"Number of Russians entering at U.S. ports of entry from Mexico more than doubles in recent months"

The U.S. mortgage market involves some key players that play important roles in the process. Here’s what investors should understand and what risks they take when investing in the industry. WSJ’s Telis Demos explains. Photo: Getty _...Read More_

Officials worked to shore up testing and healthcare capacity, as new Covid-19 infections hit a daily record in New York state and the Omicron variant added new risks to the pandemic response across the U.S. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said _...Read More_

>"The findings also show that those who had their second Pfizer dose five months ago or more had little protection _...Read More_

Weeks after Merck & Co. scrapped development of its Covid-19 vaccines in January, one of its senior manufacturing officials began phoning his deputies, telling them their work on a pandemic shot wasn’t actually over. The twist: _...Read More_

Two vaccine doses were significantly less effective against variant but could still protect against severe disease, Pfizer and BioNTech say President Biden outlined U.S. plans for combating the Omicron variant on Thursday, which include _...Read More_

Covid-19 test samples and wastewater are helping health officials figure out how widely the Omicron variant might be _...Read More_

The CDC said the first known U.S. case of the Omicron variant has been identified in California. The coronavirus strain is spreading across the world as scientists race to find out more about its effects. WSJ’s Brianna Abbott explains what _...Read More_

>"The bloc’s executive arm laid out various actions that could be taken at EU or national level to prevent energy price shocks, as political pressure _...Read More_

>"The rally in Washington’s Ellipse that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was arranged _...Read More_

India built an app to handle every step of the vaccination drive, monitoring each dose from the time it arrives from manufacturers until it is administered. The app also lets people know when and where their turn is and generates _...Read More_

>"The nation’s capital has been turned into a secured encampment ahead of the inauguration following the _...Read More_

>"President Trump and high-level supporters for weeks waged a campaign in news conferences, speeches and social media _...Read More_

>"Lawmakers and aides described how a typically uneventful proceeding—the congressional recording of electoral college votes—descended into violent tumult."