COVID-19 creates dire US shortage of teachers, school staff

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SAN FRANCISCO — One desperate California school district is sending flyers home in students' lunchboxes, telling parents it's “now hiring." Elsewhere, principals are filling...

CDC panel tackles who needs booster shot of COVID vaccine

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An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention convened on Wednesday to debate which Americans should get COVID-19...

Explainer: Wide dangers ahead for island after eruption

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MADRID — A small Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean is struggling days after a volcano erupted, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people,...

Ravaged by war, Syrian rebel area struggles with virus surge

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BEIRUT — Coronavirus cases are surging to the worst levels of the pandemic in a rebel stronghold in Syria — a particularly devastating development...

US, China unveil separate big steps to fight climate change

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The two biggest economies and largest carbon polluters in the world announced separate financial attacks on climate change Tuesday. ...

Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest unscathed by wildfire

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THREE RIVERS, Calif. — The ancient massive trees of Sequoia National Park’s famed Giant Forest were unscathed Tuesday even though a wildfire has been...

Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare

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Space, we have an equity problem. When three billionaires rocketed into...

Biden bets on rapid COVID tests but they can be hard to find

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is betting on millions more rapid, at-home tests to help curb the latest deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response

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LONDON — Johnson & Johnson released data showing that a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after...

Nerves on edge on Spanish island as quakes, lava threaten

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EL PASO, Canary Islands — Several small earthquakes shook the Spanish island of La Palma off northwest Africa in the early hours of Tuesday,...