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June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

Vote set on allowing bets on New Jersey college sports teams

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Voters in the November general election will have the opportunity to decide whether to allow bets on New Jersey college teams, or teams from other states playing games in New Jersey.

June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

Affidavit: FBI feared Pennsylvania would seize fabled gold

An FBI agent applied for a federal warrant in 2018 to seize a fabled cache of U.S. government gold he said was “stolen during the Civil War” and hidden in a Pennsylvania cave, saying the state might take the gold for itself if the feds asked for permission, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.

June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

Biden extols bipartisan infrastructure deal as a good start

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced on Thursday a hard-earned bipartisan agreement on a pared-down infrastructure plan that would make a start on

June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

The Latest: Hawaii to drop rules for vaccinated travelers

HONOLULU -- Hawaii is dropping its testing and quarantine rules for vaccinated domestic travelers in two weeks.

June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

DeWine criticizes GOP advancing transgender girl sports ban

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican governor questioned Friday the need for a

June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

EXPLAINER: WA tenants get modified eviction reprieve

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. Many of them lost jobs during the coronavirus pandemic and had fallen months behind on their rent.

June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

UK health minister admits virus rules breach with embrace

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health minister apologized Friday for breaching national coronavirus restrictions after a newspaper ran pictures of him embracing a woman with whom he allegedly had an affair.

June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

Falling short: Why the White House will miss its vax target

WASHINGTON (AP) — Standing in the State Dining Room on May 4, President Joe Biden laid out a lofty goal to

June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

The Latest: Maine nears 70% vaccination level for residents

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine is approaching getting 70% of its eligible residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he sees that figure as more of a floor than a ceiling.

June 26, 2021 12:06 a.m.

EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has railed against it. Republicans in the U.S. Senate introduced a resolution condemning any requirement for teachers to be trained in it. And several Republican-controlled states have invoked it in legislation restricting how race can be taught in public schools.

June 25, 2021 3:27 p.m.

The Latest: Maine nears 70% vaccination level for residents

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine is approaching getting 70% of its eligible residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he sees that figure as more of a floor than a ceiling.

June 25, 2021 2:09 p.m.

EXPLAINER: WA tenants get modified eviction reprieve

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. Many of them lost jobs during the coronavirus pandemic and had fallen months behind on their rent.

June 25, 2021 2:09 p.m.

The Latest: WHO director calls for more vaccine donations

GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization lamented the lack of COVID-19 vaccines being immediately donated by rich countries to the developing world, saying that the global community is failing and that the mistakes of the AIDS pandemic are being repeated.

June 25, 2021 12:27 p.m.

EXPLAINER: WA tenants get eviction reprieve, but how long?

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. Many of them lost jobs during the coronavirus pandemic and had fallen months behind on their rent.

June 25, 2021 9:30 a.m.

DeWine criticizes GOP advancing transgender girl sports ban

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican governor questioned Friday the need for a

June 25, 2021 9:30 a.m.

The Latest: US officials authorize the use of antibody-drug

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials have granted emergency use for another antibody-drug to help hospitalized patients with the most dangerous cases of COVID-19.

June 25, 2021 7:03 a.m.

The Latest: EU drug regulator approves new J&J vaccine plant

AMSTERDAM — The European Medicines Agency has approved a new manufacturing site for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, in a move that should boost production of the one-dose vaccine across the 27-nation EU.

June 25, 2021 7:03 a.m.

UK health minister admits virus rules breach with embrace

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health minister apologized Friday for breaching national coronavirus restrictions after a newspaper ran pictures of him embracing a woman with whom he allegedly had an affair.

June 25, 2021 3:33 a.m.

The Latest: Israel brings back mask rules as variant spreads

JERUSALEM — Israel, a world leader in vaccinations, is once again requiring people to wear masks in indoor public spaces amid a coronavirus outbreak driven by the arrival of a new variant.

Inslee creates ‘bridge’ on eviction moratorium
June 25, 2021 1:05 a.m.

Inslee creates ‘bridge’ on eviction moratorium

OLYMPIA — As the state’s eviction moratorium prepares to end on June 30, Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday announced a short-term “bridge” to help both renters and landlords as the state gets its rental assistance process in place.