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Mayor Bill de Blasio and a half-dozen New Yorkers seeking to replace him at City Hall will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with speeches at the Harlem headquarters of the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Retired surgeon Graeme Perks, 65, was stabbed in the chest and stomach early Thursday morning at his home in Halam, a village in Nottinghamshire, The Sun reported.

The world is facing a “catastrophic moral failure’’ over its distribution of COVID-19 vaccines — with wealthy countries gaining more access because they yield higher profits, a global health leader charged Monday.

HONG KONG – Lai Chi-wai became the first in Hong Kong to climb more than 820 feet of a skyscraper while strapped into a wheelchair as he pulled himself up for more than 10 hours on Saturday to raise money for spinal cord patients. The 37-year-old climber,

Sarah Fuller, Vanderbilt senior and soccer goalie, became the first woman to play and score in Power Five football games. She will be part of the "Celebrating America" special airing on Wednesday. (Image credit: L.G. Patterson/AP)

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has authorized the dispatch of oxygen to Brazil to help its South American neighbor treat people sickened in another coronavirus wave