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Social media users shared numerous false claims this week about President Joe Biden and his administration

The U.S. is poised to get a third vaccine against COVID-19, and health officials are girding for questions about which one is best

United Airlines will pay more than $49 million to settle criminal and civil accusations of defrauding the post office in the handling of international mail

A $1.9 trillion package aimed at helping the country rebuild from the pandemic seems headed toward House passage

The Biden administration and major U.S. business organizations are launching a joint educational campaign to reinforce basic COVID-19 do’s and don’ts with their customers and employees

Ta-Nehisi Coates, the acclaimed essayist and novelist who expanded the world of Wakanda in Marvel comics, will write the script for a new “Superman” film from Warner Bros

Spaceflight company Virgin Galactic has postponed its next mission to space from New Mexico until at least May after a test flight from December was aborted due to computer malfunction

The Italian government says that the uneven distribution of vaccines between developed and developing countries is a key concern of Group of 20 nations as leaders consider how to create an even recovery from the pandemic

A regulatory agency that’s responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in four states has voted to permanently ban natural gas drilling and fracking in the watershed

In a story Feb. 25, 2021, about a permanent ban on gas drilling and fracking in the Delaware River watershed, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to David Callahan, president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition

The Associated Press has named Anna Jo Bratton as U.S. Enterprise Editor on the news cooperative’s Global Enterprise Team

Bouncing back from months of retrenchment, America’s consumers stepped up their spending by a solid 2.4% in January, the sharpest increase in seven months and a sign that the economy may be poised to sustain a recovery from the pandemic recession

The head of the CDC is sounding the alarm that recent gains against the coronavirus may be stalling

Stocks gave up an early gain and turned mostly lower in morning trading on Wall Street Friday

German automaker Volkswagen made 8.8 billion euros, or $10.7 billion, last year despite the pandemic

The Washington editor for The New York Times is joining Celadon Books as executive editor

Stocks were mostly higher in early trading Friday as technology companies, which had been beaten down in recent days, started to recover

The chief executive of the fund that manages Canada Pension Plan investments has resigned after it was revealed that he had traveled to the United Arab Emirates, where he was vaccinated against COVID-19

Stocks are off to a mostly higher start as technology companies find their footing after a big sell-off a day earlier

India’s economy expanded by a weaker-than-expected 0.4% in the October-December quarter, which still allowed it to escape recession following large contractions in the two previous quarters during the pandemic

Former Spanish King Juan Carlos I has paid close to 4.4 million euros ($5.33 million) to the country’s tax authorities, his latest attempt to regularize past undeclared income

The parent company of British Airways and Iberia says it lost 6.9 billion euros ($8.3 billion) last year as the pandemic caused a near-total collapse in international air traffic

Russian media report that a Boeing 777 made an emergency landing in Moscow in the early hours on Friday after a pilot reported a problem with the engine

Shares are down in Europe and Asia while U.S. futures point to a subdued start to trading

Democrats are ready to shove a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package through the House on Friday