In his first public remarks since allegations of sexual harassment rocked his administration, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said he was sorry for his actions, but that he would not resign.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned against loosening coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday. This comes after Texas announced on Tuesday that it would lift its mask mandate.

D.C. National Guard Commander, Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, testified on Wednesday that he was not given the approval to mobilize troops during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol until hours after his initial request.

On Tuesday, the country singer Dolly Parton received 'a dose of her own medicine,' a shot of the Moderna vaccine, which she helped fund when she donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

A tractor-trailer slammed into the side of an S.U.V. on a Holtville, Calif., highway Tuesday. Area hospital officials said that more than a dozen people are dead as a result of the collision.

On Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas discussed efforts to revert immigration policies laid out by the Trump administration, including those involving children.

Top U.N. human rights experts called for an investigation into the poisoning of the Kremlin critic Aleksei A. Navalny. The experts said an international investigation should be carried out as 'a matter of urgency.'

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India was vaccinated against the coronavirus. The country is beginning a large inoculation effort using the Oxford-AstraZeneca and the Covaxin vaccines.

A concerning variant of the coronavirus first detected in Brazil has surfaced in Britain, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson told citizens they have nothing to worry about.

The military on Sunday used live ammunition and tear gas in cities across Myanmar, attacking protesters who have been calling for a return to democracy since a Feb. 1 coup. At least 18 were killed, the United Nations said.