The Associated Press FILE - In this Friday June 5, 2020, file photo, fourth-grader Sammiayah Thompson, left, and her brother, third-grader Nehemiah Thompson, work outside in their yard on laptops provided by their school system for distant learning in H...

German 'emergency brake' plan clears last legislative hurdle A plan by German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to mandate uniform restrictions in areas where the coronavirus is spreading too quickly has cleared its final legislative hurdle By The...

UK extends emergency coronavirus powers by 6 months British lawmakers have agreed to prolong coronavirus emergency measures for six months, allowing the Conservative government to keep its unprecedented powers to restrict U.K. citizens’ everyday lives...

Web PhotoChina approved a recombinant protein subunit vaccine against COVID-19 for emergency...

The Associated Press FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, the Boeing Company logo on the property in El Segundo, Calif. Russian media report that a Boeing 777 plane made an emergency landing in Moscow in the early hours of Friday Feb. 26, 2021, afte...

The Philippines has officially approved the emergency use of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, the country's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday. China's Sinovac Biotech is the third vaccine maker that was given the green light by the FDA....

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has ended emergency conditions and forced outages, the council said on Friday. "We are completely back to normal operations," said Dan Woodfin, ERCOT senior director of system operations, during a virtua...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday approved the emergency declaration for Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, through Jan. 24, covering the date of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20....

Pfizer, BioNTech seek emergency use of COVID-19 shots in USPfizer has asked U.S. regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting a process that could bring first shots as early as next month By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Nove...

US allows 1st emergency use of a COVID-19 antibody drugU.S. health officials have allowed emergency use of the first antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19 By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer November 10, 2020, 2:28 AM • 4 min read Sha...