FEMA leader is out, amid questions over future of the agency
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, has been replaced. The shake up comes weeks before the start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
President Biden and the first lady attend the Kennedy Center Honors
Bette Midler, Berry Gordy, Joni Mitchell, Lorne Michaels and Justino Diaz were awarded the Kennedy Center Honors at a gala in Washington, D.C. Sunday night. The show will be televised Dec. 22. on CBS.
Calif. rules to protect outdoor workers from smoke are rarely enforced, probe finds
California has strict protections for farm workers who labor outside when air quality is poor. But the state's worker safety agency rarely cites employers not in compliance with those regulations.
U.S. students turn to Europe to earn affordable degrees
It is college application season and some American students are looking abroad for affordable degrees.
A Man in Italy is accused of trying to get a COVID vaccine in a fake arm
He faces possible charges after trying to get the vaccine in an arm made of silicon. The nurse administering the shot said she initially thought he was an amputee and mistakenly offered the wrong arm.
Scientists have discovered the first self-replicating living robots
A team of scientists from the University of Vermont, Tufts and Harvard took stem cells from a frog and turned them into robots. The tiny robots made copies of themselves.
Longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, Bob Dole, dies at 98
Dole was in many ways the embodiment of the World War II generation in Congress. He had served in a combat division in Italy and suffered grievous wounds that kept him in military hospitals for years.
Morning news brief
Latest coronavirus variant is found in about one-third of U.S. states. Pro-Trump counties have far higher COVID death rates. The days leading up to the shooting at Oxford high school are being probed.
Airlines were beginning to recover from the pandemic, then Omicron showed up
The travel industry is bracing for another slowdown, or worse, as a new coronavirus variant spreads — leading many would-be travelers to think about pausing their plans.
Omicron variant could become another speedbump on the road to economic recovery
The latest jobs report from the Labor Department will be a snapshot of the job market before the arrival of the new coronavirus variant.