The court order said that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress to enact the vaccine mandate for providers participating in the two government health care programs for the elderly, disabled and poor.

The United Nations says early evidence shows the global risk from the omicron variant is “very high;” future surges may have “severe consequences.”

By Sunday, U.N. health agency issued a statement on omicron that boiled down to: We don’t know much yet.

A warm and sunny Monday with a colder and mostly sunny Tuesday ahead

President Joe Biden called the new COVID-19 variant omicron a cause for concern but “not a cause for panic” Monday and said he was not considering any widespread U.S. lockdown.

Many countries have moved to tighten their borders after the new omicron variant of the coronavirus was found in a number of nations.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 has struck in northern Peru.

He was charged with felony disorderly conduct after law enforcement and prosecutors said he lied to police about what happened in the early morning hours of Jan. 29, 2019, in downtown Chicago.

A cold and clear Saturday Night, above average and mild Sunday and Monday ahead

Cool and mostly sunny conditions for the day on Tuesday with a warmer and sunny Wednesday

Postal workers who recall packages and letters piled up in distribution hubs are better prepared this time as they gear up for another pandemic crunch.

As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat its lightning spread across the country.