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With Omicron-related staffing shortages in classrooms across the U.S., some states are shifting hiring requirements for substitute teachers, bringing in state workers and more. President Biden urged schools to draw on federal funds.

The Omicron variant weighed on demand in the final three months of 2021, but the airline said it hoped to turn a profit this year.

The nonsurgical N95 masks will be available free at community health centers and retail pharmacies across the United States. Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain signaled a potential easing of England’s coronavirus restrictions.

The consumer price index rose to 5.4 percent in December from a year earlier.

Democrats are pushing ahead to consider measures they say are urgently needed to counter voting suppression efforts. Republicans have repeatedly blocked the legislation, and the coming vote sets up a clash over the filibuster.

With the deal, the largest in the software maker’s history, Microsoft will gain Activision’s nearly 400 million monthly users and access to some of the world’s most popular games.

There is still no guarantee that the population is building enough natural immunity to turn the virus into a mundane part of daily life. Several cruise lines are canceling trips because of the variant.

Just 36 percent of Americans in a recent poll thought U.S. coronavirus efforts were “going well.” In New York, tentative optimism has taken hold.

The synagogue was livestreaming a service on Facebook when the man began yelling off camera, prompting those listening to contact police. One hostage was released unharmed.

The government’s site will begin taking orders on Wednesday, and the tests will ship out within 7 to 12 days. The C.D.C. acknowledges that surgical masks outperform cloth masks.