 3rd vaccine from AstraZeneca

January 29, 2021 8:15 AM Associated Press

BERLIN, Germany — Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid…

Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccine to seek Feb. approval

January 29, 2021 6:20 AM ABC News

NEW YORK, NY — In another promising development for vaccine science, Johnson & Johnson says its vaccine — a single shot tested against a…

Johnson & Johnson 1-dose shot prevents Covid-19, but less than some others

January 29, 2021 6:18 AM Associated Press

NEW YORK, NY — Johnson & Johnson says its vaccine appears to protect against Covid-19 with just one shot. It’s not as strong as some two-shot…

Almost two-thirds of people believe climate change is a global emergency, UN poll finds

January 29, 2021 5:37 AM CNN Newsource

Nearly two-thirds of respondents believe that climate change is a “global emergency,” according to a survey of 1.2 million people in…

The UAE’s Hope Probe will be the first of 3 missions to arrive at Mars next month

January 29, 2021 4:47 AM CNN Newsource

The United Arab Emirates’ first mission to Mars is almost ready for a rendezvous with the red planet. The Emirates Mars Mission, known as the…

Violence and slurs from some of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews in battle over coronavirus lockdowns

January 29, 2021 4:38 AM CNN

A frightened policeman fires a live round as a warning shot. Young men cowed by baton-wielding officers, drenched in foul smelling chemicals from…

China says former head of state-owned asset management firm executed in bribery case

January 29, 2021 3:54 AM Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually…

China says it will no longer recognize British National Overseas passport used by Hong Kong people to get UK residency

January 29, 2021 1:41 AM Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday it will no longer recognize the British National Overseas passport as a valid travel document or form of…

Pakistan’s top court rules to free men previously convicted of kidnapping and murdering Daniel Pearl

January 29, 2021 12:13 AM CNN

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that four men convicted of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl should go free, a move…

Trump targets Cheney as he unites with McCarthy

January 28, 2021 10:58 PM CNN

Former President Donald Trump is focusing his political energy on targeting Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, who voted for…

AP FACT CHECK: Biden’s fuzzy math on 1 million new auto jobs

January 28, 2021 10:54 PM Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) — Casting his climate policy as a jobs plan, President Joe Biden left out important context and used fuzzy math when he announced…

Romania fire at key hospital treating Covid-19 patients has killed 4 people

January 28, 2021 10:27 PM Associated Press

BUCHUREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Romania say a fire at a key hospital in Bucharest that also treats COVID-19 patients has killed at least…

These three Pacific military flashpoints could shape Biden’s China strategy

January 28, 2021 9:18 PM CNN

Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been…

These three Pacific military flashpoints could shape Biden’s entire China strategy

January 28, 2021 7:06 PM CNN

Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been…

Biden still seeking bipartisan Covid-19 relief package despite stalemate

January 28, 2021 5:42 PM CNN

President Joe Biden is continuing to chase a bipartisan deal over his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal, but White House officials privately…

Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actress, dead at 96

January 28, 2021 5:29 PM Associated Press

NEW YORK, NY — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,”…

Kansas lawmakers put anti-abortion measure on ballot for 2022 vote to ensure state’s power to restrict abortion

January 28, 2021 4:14 PM Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have put a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot for the…

Senate breaks filibuster of Mayorkas nomination to be Homeland Security secretary

January 28, 2021 3:21 PM CNN

The Senate voted Thursday to break a GOP filibuster and advance the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to be President Joe Biden’s secretary of…

Half of US states lack most basic protections for LGBTQ people, report finds

January 28, 2021 2:28 PM CNN Newsource

Half of US states fail to offer basic protections for LGBTQ people, according to a report by the country’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group. The…

Pakistan’s top court frees men convicted of kidnapping and murdering Daniel Pearl

January 28, 2021 1:29 PM CNN

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that four men convicted of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl should go free, a move…

Audit: ‘Significant missteps’ by California unemployment agency led it to pay billions in fraudulent jobless claims

January 28, 2021 12:55 PM Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An audit of California’s unemployment benefits agency found the state has likely paid $10.4 billion in fraudulent…

Biden signs order to expand health coverage in pandemic

January 28, 2021 12:06 PM Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden acted Thursday to get more people health insurance in the middle of the raging coronavirus pandemic, a down…

6 people killed after liquid nitrogen leak at a food processing plant

January 28, 2021 12:30 PM CNN Newsource

Six people were killed and 10 were taken to a hospital after a liquid nitrogen leak at a food processing plant in Gainesville, Georgia, officials…

Two inmates who escaped an Arizona prison have been recaptured

January 28, 2021 12:21 PM CNN Newsource

Law enforcement officials on Thursday recaptured two inmates who escaped from a state prison in Florence, Arizona, over the weekend, thanks to tips…

General Motors to stop making gas-powered cars by 2035

January 28, 2021 11:55 AM Associated Press

DETROIT, Michigan — General Motors has set a goal of making the vehicles it produces all-electric by 2035, and the entire company carbon neutral,…