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Pfizer announced Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and strongly protective in kids as young as 12, a step toward possibly beginning shots in this age group before they head back to school in the fall. Most COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out worldwide are for adults, who are at higher risk from the coronavirus. […]

Border crossings this year are on pace to top 2019’s border crisis. In March alone, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) reportedly caught over 150,000 people; that’s up 50,000 from February. An anonymous CBP agent reveals a jump in the number convicted sex offenders caught coming across the border this year. He describes the changes at

BEIRUT—Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have recovered from COVID-19 and returned to their regular duties on Tuesday, three weeks after they had tested positive for the coronavirus, the president’s office said. According to the statement, Syria’s first couple had their PCR tests and the results were negative, and the mild symptoms of the

A special tactical team operating along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas saved a 6-month-old baby who had been thrown off a raft into the Rio Grande River by smugglers. The Texas Department of Public Safety, who shared the rescue mission, said the incident occurred on March 16 when the specialized group—South Texas Special Operations Group—was assisting U.S. Border Patrol

Australia has joined 13 other countries in expressing their shared concerns about the veracity of a World Health Organization (WHO) study into the origins of the CCP virus. The WHO study, written jointly by a team of Chinese and international scientists, declared that the possibility of virus transmission from bats to humans via an intermediary

President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill into law on Tuesday afternoon, extending the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for another two months for small businesses impacted by the pandemic. The PPP is a loan designed to provide economic relief for small businesses to keep their workers employed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The loan is back by the

WASHINGTON—Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline would create a “dangerous precedent” that would forever imperil future cross-border infrastructure projects between Canada and the United States, says Alberta’s energy minister. Sonya Savage joined counterparts from Saskatchewan and Ontario in warning a House of Commons committee Tuesday about the knock-on effects that could result if the cross-border pipeline

ORANGE, Calif.—When organizers of the Orange County Classical Academy (OCCA) set out to open the doors of their own charter school in August 2020 in the city of Orange, they had no idea they’d be doing it in the middle of a pandemic. They simply wanted to offer children what they felt was a better

LOS ANGELES—When Brian Averill began surfing in Venice Beach 20 years ago, he said one of the best times to catch a wave was the day after rainfall. It’s not unusual to see beachgoers enjoying a swim or a jog on the first day of sunshine after a storm, but Averill soon realized he was

The BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth has left China after the communist regime issued threats of legal action against him and his team. In a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday, the BBC said Sudworth had relocated from Beijing to Taiwan. “John’s work has exposed truths the Chinese authorities did not want the world to