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Watch this 11-month old who's yet to master walking snowboard down a mountain

11-month-old Wang Yuji from China's Hebei province hasn't quite mastered walking yet. But snowboards? No problem. Now she's an internet sensation.

A small-town mom wanted to help her community. Then the community took aim at her child

Kelsey and Chris Waits moved to Hastings, Minnesota, to build a dream home for themselves and their two children.

Australia confirms 2 omicron cases as travel curbs tighten

Countries around the world are beginning to tighten their travel restrictions.

Swiss vote on COVID law amid sharp rise in infections

Swiss voters are having their say in a referendum Sunday on legislation which imposed the use of a special COVID-19 certificate that lets only people who have been vaccinated, recovered, or tested negative attend public events and gatherings

Israel tightens travel restrictions over new COVID variant

Israel has approved barring entry to foreign nationals and the use of controversial technology for contact tracing as part of its efforts to clamp down on a new coronavirus variant

Local News Outlets May Reap $1.7 Billion in Build Back Better Aid

MARC TRACY

A small paper like The Storm Lake Times in Iowa would receive a big tax credit. So would Gannett, the nation’s largest news publisher.

They Died From Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started.

DAN LEVIN

The social media profiles of anti-vaccine victims of the pandemic have made them and their families targets of trolling, even after their deaths.

Alice Waters Helps a Museum Cater to the Tastes of Art Lovers

ADAM NAGOURNEY

A new restaurant at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles is the latest effort to try to reach visitors’ hearts through their stomachs.

IS roadside bomb in Iraq leaves 5 peshmerga dead, 4 wounded

The official state news agency of Iraq's Kurdish-run region says a roadside bomb attack by Islamic State group fighters in northern Iraq killed five Kurdish forces and wounded four others

Czech president swears in opposition leader as new premier

The Czech president has sworn in Petr Fiala as the country's new prime minister following last month's parliamentary election

Vaccine inequity and hesitancy made the Omicron variant more likely, scientists say

Many of the world's richest countries have spent the past year hoarding coronavirus vaccines, buying up enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over and consistently failing to deliver on their promises to share doses with the developing world. The World Health Organization said the approach was "self-defeating" and "immoral."

The Omicron Covid-19 variant is raising concerns amid the holiday travel season, but there's no need to panic just yet, experts say

• What Omicron means for the pandemic's future