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Lloyd Austin, U.S. secretary of defense, visits the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday. On his Asia tour, the defense chief made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Sunday.

U.S. Defense Chief Austin Goes To Afghanistan Amid Questions Over Withdrawal Date

Lloyd Austin arrived in Kabul on his first visit as defense secretary as the Biden administration discusses when to pull U.S. forces out of Afghanistan.

Marty Walsh Confirmed As Labor Secretary

Marty Walsh has been confirmed as labor secretary. The two-term mayor of Boston is also a former union leader — the first one to run the Labor Department in roughly half a century.

Then-Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., with Sen. Chuck Schumer at the U.S. Capitol in 2018. Nelson has been chosen to lead NASA.

Biden To Nominate Former Sen. Bill Nelson Of Florida As NASA Head

Nelson, who spent six days in orbit aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 1986, would succeed Trump-era Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

Paul Jackson performs with the Headhunters at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1998.

Paul Jackson, Headhunters Bassist Who Played With Herbie Hancock, Dies At 73

Best known for his work on Hancock's blockbuster 1973 album Head Hunters, Paul Jackson was a bassist who found his musical identity between jazz and funk.

Policemen wearing face masks patrol at the compound of No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on Monday, as Canadian Michael Kovrig went on trial in a closed courtroom for espionage.

China Puts 2nd Canadian On Trial For Espionage And Bars Spectators

Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were arrested in China and charged with espionage shortly after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhoi was arrested in British Columbia at the request of the U.S.

Financial Stress And Patient Pushback: Healthcare Workers On A Year With COVID

Hospitals and healthcare workers reflect on living with COVID a year after it came to dominate our lives.

Shane Bieber throws out the first pitch of the postseason to DJ LeMahieu

Baseball Is Back: Cleveland Fields A Team Of New Faces

The Indians open their season Thursday in Detroit and are scheduled to play 162 games following a pandemic-shortened season last year.

COVID-19 Cases Surging In Ohio Fueled By The Delta Variant

Ohio is seeing a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases due to the highly contagious delta variant with a startling number of younger people getting sick, state health officials said Thursday.

Bernard Haitink leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2003. The beloved conductor died Oct. 21 at age 92.

Remembering Bernard Haitink, the anti-glamour conductor

Boston-based radio producer Brian Bell remembers Bernard Haitink, and the meticulous approach to music that defined one of the finest conductors of the past half-century.

A man receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Soweto, South Africa. The omicron variant of the coronavirus, first identified in South Africa, has now spread to at least a dozen other countries. On Friday, scientists presented evidence that the variant spreads twice as fast as the delta variant.

New evidence shows omicron likely spreads twice as fast as delta in South Africa

"This wave seems much faster than the delta wave. And we thought the delta wave was really fast. It's unbelievable," says Juliet Pulliam, the scientist who presented the new analysis at a conference.

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