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Protesters and fans of Novak Djokovic gather outside the Park Hotel, used as an immigration detention hotel where Djokovic is confined in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday.

Djokovic's lawyers say he had COVID last month, grounds for vaccination exemption

If he fails to have his visa cancellation overturned and gets deported, Novak Djokovic risks missing more than one Australian Open and could be barred for up to three years.

A sign in front of a COVID-19 testing site is pictured at Chula Vista City Hall on Dec. 20, 2021.

Official: California COVID surge could ease next month

Los Angeles County's public health director said Thursday that she's hoping it will begin to ease in February.

From left, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., and Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, alongside other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, speak in front of the Senate chamber about their support of voting rights legislation at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022.

Voting bill blocked by GOP filibuster, Dems try rules change

The vote was expected, but is still a setback for President Joe Biden and his party after a raw, emotional debate.

World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks, pictured holding a photo of himself as a soldier in 1943, died on Wednesday at age 112.

The oldest living American veteran of World War II dies at 112

Lawrence Brooks served in the U.S. Army when the military was still racially segregated. But the Black soldier's deployment to Australia offered a reprieve from the racism of Jim Crow laws at home.

Chinese travelers wear protective face masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus at the Beijing Railway Station on Jan. 21, 2020, in Beijing, China. COVID-19 was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and since then has quickly spread worldwide.

From 'Mysterious' Illness To Global Pandemic: COVID-19, By The Numbers

A year ago today, the WHO first learned of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China of "unknown" origin. Here's the impact of that fateful day, by the numbers.

Former President Donald Trump has sued to stop the National Archives from turning over requested records to the Jan 6 committee.

Lawyers for Trump, Jan. 6 panel spar in federal court over records fight

The case the marks the first legal test that pits a current president against his predecessor over what records can be released.

An undated illustration shows money falling with the California State Capitol building in the background.

Money wars: Special interests spend big in California primary

In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus speaks during an interview in his office with The Associated Press, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Washington.

Border agency chief faces challenges from within and outside

Among them are agent discontent, allegations of migrant mistreatment, a failure to recruit more women and an asylum system that many view as broken.

Landfills produce a lot of methane, a heat-trapping gas that contributes to global warming. With scientists calling for cuts in methane emissions, there are challenges to curbing these emissions from landfills, starting with even quantifying them. Pictured here is Waste Management landfill in Livermore, Calif.

Your Trash Is Emitting Methane In The Landfill. Here's Why It Matters For The Climate

Landfills are among the nation's largest sources of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide. But accurately measuring methane is a major challenge to reducing it.

Competing lawn signs are placed outside of a polling place on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Minneapolis. Voters there are deciding whether to replace the city's police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The election comes more than a year after George Floyd's death launched a movement to defund or abolish police across the country.(AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)

Minneapolis voters reject a measure to replace the city's police department

The failed ballot measure proposed a new Department of Public Safety that would emphasize a public health approach to policing.

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