COVID-19

The president urged Americans not to panic over the variant and said there would be no new travel restrictions.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country is “deeply disappointed” by the travel bans.

The U.S. murder rate is at its highest level in nearly two and half decades. There were 21,570 murders nationwide in 2020, up nearly 30% from the previous year — the largest annual increase on record.