ROUEN, France — Slowly suffocating in a French intensive care ward, Patrick Aricique feared he would die from his diseased lungs that felt “completely burned from the inside, burned like the cathedral in Paris,” as tired doctors and nurses labored…
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Germany faces 'crisis of trust' in pandemic, president says
FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany’s president says the country is enduring a “crisis of trust” and urged people to “pull together” as they weather a second Easter amid pandemic restrictions and dissatisfaction over the government’s response. In the text of an…
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California OKs indoor sports, concerts as COVID cases plunge
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California as the state’s coronavirus cases plummet and vaccinations jump. After a year-long ban on most indoor seating, the state Friday set the…
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