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House lawmakers passed a one-week spending measure to thwart a government shutdown before a Friday deadline. It now heads to the Senate, with hopes lawmakers reach a bigger deal this month.

The top military official with the federal vaccine effort spoke less than 24 hours after Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine became the second to receive an emergency use authorization from the FDA.

The Treasury Department froze the assets of 10 current and retired top-ranking military leaders in Myanmar after a coup earlier this month that toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

After public criticism and a determination from the county's top prosecutor that the payments to elected officials were illegal, the commissioners vowed to return their hazard payments.

In the past week, the U.S. has blown past record levels of infection that were seen in the summer, when new cases topped 77,000 in July.

Temperatures topped triple digits in parts of the state, and the weather is expected to remain blistering well into next week, likely putting more pressure on the electric utilities.

Images of a young man reciting poetry at a protest in Sudan and an immersive 360 project from Hong Kong were among the winners of World Press Photo awards.

The symbol of violent white racism was found in Bubba Wallace's stall. The only Black driver in the top stock car racing circuit, he had led the campaign to ban Confederate flags from NASCAR events.

As Florida's COVID-19 numbers continue to break records, the state's top officials are sparring over what to do to try to stem the increases.

Three screeners at the San Jose, Calif., airport tested positive, and others may have been exposed. "All we've been told is 'Wash your hands. Don't touch your face,' " a union official said.