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The crisis has worsened during the pandemic, with more than 93,000 people dying from overdoses, often linked to opiates, in 2020

The Delta variant has been in the headlines for weeks, but concerns on Wall Street grew after Los Angeles reimposed an indoor mask mandate over the weekend

British data showed unemployment dipped to 4.8 percent in the three months to the end of May from 5.0 percent in the three months to February.

A boy, 5, and his sister, 10, managed to dodge bullets that the gunman fired at close range.

The United States was among eight countries and territories added to an EU "white list", exempting them from Covid-19 travel bans.

The US passed the 500,000 death mark at the end of February, just under four months ago.

The Goldman requirement is the latest adjustment by a big company as more of the United States reopens with vaccinations becoming widespread.

Bitcoin jumped close to $36,500, having tanked on Sunday towards $30,000.

In April, the Trump Organization bolstered its legal team, hiring veteran criminal defense attorney Ronald Fischetti, 84.

In Paris, demand for tickets to a Renaissance sculpture show was brisk at the world's most visited museum, the Louvre.

Goldman Sachs became the latest large bank to announce concrete plans to return staff to downtown New York.

There seemed to be little verification required to prevent someone from queuing twice.

The NYPD has stepped up its presence in neighborhoods with high Asian immigrant populations, while volunteer groups have formed safety patrols.

Wall Street's major indices all fell, with the Dow retreating from an all-time high as the yield on US government debt rose.

WeWork suffered a loss of $3.2 billion in 2020.

Chinese companies looking at selling shares in the city include Tencent's music group and video site Bilibili.

All three major US indices fell sharply, but the tech-dominated Nasdaq was by far the weakest, sinking 3.5 percent.

More than 30 storm-related deaths have been reported by US media since the cold weather arrived last week, many in traffic accidents.

Snowfall was expected to continue into Tuesday morning, with forecasters predicting 20 inches in total before the storm moves northeast through New England.

Barry Myrick emptied out his bank account and spent 15 hours in jail in his fight to save bedbug-sniffing Roxy from his former employer.

A number of doctors in New York say that many women started to resume fertility treatments that were put on hold at the start of the pandemic.

Police recovered two guns from the scene and a bag found nearby that had a full container of gasoline, rope, wire, and multiple knives.

Figures additionally showed the only region where cases and deaths declined last week was Southeast Asia.

The US has by far the worst death toll with almost 245,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins, ahead of Brazil on 164,281 and India on 128,668 dead.

Hopes that a treatment for the killer disease will be rolled out as soon as this year put a rocket under stocks such as airlines.

The situation is particularly worrying in the border city of El Paso in western Texas, a state where coronavirus cases have exceeded one million.

The Democratic congressman called the team "a disgrace."

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the annual Halloween parade in Greenwich Village has been cancelled this year.

The coronavirus pandemic postponed the US Open from June and led to a spectator ban.

The economic outlook remains exceptionally uncertain, with the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to exert a substantial toll on economies and societies.