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September 10, 2021 12:06 a.m.

Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles board of education voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district.

September 10, 2021 12:06 a.m.

COVID-19 surge in the US: The summer of hope ends in gloom

WASHINGTON (AP) — The summer that was supposed to mark America’s independence from COVID-19 is instead drawing to a close with the U.S. more firmly under the tyranny of the virus, with deaths per day back up to where they were in March.

September 10, 2021 12:06 a.m.

Police planning to reinstall Capitol fence ahead of rally

WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials concerned by the prospect for violence at a rally in the nation's capital next week are planning to reinstall protective fencing that surrounded the U.S. Capitol for months after the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

September 9, 2021 11:06 p.m.

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil leaders charged with subversion

HONG KONG (AP) — Three leaders of the the group that organized an annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil were being held in custody Friday after they were charged with subversion under Hong Kong's national security law, as authorities intensify a crackdown on dissent in the city.

September 9, 2021 10:33 p.m.

As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.

September 9, 2021 10:12 p.m.

Justice Department sues Texas over state's new abortion law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."

September 9, 2021 10:12 p.m.

Analysis: Biden's war on virus becomes war on unvaccinated

WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re a source of frustration. A risk to their fellow citizens. A threat to the nation’s economic recovery.

September 9, 2021 10:12 p.m.

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.

September 9, 2021 7:30 p.m.

Biden calls Xi as US-China relationship grows more fraught

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders' top advisers has been largely unfruitful in the early going of the Biden presidency.

September 9, 2021 5:30 p.m.

FACT FOCUS: AZ canvass report draws nonsensical conclusions

A report released this week in Arizona's largest county falsely claims to have uncovered some 173,000 “lost” votes and 96,000 “ghost votes” in a private door-to-door canvassing effort, supposedly rendering the 2020 election in Maricopa County “uncertifiable.”

September 9, 2021 5:30 p.m.

Can Larry Elder build 'movement' from California recall?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In two months, Larry Elder went from conservative talk radio host to leader of the Republican field

September 9, 2021 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles board of education voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district.

September 9, 2021 5:03 p.m.

Multnomah County law enforcement exempt from vaccine mandate

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Officials from Oregon's most populous county — Multnomah — joined

September 9, 2021 4:30 p.m.

Los Angeles to require vaccine for all students 12 and up

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles board of education voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district.

September 9, 2021 3:27 p.m.

Report: Air Force women, minorities face harassment and bias

WASHINGTON (AP) — About a third of the female service members in the Air Force and Space Force say they've experienced sexual harassment and many can describe accounts of sexism and a stigma associated with pregnancy and maternity leave, a study released Thursday has found.

September 9, 2021 1:27 p.m.

In COVID-slammed Idaho, schools risk buckling hospitals

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When Idaho public health officials announced this week that northern hospitals were so crowded with coronavirus patients that they would be allowed to ration health care, roughly 11,000 kids in Coeur d'Alene were packing lunches, climbing on buses or grabbing backpacks for their first day of school.

September 9, 2021 12:33 p.m.

Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AP) — President Joe Biden turned the page on one legacy of 9/11 by ending the war in Afghanistan. But he has yet to do much about another: the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

September 9, 2021 12:33 p.m.

Senate opposition leads White House to withdraw ATF nominee

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday it would withdraw the nomination of a

September 9, 2021 12:33 p.m.

Justice Dept. sues Texas over state's new abortion law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution."

September 9, 2021 12:03 p.m.

House Dems begin moving parts of Biden $3.5T domestic plans

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats began pushing plans for providing paid family and medical leave, easing climate change and bolstering education through House committees Thursday as they battled Republicans and among themselves over President Joe Biden's $3.5 trillion vision for reshaping federal priorities.