Understaffed hospitals are already coping with increased patient demand heading into the holidays. They have few options to expand if omicron creates a huge new wave of COVID patients.
Read more ...Are you ready for your close-up? Hallmark cards now come with video greetings National News
Some people who get cards this holiday season will need a smartphone to see what's inside. Hallmark is selling video greetings that make it easy to send montages of personalized videos.
Read more ...Biden announces free tests and defends the White House response as COVID cases surge National News
The U.S. government will buy a half-billion at-home COVID test kits and mail them to people who want them, with deliveries beginning in January.
Read more ...How does Kentucky recover from the tornado? Joplin shares some lessons and hope National News
Western Kentucky is dealing with the aftermath of a deadly tornado now, but 10 years ago Joplin, Mo., was in the same place. Joplin Mayor Ryan Stanley offers his advice for those in Kentucky.
Read more ...Deqa Dhalac is the first Somali-American mayor in the United States National News
After fleeing Somalia some 30 years ago, Dhalac became this country's first Somali-American mayor earlier this month, elected in a city that's 90% white.
Read more ...Rai is one of the most powerful storms to hit the southern Philippines on record. It's displaced more than 481,000 people and killed more than 150.
Read more ...SpaceX reports LA County's highest number of workplace COVID-19 cases National News
New data shows the Elon Musk-led company currently accounts for nearly 30% of workplace COVID-19 cases reported by Los Angeles County officials.
Read more ...Walmart sued for allegedly dumping hazardous waste in California National News
Investigators said inspections of trash compactors from Walmart stores over the last six years found dozens of items classified as either hazardous waste or customer records with personal information.
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