[ad_1] TOKYO (AP) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asked the U.S. drug maker Pfizer Inc. for additional supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine to speed up the inoculation drive that lags behind many other countries. Suga, after holding talks with President Joe Biden at the White House, wrapped up his Washington visit on Saturday with…

[ad_1] ROME (AP) – The images show the intimacy of husbands and wives saying goodbye for the last time, or reuniting after months apart. They honor the courage of nurses, funeral workers and clerics who risked their own health to do their jobs. They witness life slipping away, and being snatched back from death. To…

[ad_1] ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – The Twins’ games against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night and Sunday have been postponed due to Minnesota’s COVID-19 problems, including at least four positive tests in the past week. Kyle Garlick, another unnamed Twins player and a team staff member tested positive in the two days before the…

[ad_1] CHICAGO (AP) – Kris Bryant and Willson Contreras each homered twice, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Braves 13-4 Saturday on an afternoon when Atlanta returned Sean Kazmar Jr. to the major leagues for the first time in 13 years. Javier Báez and David Bote also homered for the Cubs, who stopped a two-game…

[ad_1] ANALYSIS/OPINION: Anthony Fauci, the left’s reliable go-to for hyping the coronavirus so Democrats can in turn, stifle liberties, was pressed by Rep. Jim Jordan in a recent congressional hearing to give the precise measurement America would have to reach or achieve in order to return to normal — and the good dohktah could’t say.…

[ad_1] SEVILLE, Spain (AP) – Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 4-0 to win the Copa del Rey final on Saturday, giving Ronald Koeman his first title as coach of the Catalan club. Messi‘s two goals came after Antoine Griezmann finally beat Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simón with the opener on the hour-mark.…

[ad_1] Police departments for the largest cities in Ontario, Canada, announced their officers will not be randomly stopping people as now permitted under emergency powers afforded to authorities effective Saturday. The police departments in Toronto, Ottawa, and Hamilton each issued statements that said their officers will not arbitrarily stop and question people despite now being…

[ad_1] PITTSBURGH (AP) – The attorney for a man who accused NFL star Aaron Donald of assaulting him at a Pittsburgh nightclub last weekend has apologized, saying it was a case of mistaken identity. Attorney Todd Hollis, who represents DeVin­cent Spriggs, told Pittsburgh reporters Friday that his client mis­took someone else for Don­ald dur­ing the…

[ad_1] WINDSOR, England (AP) – As military bands played and a procession of royals escorted his coffin to the church, Prince Philip was laid to rest Saturday in a funeral ceremony that honored his lifetime of service to the U.K., the crown and his wife of 73 years, Queen Elizabeth II. The widowed British monarch,…

[ad_1] WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – President Joe Biden has taken his first swing at a presidential pastime: golf. Biden, once an avid golfer, played Saturday at the Wilmington Country Club, not far from his Delaware home where he was spending the weekend. It was his first time playing golf since taking office in January. The…