Asia Today: Australia to spend on vaccines for wider region

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has announced it will spend 500 million Australian dollars ($351 million) to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the Pacific and Southeast Asia “as part of a shared recovery for our region from the pandemic.”

Asia Today: Australia to spend on vaccines for wider region

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has announced it will spend 500 million Australian dollars ($351 million) to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the Pacific and Southeast Asia “as part of a shared recovery for our region from the pandemic.”

Asia Today: Bangkok shuts schools, entertainment venues

BEIJING (AP) — Thailand's capital is shutting down venues including schools and entertainment areas as coronavirus cases continue to spread.

Asia Today: Bangkok shuts schools, entertainment venues

BEIJING (AP) — Thailand's capital is shutting down venues including schools and entertainment areas as coronavirus cases continue to spread.

Asia Today: Bangkok shuts schools, entertainment venues

BEIJING (AP) — Thailand's capital is shutting down venues including schools and entertainment areas as coronavirus cases continue to spread.

Asia Today: Bangkok shuts schools, entertainment venues

BEIJING (AP) — Thailand's capital is shutting down venues including schools and entertainment areas as coronavirus cases continue to spread.

Asia Today: Hong Kong secures 15 million vaccine doses

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has secured delivery of 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, with the first million to arrive as early as January, the city’s leader said Friday.

Asia Today: Hong Kong secures 15 million vaccine doses

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has secured delivery of 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, with the first million to arrive as early as January, the city’s leader said Friday.

Fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall in New Jersey

NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in New Jersey on Friday amid heavy, lashing rains that closed beaches and flooded shore town streets.

Tropical Storm Fay weakens after New Jersey landfall

NEW YORK (AP) — Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in New Jersey on Friday amid heavy, lashing rains that closed beaches and flooded shore town streets, before weakening as it moved over New Jersey.

Gomez to trial next week, no jury

EPHRATA — Maribel Gomez waived her right to a jury trial, leaving Grant County Superior Court Judge John Antosz to decide her innocence or guilt.

Asia Today: Manila back under lockdown as virus cases surge

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Commuter trains, buses and other public vehicles stayed off the main roads of the Philippine capital Tuesday and police were again staffing checkpoints to restrict public travel as surging virus cases forced another lockdown.

Asia Today: Manila back under lockdown as virus cases surge

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Commuter trains, buses and other public vehicles stayed off the main roads of the Philippine capital Tuesday and police were again staffing checkpoints to restrict public travel as surging virus cases forced another lockdown.

Cristobal is now a depression, moving north toward Canada

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal weakened into a depression early Monday after inundating coastal Louisiana and ginning up dangerous weather along most of the U.S. Gulf Coast, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama island town and spawning a tornado in Florida.

Police release dramatic body-cam video of rail yard shooting

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who killed nine co-workers at a Northern California rail yard shot himself twice in the head as sheriff's deputies raced into a building, according to authorities who on Tuesday released body-camera footage of the tense encounter.

Police release dramatic body-cam video of rail yard shooting

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who killed nine co-workers at a Northern California rail yard shot himself twice in the head as sheriff's deputies raced into a building, according to authorities who on Tuesday released body-camera footage of the tense encounter.

Police release dramatic body-cam video of rail yard shooting

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who killed nine co-workers at a Northern California rail yard shot himself twice in the head as sheriff's deputies raced into a building, according to authorities who on Tuesday released body-camera footage of the tense encounter.

Police release dramatic body-cam video of rail yard shooting

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman who killed nine co-workers at a Northern California rail yard shot himself twice in the head as sheriff's deputies raced into a building, according to authorities who on Tuesday released body-camera footage of the tense encounter.

What's Happening: Virus spreads in US, derails royal dinner

PARIS (AP) — The new virus is entering new territories, from megacities to seaside villages, and

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