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The CDC recently extended the mask mandate to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.

Pioneering hip hop artist DJ Kay Slay has died of complications from COVID-19.

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon as the race returned to its traditional Patriots’ Day spot in the schedule for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

Military analysts say Russia is increasing its strikes on weapons factories, railways and other infrastructure targets across Ukraine.

The battered port city of Mariupol appears on the brink of falling to Russian forces after seven weeks under siege.

Judaism’s Passover, Christianity’s Easter and Islam’s holy month of Ramadan are interlapping in April with holy days for Buddhists, Baha’is, Sikhs, Jains and Hindus.

Authorities say two minors are dead and at least eight others wounded in an early morning shooting at a Pittsburgh house party.

Pope Francis has made an Easter plea for peace in Ukraine and in other wars in the world.

Attorney Thomas W. King III said the city’s emergency order went against Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations and “imposed a renegade standard."

Authorities said no fatalities have been reported but that eight of the shooting victims were taken to the hospital. Of those eight, two were in critical condition.

Firefighters are working Saturday to contain a wind-driven blaze that killed two people and destroyed over 200 homes.

The National Zoo’s most famous tenants had an enthusiastic breakfast Saturday in front of adoring crowds as the zoo celebrated 50 years of its iconic panda exchange agreement.