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Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions
Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered?
As Senate debates Dems' $3.5T budget, GOP launches attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their expansive
Japan's PM thanks people for safe Olympics during pandemic
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's prime minister thanked people for helping the country safely hold the Olympics despite the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic.
Senate Dems unveil $3.5T budget for social, climate efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats unwrapped a budget resolution Monday envisioning a massive $3.5 trillion, 10-year cascade of federal resources, aiming historic sums at family support, health and education programs and an aggressive drive to heal the climate.
France’s virus pass now required in restaurants, trains
PARIS (AP) — France took a big step Monday into a post-pandemic future by requiring people to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass before they can enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel by plane, train or bus across the country.
Infrastructure push slowed by Tennessee senator's objection
WASHINGTON (AP) — One by one, Democrats and Republicans
Zuckerberg's cash fuels GOP suspicion and new election rules
DENVER (AP) — When Facebook founder
Cuomo resigns: What we know, what we don't and what's next
NEW YORK (AP) — After months of holding on to power amid sexual harassment allegations and defying calls to resign,
US turns to social media influencers to boost vaccine rates
DENVER (AP) — As a police sergeant in a rural town, Carlos Cornejo isn’t the prototypical social media influencer. But his Spanish-language Facebook page with 650,000 followers was exactly what Colorado leaders were looking for as they recruited residents to try to persuade the most vaccine-hesitant.
Infrastructure on track as bipartisan Senate coalition grows
WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of fits, starts and delays, the Senate is on track to give final approval to the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, with a growing coalition of Democrats and Republicans prepared to lift the first phase of President Joe Biden’s rebuilding agenda to passage.
Senate nears OK of Dems' $3.5T budget, despite GOP attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their expansive
Oregon's most populous county issues indoor mask requirement
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As COVID-19 cases in Oregon surge and hospitals fill up, officials in the state's most populous county announced on Monday they are reimplementing an indoor mask mandate.
Washington mandates vaccine for state, health care workers
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Most state workers in Washington, as well as hundreds of thousands of private health care and long-term care employees, will be required to show proof of vaccination for COVID-19 by Oct. 18 or face losing their jobs, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday.
Battle gains challenge US hopes of better-behaved Taliban
Taliban conquests in Afghanistan are challenging the Biden administration’s hopes that a desire for international respect — and for international aid and cash — may moderate the fundamentalist militia’s worst behaviors when the U.S. ends its war there.
Kathy Hochul to be 1st female NY governor after Cuomo leaves
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — As New York's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration, visiting the far-flung coffee shops and factory floors of each of the state's 62 counties for countless ribbon-cutting ceremonies and civic cheerleading events.
Fauci hopeful COVID vaccines get full OK by FDA within weeks
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The U.S. government's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Sunday that he was hopeful the Food and Drug Administration will give full approval to the
Census data spurred GOP's largest partisan edge in decades
Fresh off sweeping electoral victories a decade ago, Republican politicians used census data to draw voting districts that gave them a greater political advantage in more states than either party had in the past 50 years, according to a new Associated Press analysis.
EXPLAINER: How do border policies affect US infection rates?
PHOENIX (AP) — As the delta variant fuels an increase of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., some of President Joe Biden's critics blame the surge on his border policies, which allow some migrants to enter the country to apply for asylum.
What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city's fight
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — For more than a century, one of Mississippi's largest and most elaborate Confederate monuments has looked out over the lawn at the courthouse in the center of Greenwood, a Black-majority city with a history of civil rights protests and clashes. Protesters have demonstrated at the base of the towering pillar with six Confederate figures — some residents demanding removal amid a
Canada reopens its border for vaccinated US visitors
DERBY LINE, Vermont (AP) — Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans.