A highly anticipated Food and Drug Administration review of evidence on whether a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is widely necessary struck a noncommittal tone Wednesday.
The White House press secretary said President Biden believes Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is “patriotic” and has “complete confidence in his leadership.”
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Mount Shasta on June 19, 2008. This year, Shasta appeared bare by midsummer. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
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Dan Snyder's laughable punishment showed how Roger Goodell's NFL works, and how it doesn't.
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Soaring demand in the past two months, especially in the South, will likely lead to supply cutbacks in some places.
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The massive storm trucked copious tropical moisture onto the eastern side of the island — rare for this time of the year.
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ICU nurse Heidi Kukla, center, sits next to a snow bank as she is injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine outside a hospital in Manchester, N.H., in December. (AP)
State Rep. William Marsh, an ophthalmologist whose top priority is public health, said he is nearing retirement and doesn't expect to fit in with his new party, but couldn't stand idly by.
Female lawmakers, human rights activists, athletes and others have all fled Afghanistan, unswayed by the Taliban’s promises.
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was vacationing in Crete when the Afghan capital was falling to the Taliban.
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The carcasses of dead white-sided dolphins lay on a beach on Sunday after being pulled from the bloodstained water on the island of Eysturoy, which is part of the Faroe Islands. (AP)
The hunt is part of a centuries-old tradition in the islands, but locals admit that the sheer size of the catch this time around was unprecedented.
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President Biden said the record enrollment total reinforces his goal of building on the health-care law.
The pastor is a 29-year-old small-business owner running in the Republican primary challenge to Sen. James Lankford (Okla.) in 2022.
A fallen roof structure in Houston is seen in the aftermath of Nicholas. (Reuters)
Flooding continues along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Depression Nicholas unleashes heavy rain.
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Henry Herr, shown in 2019, and others have campaigned to remove the "Talbot Boys" Confederate monument in Easton, Md. (Julie Zauzmer/The Post)
Residents of the Eastern Shore community voiced fervent support and opposition as the council voted to remove the longstanding "Talbot Boys" statue.
The D.C. punk-metal quartet celebrates its new album at D.C. Brau on Wednesday.
Jenny Lewis, Soccer Mommy, Keiyaa and Breland perform this week.
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A new adaptation of ‘Doña Rosita the Spinster’ features an unmarried woman looking back on her youth.
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The Bears are among those with the most cause for concern following the opening week of the season.
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Paloma Benach is about to graduate from Wilson High School.. (Will Newton for The Post)
Paloma Benach wants to play college baseball — and she wants to keep pitching as long as she can.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (l.) and Aurora James (r.) talk with reporters on the red carpet for the 2021 Met Gala. (Justin Lane/EPA-EFA/Shutterstock)
The progressive Democrat defended her attendance of the Met Gala, a $35,000 a person fundraiser and New York's premier fashion events.
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“The Lion King” cast at curtain call Tuesday, their first show since March 2020. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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