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The night before his inauguration, Joe Biden (right) held a memorial for people who had died from COVID-19 at the Lincoln Memorial.

Biden stopped marking grim COVID milestones as he fought to end the pandemic

Biden used to talk a lot about the COVID-19 death toll, but over the last year he's shifted to how to fight the pandemic. Some want him to go back to addressing the country's grief.

An undated artist rendering of the coronavirus.

October 2021: Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is the October 2021 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

September 2021: Coronavirus Blog Archive

This is the September 2021 archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.

A child walks inside a flooded tent at a camp for the displaced people near Bab al-Hawa by the border with Turkey, in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, on Monday.

More than 3,700 people were killed in Syria's civil war this year

The count, by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, comes after more than a decade of a war that's killed at least 350,000 people and displaced millions.

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev closes his resignation speech after delivering it at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 25, 1991. After 74 years, the Soviet Union was dissolved, breaking into 15 countries. But there's often been friction among the former Soviet republics, including the current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine.

How the Soviet Union's collapse explains the current Russia-Ukraine tension

To understand the friction between Russia and Ukraine, it's important to go back to 1991. Exactly 30 years ago this weekend, the Soviet Union formally dissolved and broke up into 15 separate nations.

People wait in long lines in Times Square to get tested for COVID-19 on Monday. New York City, which was initially overwhelmed by the pandemic, has once again seen case numbers surge as the new omicron variant becomes dominant.

People face long lines as they rush to get tested for COVID ahead of the holidays

Americans are scrambling to find out if they're COVID-free so they can go through with their plans. But for many, that means queuing up for hours or tracking down scarce at-home testing kits.

Dan Gebhart surveys some of the haul of chanterelle mushrooms.

These mushroom foragers hit the jackpot. Then they got creative

A pair of fungus foragers in California's Humboldt County recently pulled in more than 200 pounds of chanterelles. Rather than cash in, they donated and got creative.

<em></em>Actor Chris Noth has faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct recently.

A New York singer accuses actor Chris Noth of sexual abuse and intimidation

"I was afraid to come forward because of Mr. Noth's power and his threats to ruin my career," Lisa Gentile said in a press conference. The actor faces multiple accusations of rape and sexual abuse.

A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., on March 30. The company has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow its workers to organize freely and without retaliation.

Amazon unionization efforts get a boost under a settlement with U.S. labor board

Under pressure to improve worker rights, Amazon has reached a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board to allow its employees to freely organize — and without retaliation.

How a group of online sleuths are helping the FBI track down Jan. 6 rioters

HuffPost journalist Ryan J. Reilly says "sedition hunters" have used videos, social media posts and facial recognition software to identify individuals who participated in the storming of the Capitol.

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