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His Helping Hands opens for winter season with new commercial kitchen
EPHRATA — What started as a one-day Christmas coat giveaway for 35 people has grown into a community effort servin…
Authorities investigating suspicious fire at synagogue
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police and fire officials are investigating a fire they believe was suspicious at a synagogue in Northwest Portland.
Chewy sends pet paintings to keep customers from straying
NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Schwartz didn’t ask for an oil painting of her cat. But she loves the portrait of Stinky that hangs in her upstate New York home, a surprise gift from an unlikely place: an online pet store.
Dark days of pandemic: Alabama has bulge of December cases
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama notched almost a third of its coronavirus cases in December, an alarming bulge that echoed the warnings of medical experts who said the state would see some dark days before the wide…
WA Notify app is alerting users of virus exposures
SEATTLE (AP) — About 1.6 million people have activated or downloaded the WA Notify smartphone app created to notify people if they may have been exposed to the coronavirus, the state Department of Health said this …
Utility-consumer balance at issue in Georgia PSC runoff
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's pair of U.S. Senate runoffs have prompted hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign spending, but the low-profile runoff for the state's Public Service Commission is no small matter eithe…
EXPLAINER: Should vaccine volunteers now get the real thing?
Tens of thousands of Americans have volunteered to test COVID-19 vaccines, but only about half of them got the real thing during trials.
Once a model, California now struggles to tame COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ambulances waited hours for openings to offload coronavirus patients. Overflow patients were moved to hospital hallways and gift shops, even a cafeteria. Refrigerated trucks were on standby, read…
At least 25 killed by rebels in eastern Congo; some beheaded
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 25 people were killed in an attack on New Year’s Eve by rebels in Congo’s eastern Beni territory, local officials said Friday.
Iraq team working to 'neutralize' mine found on oil tanker
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi explosives experts were working to defuse a large mine discovered on an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf and evacuate its crew, authorities said Friday.
New Year comes to COVID ward, with hope for end to nightmare
ROME (AP) — While the world said goodbye — or good riddance — to 2020, a year in which the pandemic brought hardship and pain to billions, some of those who have been fighting the virus on the front lines soldiered…
Iran general warns US: Military ready to respond to pressure
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The top commander of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Friday that his country was fully prepared to respond to any U.S. military pressure as tensions between Tehran and Washington re…
Fireworks kill young men in France and Germany
PARIS (AP) — A man in eastern France was killed when a New Year's Eve firework exploded after he went back to inspect it, while another man was killed by a home-made firework in neighboring Germany.
EXPLAINER: Stakes high for U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Two months after the November elections, Georgia voters have unfinished business. The outcome will determine partisan control of the U.S. Senate and how lawmakers deal with a new White House.
New York boosting minimum wage, sick leave benefits in 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The minimum wage is going up in New York, and a new sick leave law is also coming into effect for 2021.
The Latest: Israel reaches 1 million mark in vaccinations
JERUSALEM — Israel says it has vaccinated 1 million people against COVID-19, more than a tenth of its population, as it rolls out one of the world’s earliest and most rapid inoculation campaigns.