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Adams County ballot features competitive federal, state and local races
RITZVILLE — Filing week has closed in Adams County, and voters will see a crowded and competitive ballot in the 20…
Mississippi governor set to sign transgender sports limit
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is scheduled to sign a bill Thursday to ban
FireEye CEO: Reckless Microsoft hack unusual for China
RESTON, Va. (AP) — Cyber sleuths have already blamed China for a hack that exposed tens of thousands of servers running Microsoft's Exchange email program to potential hacks. The CEO of a prominent cybersecurity fi…
What's inside the $1.9T COVID-19 bill passed by Congress
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$1.9T Biden relief package a bet government can help cure US
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants America to know that he’s from the government and he’s here to help.
LA opens its first tiny home village to ease homeless crisis
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amy Skinner took notice when brightly colored structures started taking shape earlier this year on a drab patch of asphalt across from a Los Angeles park where she occasionally slept outdoors.
COVID bill gives states a pathway to reduce maternal deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor and delivery are thought of as the riskiest times for new mothers, but many women die in the weeks and months after giving birth. Now a provision in the COVID-19 relief bill could help chang…
A year on, WHO still struggling to manage pandemic response
GENEVA (AP) — When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic one year ago Thursday, it did so only after weeks of resisting the term and maintaining that the highly infectious virus could st…
Wave of retirements signals battles ahead for Republicans
This is not the way Republicans wanted to begin the year.
State House approves bill for Billy Frank Jr. statue
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A statue honoring the late Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually tribal member who championed treaty rights and protecting the environment, is one step closer to being on display at the U.S. Capitol.
Wide resistance to vaccines plagues Ukraine's COVID-19 fight
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After receiving its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine, Ukraine found itself in a new struggle against the pandemic — persuading its widely reluctant people to get the shot.
No evidence migrants at border significantly spreading virus
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As he ended Texas’ coronavirus restrictions Wednesday over the objections of public health officials, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has tried shifting concern about the virus' spread to migrants …
Russia to make Sputnik V vaccine in Italy, a first in EU
MILAN (AP) — Russia has signed a deal to produce its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Italy, the first contract in the European Union, the Italian Russian Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday.
Congress OKs $1.9T virus relief bill in win for Biden, Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Congress riven along party lines has approved
Biden’s speech goals: Mourn loss, urge caution, offer hope
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to sign into law Thursday the $1.9 trillion relief package that he says will help the U.S. defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health.
Gulf opens door to public Jewish life amid Israel ties
JERUSALEM (AP) — Half a year after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain established diplomatic relations with Israel, discreet Jewish communities in the Gulf Arab states that once lived in the shadow of the Arab-Is…