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President Joe Biden leaves St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Del., after attending a Mass, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. | AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Fully vaccinated passengers will not be required to quarantine. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions to the U.S. beginning in November, allowing foreigners into the… Continue reading US easing foreign travel restrictions; vaccinations required

Bears quarterback Andy Dalton did not suffer an ACL tear against the Bengals on Sunday. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Dalton hurt his left knee early in the second quarter Sunday when he stepped awkwardly along the Bears sideline after running out of bounds. Bears quarterback Andy Dalton did not tear his ACL, coach Matt Nagy said… Continue reading Matt Nagy: No ACL tear for Andy Dalton

President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions to the U.S. beginning in November, allowing foreigners into the country if they have proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test, the White House said Monday. The new rules will replace a hodgepodge of restrictions that had barred non-citizens who had been in Europe, much of… Continue reading Biden easing U.S. travel restrictions; requiring foreign nationals to show COVID vaccine proof and negative test

Chicago-area high temperatures that hit nearly 90 degrees on Sunday could drop into the 60s by mid-week, just in time for the first day of the fall season. Monday temperatures are expected to remain above average with highs in the mid-70s to low 80s, as well as breezy, muggy conditions in the afternoon. A cold… Continue reading Chicago Temps to Tumble This Week in Time For Fall’s Return

Out of the 12 acting categories at Sunday’s Emmy Awards ceremony, not a single actor of color won a performance award, despite the record number of diverse nominees this year. A record number of 49 “non-Anglo nominees” were recognized in the acting and reality hosting categories — the ceremony’s largest number to date, according to Deadline. Still, the… Continue reading Record Number of Diverse Emmy Nominees, But No Actors of Color Win Lead or Supporting Races

Pfizer’s latest announcement that its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon marked a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters. But when could that happen? Dr. Bill Gruber, a Pfizer senior vice president, told The Associated Press the companies aim… Continue reading COVID Vaccine for Children Under 12: Pfizer’s Latest Update, Timing and More

Mayor Lori Lightfoot presiding at Monday’s special session of the Chicago City Council. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Her proposed budget will allow us “to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform our city for the better,” the mayor Lightfoot was prepared to say in her budget address to the City Council on Monday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot on… Continue reading WATCH: Lightfoot delivers 2022 budget address to City Council

Terry Benjamin with his first shoreline fall Chinook. | Provided by Mark Bestvina Terry Benjamin caught his first shoreline Chinook to earn Fish of the Week in an account nicely described by netter Mark Bestvina. This fall feels like a good one for anglers catching their first shoreline Chinook. Take Terry Benjamin of Prospect Heights,… Continue reading First Chinook from shore: Pull of fall shoreline fishing for kings described through a first one

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin admitted more freshmen than ever before in 2021. Enrollment data provided by the university Monday said UT let 9,060 first-time freshmen in this year, 100 more than the previous high of 8,960 in 2018. Memorial builds after at least 75 pets killed in Central Texas pet… Continue reading UT admits largest freshman class ever in 2021, graduation rates rise

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston mayor says an officer died from gunshot wounds suffered while serving arrest warrant and another officer hospitalized. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Twitter that both of the officers were taken to hospitals and one “possible” suspect was dead at the scene following the Monday morning shooting. HPD Chiefs,… Continue reading 1 officers killed, 1 injured while serving warrant in Houston

The world “is challenged like never before”, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, but the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) still offer a roadmap to get back on track.   Read the full story, “World leaders, BTS, join Guterres in call to get SDGs back on track”, on globalissues.org →

Nearly 1 million people tuned into what felt like the hottest event on the Internet Monday: A speech at the United Nations General Assembly meeting by the K-pop superstar boy band BTS.

More than 106 million travellers to Thailand had their personal details exposed online in August, a cybersecurity research company that discovered the data said Monday, but the leak was quickly…

Britain’s energy industry could be headed for a significant shakeup as countries all over Europe grapple with an unprecedented crisis in the power sector.

The Biden administration will also require unvaccinated U.S. citizens to test a day before departure and after they return home.

Fully vaccinated international travelers will have to present proof of vaccination and get tested before flying. The policy, which takes effect in November, is a shift after months of travel bans. (Image credit: Lewis Joly/AP)

The boxing icon, who currently serves as a senator in the Philippines, says his experience of personal hardships equip him to understand people’s suffering — and fight poverty and corruption. (Image credit: Manny Pacquiao MediaComms via AP/AP)

Paul Rusesabagina has been a critic of President Paul Kagame, who has now led Rwanda for more than 20 years. Rusesabagina was arrested under circumstances that have been described as a kidnapping. (Image credit: Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images)

The head of the German Bishops’ Conference has defended the pope’s decision to allow the archbishop of Hamburg to stay on at this post, despite being faulted for his handling of sexual abuse allegations within the church

Spain’s Supreme Court has refused to suspend a government decision allowing a former Venezuelan spymaster to be extradited to the United States

The German Journalists Association on Monday condemned attacks by police against reporters covering a far-left protest in the eastern city of Leipzig on Saturday

Environmental protesters pressuring the British government to insulate all homes brought more traffic chaos to London’s major ring road on Monday for the fourth time in recent days

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has thrown a lifeline to the ruling African National Congress party by allowing the electoral commission to reopen the registration of candidates for local government elections in November

The United States announced Monday it will lift Covid travel bans on all passengers in November if they are fully vaccinated and undergo testing and contact tracing.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked Russians for their trust after the ruling United Russia party claimed a sweeping majority in parliamentary elections.

The United States will lift an 18-month-old travel ban on the European Union and Britain, allowing vaccinated travelers to enter beginning in November, reports said Monday.

President Joe Biden will ease foreign travel restrictions into the U.S. beginning in November, when his administration will require all foreign nationals flying into the country to be fully vaccinated.

The number of green investment funds is skyrocketing, but many are investing in companies that aren’t aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. That’s according to a report published on Aug. 27 by InfluenceMap. The London-based climate change think tank accused the majority of green funds of falling short. InfluenceMap assessed 723 equity funds—with… Continue reading Thinking of Investing in a Green Fund? Many Don’t Live Up to Their Promises, a New Report Claims

Over the last month, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rose and the U.S. made its rocky departure from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has sought to turn the nation’s attention back to climate change, repeatedly warning America that the clock is ticking. In the last two weeks alone, the Department of Energy announced that the country… Continue reading Biden Administration Faces Critical Moment Ahead of Climate Talks

When Apple’s iOS 15 goes live Monday, it will come with the usual bevy of software upgrades meant to enhance slightly older iPhones while also laying the groundwork for the Cupertino, Calif. company’s next generation of devices. While most of the tech world will be focused on the headline changes, like a long-overdue overhaul of… Continue reading Why Apple’s Health App Could Be the Sleeper Hit of iOS 15

“This search has only had one day of good search conditions,” said Dwight Russell. “We need more time.”

Fortin has denied any wrongdoing and is asking a Federal Court judge to quash the federal Liberal government’s decision to remove him as head of the vaccine rollout campaign.

The Biden administration announced the U.S.-Canada border will be closed until at least October 21, but will re-open travel to fully vaccinated travelers from other countries.

A fire at a farm house in Madoc, Centre Hastings on Sunday caused $500,000 in damages.

Under outgoing owners Rick Gaetz, Scott Walker, Rick Hoyle and John Heeley, the Storm won two OHL championships in 2014 and again in 2019.

The Sport Medicine Council of Alberta will be on Talk To The Experts this weekend!

Northwood CEO Janet Simm says a staff member was identified as a positive COVID case last week through the facility’s routine screening.

The number of hospitalizations rose by three to 280. This includes 92 patients in intensive care units, an increase of three compared to the previous day.

According to the polls, Monday’s federal election looks like it’s going to be a close one, and that could mean a long night for election-watchers.

Global News election map will have live, real-time election results for all 338 ridings as polls begin to close across the country starting at 7 p.m. ET

Under-14s in China will be restricted by a new “youth mode” according to app owner ByteDance, which said the move was aimed at protecting the young online.

In the Republic of San Marino, nestled on the Apennine mountains inside Italy, campaigning is underway ahead of a referendum on September 26, which will ask its 33,000 citizens if they want to legalise abortion.

The incident took place in May during pro-Palestine protests in cities across the UK and Ireland.

A search of a Florida nature preserve failed to find the young man wanted for questioning in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, police said Monday, a day after authorities announced the discovery of a body believed to be hers at a Wyoming national park. North Port, Florida, police said in a statement that… Continue reading Authorities suspend search of Florida nature preserve for Gabby Petito’s boyfriend

A man was fatally shot outside an Arby’s restaurant in Hollywood in what appears to be a drug deal gone bad, police said Monday. The shooting was reported before 1 a.m. at 5920 Sunset Boulevard in the restaurant’s parking lot. Video showed police and paramedics surrounding a sedan stopped in the lot. A 30-year-old man… Continue reading Man fatally shot outside Arby’s in Hollywood during suspected drug deal

Los Angeles County on Friday reported its first West Nile virus death of 2021. A resident of east L.A. County was hospitalized and died from a neuro-invasive disease associated with West Nile virus, according to an L.A. County Department of Public Health news release. “To the family and friends feeling the sorrow of losing this… Continue reading L.A. County confirms 1st West Nile virus death of 2021

A severely malnourished child is treated in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, at an intensive care unit at the Ayder Referral Hospital, where medicines have almost run out and hospital staffers haven’t been paid since June. | UGC via AP The UN has called the famine the world’s worst in a decade.… Continue reading Amid world’s worst hunger crisis, first deaths confirmed in Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region

Ericka Ratcliff is the first female artistic director at Congo Square Theatre Company. | Courtesy Congo Square Theatre A longtime member of the African American theater company, Ratcliff becomes only the fourth artistic director in the history of the troupe, and the first female to hold the post. Congo Square Theatre Company has named Ericka… Continue reading Ericka Ratcliff named artistic director at Congo Square Theatre

Sun-Times file Brown Line service were suspended between Western and Kimball. A woman was struck by a CTA Brown Line train and critically injured Monday morning at Kedzie Avenue. Paramedics responded for a woman in her 50s hit by a train around 8:45 a.m. at the Kedzie station, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said.… Continue reading Woman struck by Brown Line train at Kedzie

In this photo provided by North Port Police Department, law enforcement officials conduct a search of the vast Carlton Reserve in the Sarasota, Fla., area for Brian Laundrie on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. | North Port Police Department via AP Police in Florida say they’ve “exhausted all avenues in searching the grounds” of a nature… Continue reading Authorities unable to find Gabby Petito’s boyfriend in Florida