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‘The hits just keep coming’ as US hospitals struggle

Hospitals are struggling to cope with staffer burnout amid a surge of the COVID-19 delta variant and now bracing for omicron, which has been detected in 89 countries.

 
Space tourists end trip safely off Florida coast

Four space tourists safely ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast.

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Wildfires marching through Northern California

The newest inferno, the Caldor Fire, continued to grow explosively in the Sierra Nevada southwest of Lake Tahoe, covering 84 square miles after suddenly ravaging Grizzly Flats, a community of about 1,200.

 
Heat wave across West threatens health in some communities

The record-breaking temperatures this week are a weather emergency, scientists and health care experts say, with heat responsible for more deaths in the U.S. than all other natural disasters combined.

 
Biden says US will hit 100M vaccinations on Friday

The U.S. is closing in on President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus vaccinations, weeks ahead of his target date.

 
Ted Cruz returns from Cancun after uproar during Texas storm

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that his family vacation to Mexico was “obviously a mistake” as he returned stateside following an uproar over his disappearance during a deadly winter storm.