Officials said they were searching for three people who were feared dead inside their homes after a devastating wildfire that scorched through two Colorado suburbs.

In his first speech as mayor, Eric Adams expressed optimism about the city's pandemic recovery and encouraged vaccinations as a way back to public life.

Desmond M. Tutu, a powerful opponent of apartheid and Cape Town's first Black archbishop, was remembered in a modest ceremony scaled down further by pandemic restrictions.

The president and the first lady reacted to the death of Betty White, a trailblazing actress who died at the age of 99.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York announced that nearly 600,000 public university students will soon be required to get vaccination booster shots as coronavirus cases in the state continue to rise.

The fast moving fire on Thursday scorched more than 6,000 acres and forced thousands of residents to evacuate.

Countries around the globe rang in the new year with fireworks and light shows as 2022 ushered in the third year of the coronavirus pandemic.

A period of intense drought created the conditions for the flames to spread on Thursday in areas between Denver and Boulder, destroying houses, a shopping complex and a hotel.

A fully vaccinated and masked crowd limited to 15,000 people will gather for the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square.

The fireworks display was fired near the Opera House and reflected off the city's majestic harbor.