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The vaccination rate is only 17%. People are scared and skeptical for many reasons. Now government health workers are trying to up the numbers. One strategy: vaccination booths in the mall.

The first federal survey on school reopening shows racial and geographic differences in participation in full-time, in person learning.

The Taliban took over Kabul a month ago. How is the U.S. dealing with the group's interim government in Afghanistan and what challenges lie ahead?

The latest on the first confirmed novel coronavirus case in San Diego County. Health officials said a woman in her 50s contracted COVID-19 while traveling abroad. Plus, the San Diego metropolitan area made great strides toward achieving 100% clean energy, but transportation emissions still pose a major problem. Also, the South Bay is still inundated by cross-border sewage spills that’ve been going on for months. And, Tijuana women staged a protest Monday against femicide by “disappearing” for a day. In addition, San Diego State is celebrating the women’s studies department’s 50th anniversary. The department was the first of its kind in the nation when it opened. Finally, a preview of the “Incoming” podcast about America’s military.

Activists contend, without proof, that New Hampshire's ballot counting machines can be hacked or rigged. So voters in more than a dozen towns will decide whether to revert to hand counts.

Companies and local governments — in what is perhaps a mix of commercial interest and civic-minded altruism — are offering prizes to encourage vaccination. United Airlines is the latest to do so.

As the massive evacuation effort in Kabul continues following Thursday's deadly attack, the White House said, "The next few days of this mission will be the most dangerous period to date."

This is the January 2022 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

Many Afghans who worked with the American military are desperately trying to flee. One of them is Mohammed, a colonel in the Afghan army who's now in hiding with a group of more than a dozen families.

The Council on American Islamic Relations is calling for a complete and independent investigation of the killing in Caldwell County, about 40 miles from Austin.