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Karen Pitchford-Knox stands in front of her home Monday, April 19, 2021, in Kansas City, Kan. Pitchford-Knox found out from a state senator that her home was put up for sale by Wyandotte County in January when she fell behind on her property tax payments after loosing her job during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Black neighborhoods in Kansas hard hit by property tax sales

By Roxana Hegeman Apr. 24, 2021 09:08 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 04:20 PM EDT
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ April 7 The Index-Journal on the outcry...

Priority planned for high risk as vaccine eligibility opens

By Susan Haigh Mar. 29, 2021 01:22 PM EDT
With everyone age 16 and older eligible Thursday to begin signing up for COVID-19 vaccination appointments, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that people with...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz answers a question from a reporter during a news conference to debut his state budget plan for the next two years Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 at the Department of Revenue building in St. Paul, Minn. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
Walz's $518M bonding bill includes money to rebuild cities

By Steve Karnowski Feb. 22, 2021 05:44 PM EST

People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus wait for traffic light to walk along pedestrian crossings in the Shibuya area of Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says vaccine approval is being speeded up to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and he promised to consider declaring a state of emergency. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 1200 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
The Latest: China's Hebei toughens virus rules over outbreak

By The Associated Press Jan. 05, 2021 01:51 AM EST

Arizona civil rights leader, former councilman dies at 93

Dec. 23, 2020 09:41 PM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona civil rights leader Calvin C. Goode, who spent more than two decades on the Phoenix City Council fighting to improve the low-income...

This combination photo shows recipes for walnut shrimp, from left, har gow shrimp dumplings and siu mai dumplings, featured in “The Nom Wah Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from 100 Years at New York City's Iconic Dim Sum Restaurant," by Wilson Tang. (Alex Lau/Ecco via AP)
Nom Wah at 100: a cookbook about a restaurant and community

By Ann Levin Nov. 19, 2020 08:31 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Nov. 11, 2020 06:07 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: The Supreme Court’s Pennsylvania Cleanup ...

FILE- In this June 3, 2020 file photo, workmen walk by the shuttered La Tropicana Cafe in Tampa, Fla. The cafe, which first acted as a hub for immigrants when it opened in 1963 and has since been a stop for politicians campaigning in the area, has joined the long list of businesses lost to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, FILE)
Many landmark restaurants, bars won't reopen after virus

By Curt Anderson Aug. 10, 2020 10:36 AM EDT

A building across the street is reflected in a mirror hanging from the remains of a multistory building that collapsed Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. The building, which housed a health club, had been shuttered during the pandemic, but collapsed just three weeks after building inspectors had ordered a halt to some construction because of structural problems. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Brooklyn building collapses after being cited by inspectors

Jul. 01, 2020 06:46 PM EDT

Kerri Kaplan, a fifth grade teacher, stands next to a small library she has in her front yard in Phoenix, Ariz., on Friday, April 17, 2020. As government orders shuttered public libraries to slow the spread of coronavirus, some have turned to official and unofficial book-sharing means to satisfy their desire for new reading material. (AP Photo/Michelle A. Monroe)
Small free libraries offering solace amid virus shutdowns

By Michelle A. Monroe And Russell Contreras May. 17, 2020 11:52 AM EDT

Construction is halted due to rain on Thursday, April 30, 2020 in Arlington, Va. For residents of the northern Virginia neighborhood where Amazon is building a new headquarters, the loudest construction work is occurring at the worst possible time. The relentless bang and clang of piledriving work has been going for several weeks, all while residents are forced to endure the noise as they endure stay-at-home orders due to coronavirus. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)
Captive neighbors seek relief from Amazon construction noise

By Matthew Barakat May. 01, 2020 12:42 PM EDT

Dust-covered neighborhood from demolition angers mayor

Apr. 12, 2020 03:01 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's mayor halted all non-emergency demolition Sunday after destruction of a defunct coal plant's smokestack a day earlier covered a...