Nation/World
Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C.
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Some aren't ready to give up masks despite new CDC guidance
With cases on the decline and with more than a third of the U.S. population fully vaccinated, millions are deciding whether to continue wearing face masks.
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'Shocking and horrifying': Israel destroys AP office in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building that housed The Associated Press office in the Gaza Strip, despite repeated urgent calls from the news agency to the military to halt the impending attack.
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Rep. Zeldin: I won't call Biden election 'illegitimate'
The front-runner for the Republican nomination for New York governor says he has a $2.5 million campaign account and support from more than half of the GOP county chairs.
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Newsday recommends Biden's team for his Cabinet and top jobs: What to know
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen all represent firsts.
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House GOP elects Trump defender Elise Stefanik to No. 3 post
Republicans vaulted Rep. Elise Stefanik into the ranks of House leadership Friday, electing an ardent Donald Trump defender in hopes of calming their searing civil war over the deposed Rep. Liz Cheney's unremitting combat with the former president.
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Palestinians flee as Israeli artillery pounds northern Gaza
Palestinians grabbed their children and belongings and fled neighborhoods on the outskirts of Gaza City on Friday as Israel unleashed a heavy barrage of artillery fire and airstrikes, killing a family of 6 in their home.
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CDC eases guidance on indoor mask-wearing for vaccinated people
The new guidance still calls for wearing masks in settings such as buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters.
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Newsday recommends This is what 24 LI girls want to see from Biden and Harris
Newsday asked girls what they think President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris can do to help women and girls. Twenty-four responded with their ideas.
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Israel threatens Gaza ground invasion despite truce efforts
The stepped-up fighting came as communal violence in Israel erupted for a fourth night, with Jewish and Arab mobs clashing in the flashpoint town of Lod. The fighting took place despite a bolstered police presence ordered by the nation's leaders.
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Group calls for $50 billion in high-tech grid upgrades
Gil Quiniones, chair of the GridWise Alliance group and CEO of NYPA, says grid upgrades are needed to help utilities manage, secure and maximize influx of power.
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U.S. unemployment claims drop to 473,000, a new pandemic low
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp up spending and more businesses reopen.
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Colonial Pipeline restarts operations days after major hack
The nation's largest fuel pipeline restarted operations Wednesday, days after it was forced to shut down by a gang of hackers. The disruption caused long lines at gas stations in the Southeast due to distribution problems and panic-buying.
