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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new version of the coronavirus

Britain has become the first country to authorize AstraZeneca’s inexpensive, easy-to-handle COVID-19 vaccine

Two students from the Southland who attend Harvard are headed to Oxford to study as Rhodes Scholars, it was announced Sunday. Elijah DeVaughn of Compton and Carissa Chen of Tustin were among 32 students chosen for the prestigious honor, which provides all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England.

Elijah DeVaughn of Compton and Carissa Chen of Tustin were among 32 students chosen for the prestigious honor. Video broadcast Tuesday Nov. 24, 2020 on Today in LA.

British scientists developing a potential vaccine for the coronavirus hope to see a “signal” as to whether their vaccine candidate is working by June, an official involved in the effort said Sunday on “Meet the Press.”

A 20-year-old man has been charged with rape after prosecutors say he sexually assaulted two high schoolers who had just gotten off the bus while returning home after a night of work.

An Indiana woman found with an 8-foot-long python wrapped around her neck had apparently kept snakes at the residence, which was filled with snakes and outfitted for a collection of the reptiles, police said Thursday.

Two high schoolers returning home at night after work days apart were raped after stepping off the bus at the same Northeast Philadelphia SEPTA stop. SVU investigators believe the same man committed both sex assaults.

Dance the night away at the Oxford Social Club in downtown San Diego.

Police have released surveillance video of the last night that Ole Miss student Ally Kostial was seen alive. She was later found dead with gunshot wounds and a college student from Fort Worth has been charged with murder in connection with her death.

Jessica Vilchis is the co-host of California Live.

Police have released surveillance video of the last night that Ole Miss student Ally Kostial was seen alive. She was later found dead with gunshot wounds and a college student from Fort Worth has been charged with murder in connection with her death.

The young man wants to inspire others the way he was inspired by his mother. He has even written a book.

The young man wants to inspire others the way he was inspired by his mother. He has even written a book. Mario Solis reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, 2019.

A night dedicated to an artist as prolific as Denzel Washington is bound to be an emotional one. The Oscar-winning actor, director, and producer is the face of some of the best-known films of the last few decades, including “Fences,” ”Training Day,” ”Malcolm X,” and “Philadelphia.” Naturally, he’s touched a few lives along the way.

Former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, who served seven terms and used seniority to steer billions of dollars to his home state of Mississippi, has died. He was 81. Cochran’s final chief of staff, Brad White, said Cochran died Thursday at a veterans’ nursing home in Oxford. Cochran was elected to the U.S. House in 1972. When he won a Senate...

Japan’s 85-year-old Emperor Akihito ends his three-decade reign on Tuesday when he abdicates to his son Crown Prince Naruhito. He’s the first emperor to abdicate in 200 years. Some key questions and answers about the abdication and ascension and other examples abroad:

Eight University of Mississippi basketball players kneeled during the national anthem Saturday before a victory over Georgia in response to a Confederacy rally near the arena. With the teams lined up across the court at the free throw lines, six players took a knee and bowed at the start of the “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Two other players later joined them.

A recent Harvard University graduate who lives in New York City and is the first so-called Dreamer to receive a Rhodes scholarship is attending President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address as a guest of a New York congresswoman.

Russia’s sweeping political disinformation campaign on U.S. social media was more far-reaching than originally thought, with troll farms working to discourage black voters and “blur the lines between reality and fiction” to help elect Donald Trump in 2016, according to reports released Monday by the Senate intelligence committee....
And the campaign didn’t end with Trump’s ascent to the White House. Troll...