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FILE - Finland's Leo Komarov speaks with referees during the Channel One Cup ice hockey match between Russia and Finland in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Leo Komarov is expected to play for Finland at the Olympics after the NHL decided not to send players to Beijing. Komarov played in the NHL as recently as October, and he and the New York Islanders agreed to mutually terminate his contract in November.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Olympics Live: US diplomat says human rights should be focus

Feb. 05, 2022 09:23 PM EST

FILE — In this Jan. 8, 2019 file photo Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses emergency preparedness during a visit to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection CalFire Colfax Station in Colfax, Calif. On his first full day as governor, Newsom announced executive actions to improve the state's response to wildfires and other emergencies. Newsom has vastly overstated wildfire prevention work done under his administration according to an investigation by Capital Public Radio, published Wednesday, June, 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File )
Report: California governor overstated fire prevention work

Jun. 23, 2021 07:48 PM EDT

Italian Premier Mario Draghi speaks to the media during a joint news conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at the Cinecitta' studios in Rome, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
EU approves 191.5 billion euros in recovery funds for Italy

Jun. 22, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2020, file photo, Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, south of Seattle. Nurse Jose Picart, right, administered the shot. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday, June 17, 2021, announced a new COVID-19 vaccine incentive lottery for the state's military, family members and veterans because the federal government wasn't sharing individual vaccine status of those groups with the state and there were concerns they would be left out of a previously announced lottery. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
New vaccine lottery announced for military in Washington

By Rachel La Corte Jun. 17, 2021 01:37 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Dispatch. June 14, 2021. Editorial: Awful ‘audit’ idea hatched by GOP in Pa. It seemed only a matter of time...

Schmitt closes Sunshine complaint against Missouri governor

Jun. 14, 2021 03:30 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri attorney general has closed an open-records complaint filed against Gov. Mike Parson, citing the Republican governor's office...

Brazil governor target of pandemic corruption probe

By Diane Jeantet Jun. 02, 2021 11:22 AM EDT
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police searched the house and offices of Amazonas Gov. Wilson Lima on Wednesday, part of an operation into possible...

Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis, left, European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni, center, and European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit participate in a media conference on the European Semester Spring Package at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP)
EU to keep pandemic economic safety net in place next year

Jun. 02, 2021 09:09 AM EDT

Rural Maine counties lag state in COVID-19 immunizations

By Patrick Whittle Jun. 01, 2021 10:28 AM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine has one of the highest rates of coronavirus vaccination in the country, but some of the rural counties in the state lag behind the...

Florida sued over law to ban social media content blocking

By Brendan Farrington May. 27, 2021 04:55 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two groups representing online companies sued Florida on Thursday over a new law that seeks to punish large social media businesses...

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
(McComb) Enterprise-Journal. May 7, 2021. Editorial: Early voting can prevent fraud Mississippi’s resistance to early...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Dispatch. May 5, 2021. Editorial: Merging Pa. universities a good idea, but more college changes are needed Our...

School districts planning vaccine clinics for eligible kids

By Pat Eaton-Robb And Susan Haigh May. 11, 2021 05:54 PM EDT
Connecticut education and health officials are working together to organize clinics that would give children ages 12 to 15 access to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, file photo, then-Republican candidate for Georgia commissioner of labor, Mark Butler, center, talks to supporters during an election-night party, in Atlanta. Butler, Georgia’s labor commissioner, says he’s considering cutting federal benefits to workers in an effort to push them back to work. Butler and Gov Brian Kemp met Monday, May 10, 2021, and discussed possibilities such as cutting the $300-a-week federal supplement to unemployed workers or cutting off federal benefits to people not usually eligible for state unemployment. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
Georgia could cut jobless benefits to push more toward work

By Jeff Amy May. 11, 2021 12:59 AM EDT

EU insists dispute with AstraZeneca is only contractual

By Samuel Petrequin May. 10, 2021 09:37 AM EDT
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission insisted Monday it still trusts the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and that its dispute with the Anglo...

Louisiana rental assistance expanding to include utilities

May. 07, 2021 02:01 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is adding utility payment assistance to a state-run, federally funded program established to help renters and landlords affected...

Oregon governor's office denies NWSL request for more fans

By Anne M. Peterson May. 03, 2021 06:56 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's office has turned down an appeal by the commissioner of the National Women's Soccer League to allow more than...

GOP: Wolf should fire vendor that mishandled virus data

By Michael Rubinkam May. 03, 2021 01:35 PM EDT
Pennsylvania should immediately terminate the no-bid state contract of a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical...

A visitor kneels in front of the Last Judgement fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo inside the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican Museums on the occasion of the museum's reopening, in Rome, Monday, May 3, 2021. The Vatican Museums reopened Monday to visitors after a shutdown following COVID-19 containment measures. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Attention travelers! EU proposes reopening external borders

By Samuel Petrequin May. 03, 2021 07:02 AM EDT

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk to a motorcade vehicle after stepping off Air Force One at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Friday, April 30, 2021. The Bidens are visiting Philadelphia to mark Amtrak's 50th anniversary. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Adviser suggests Biden still wears mask outside out of habit

By Darlene Superville May. 02, 2021 01:32 PM EDT