Grizzlies' Ja Morant out 3-5 weeks with sprained left ankle

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Five Oregon counties moved from 'Extreme' to 'High' risk

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Five Oregon counties will be upgraded from Extreme Risk to High Risk levels, based on the area's current COVID-19 data, Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday.

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Trump's $2K checks stalled in Senate, GOP blocks vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled out Tuesday in the Senate as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks …

White House wins ruling on disclosing health care prices

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Trump administration's plan to require hospitals and insurers to disclose the actual prices for common tests and procedures.

Kansas counties drop mask rules; arena hosts COVID-19 shots

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two northeastern Kansas counties are backing off mask mandates they imposed last month as coronavirus cases surged, and officials set up a clinic in an arena in the state's city to vaccine thous…

Police: Man killed in road rage incident near Coos Bay

NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) — A 28-year-old North Bend man was killed Sunday in a road-rage incident, police said.

Rashford helps Man United rise to 2nd with 1-0 win v Wolves

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford's deflected strike led Manchester United to a 1-0 victory over Wolverhampton and up to second in the Premier League on Tuesday.

The Latest: Former lawmaker, wife die from virus hours apart

MOSS BLUFF, La. — A former state lawmaker and his wife died from COVID-19 on the same day.

Bills' rout of Patriots punctuates breakthrough season

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Don’t let the Buffalo Bills’ polite talk about how the Patriots were merely the next opponent on their schedule fool you.

Perdue, Loeffler find alliance with Democrats they attack

ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s call to more than triple pandemic cash relief for individual Americans has scrambled political calculations made by Georgia’s two Republican senators in the closing week of t…

Florida rapper, 2 others, accused of kidnapping couple

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A 26-year-old rising local rapper accused in the kidnapping of a South Florida couple in October can go free until his trial if he pays a $250,000 bond, a federal magistrate ruled Monda…

Panel rejects proposals for decertifying police officers

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's police accountability task force on Tuesday rejected proposals to automatically decertify police officers convicted of felonies and drug possession, as current and former law en…

First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 variant seen in Britain has been found in Colorado, governor says

DENVER (AP) — First reported U.S. case of COVID-19 variant seen in Britain has been found in Colorado, governor says.

Mississippi lt. governor: Teacher pay a priority in 2021

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday that giving teachers a pay raise will be the most important issue he pushes during the 2021 legislative session that opens next week.