May 4, 2021

President Biden and drugmakers are facing demands from liberal activists and global leaders to suspend intellectual property rights on the vaccines as the pandemic surges.

The action comes about two weeks after President Biden announced that he was leaving the Trump administration’s limit of 15,000 refugees in place, prompting a swift backlash.

A Catalan separatist leader, Jordi Cuixart, is serving a nine-year prison sentence for supporting a failed independence bid in his Spanish region. His supporters say he should not be in prison at all.

Stromboli’s volcano is always active, always at the brink of devastating paroxysms. For those who visit the island as tourists or scientists, it is a spectacle like no other.

Companies including HP, Microsoft and Unilever are calling for expanded voting access in the state after weeks of silence from national businesses on Republicans’ voting bills there.

Jimmy Donaldson, 22, is out to become the Elon Musk of online creators.

The company said its vaccine generated $3.5 billion in revenue in the first three months of this year.

Fueled with money from Wall Street and local officials, automakers plan to build eight million electric cars a year there, more than Europe and North America combined.

Buying an electric car can be exciting and bewildering. Consider what kind of car you want and need and where you will charge.

The 26-year-old British singer and songwriter puts all her vulnerability into her songs — and onto YouTube. Her debut album, “Build a Problem,” arrived May 7.

Confessions of an actress seeking reassurance — and sleeves — as she steps before a live concert audience again.

The New York City Ballet legend, who went on to form National Dance Institute, lived to the fullest — and danced with that same spirit.