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Nation / World

Published
June 3, 2021

U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last year, highest number since 2007

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration blames the increase on drivers taking more risks on less-congested roads by speeding, failing to wear seat belts, or driving while impaired.
Published
June 3, 2021

Biden offers tax deal to Republicans in infrastructure talks

The president is proposing a 15% minimum tax on corporations as he tries to get Republican support for the program.
Published
June 3, 2021

U.S. will swiftly increase global vaccine sharing, Biden says

The initial allotment of 25 million doses announced by the president marks a substantial boost to the lagging COVAX effort, which to date has shared just 76 million doses with needy countries.
Published
June 3, 2021

Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales getting smaller

Diminishing size is a threat to the species' overall survival because the whales aren’t having as many offspring.
Published
June 3, 2021

Supreme Court limits prosecutors’ use of anti-hacking law

Conservative and liberal justices joined to rule that prosecutors overreached in using the law to charge a police sergeant in Georgia.

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Published
June 3, 2021

Maine jobless claims tick up; national numbers fall for 5th straight week

More Americans are venturing out to shop, travel, dine out and all that renewed spending has led companies to seek new workers.
Published
June 2, 2021

Japan’s vaccine push before Olympics looks to be too late

The Olympics risk becoming an incubator for 'a Tokyo variant,' a doctor warns.
Published
June 2, 2021

Netanyahu opponents reach coalition deal to oust Israel’s longtime leader

Under the agreement, leaders of two of the coalition partners will split the job of prime minister in a rotation.
Published
June 2, 2021

NASA picks Venus as hot spot for two new robotic missions

The missions beat out two other proposed projects, to Jupiter's moon Io and Neptune's icy moon Triton.
Published
June 2, 2021

Vaccine protection may diminish need for yearly boosters

The world’s leading COVID-19 vaccines may offer lasting protection, but scientists caution that more research is needed and that virus mutations are still a wild card.