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President Joe Biden shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden: US may not send top dignitaries to Beijing Olympics

Nov. 18, 2021 02:36 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. 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. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Is Missouri rent relief enough to halt evictions?

By Jim Salter Jun. 25, 2021 12:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. 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. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: Evictions in Louisiana could spike despite aid

By Melinda Deslatte Jun. 25, 2021 12:17 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks during a news conference at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif. Newsom and state legislative leaders are negotiating about whether to extend the state's ban on evictions for unpaid rent. California's eviction protections will expire on June 30. Newsom has proposed using federal coronavirus aid money to pay off 100% of the rent people owe. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
California weighs extending eviction protections past June

By Adam Beam Jun. 21, 2021 02:59 AM EDT

Angela Ermold, right, and her sister, Denise Gracely, hold a photo of their mother, Marian Rauenzahn, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Fleetwood, Pa. Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes. “They have protected them to death,” said Gracely. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
'Protected them to death': Elder-care COVID rules under fire

By Michael Rubinkam Jun. 19, 2021 10:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 file photo, frozen vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are taken out to thaw, at the MontLegia CHC hospital in Liege, Belgium. Envoys from World Trade Organization member nations are taking up a proposal to ease patents and other intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines to help developing countries fight the pandemic, an idea backed by the Biden administration but opposed in other wealthy countries with strong pharmaceutical industries. On the table for a two-day meeting of a WTO panel opening Tuesday June 8, 2021, is a revised proposal presented by India and South Africa for a temporary IP waiver on coronavirus vaccines. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
WTO to intensify talks on easing access to COVID-19 vaccines

By Jamey Keaten Jun. 09, 2021 08:54 AM EDT

FILE - A Haitian man listening to music leans against a wall with the Mexican national flag and a framed image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, as he waits for a bed at the Padre Chava migrant shelter Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, in Tijuana, Mexico.Though Haitians living in the U.S. rejoiced when a recent extension was granted, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas pointedly noted that it doesn't apply to Haitians outside the U.S. and said those who enter the country may be flown home. That means bleak choices for many Haitians who fled Haiti sometime after a 2010 earthquake, initially escaping to South America and later to Mexican cities that border the United States. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Haitians in Mexico see bleak choices as they seek protection

By Cedar Attanasio Jun. 06, 2021 12:03 PM EDT

Child care providers offered free pooled coronavirus testing

Jun. 04, 2021 09:23 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston-based nonprofit and the state Department of Early Education and Care have teamed up to protect child care facilities across the state...

Senate takes on 'Colorado Option' health insurance bill

By James Anderson May. 25, 2021 04:37 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Colorado state senators clashed over government control of health care pricing and affordability in their first debate Tuesday on a bill that...

Pharmacists Stella Kim, left, and Mei Tsai check the temperature of a cooler containing the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine before heading out to inoculate two sisters, who have muscular dystrophy, at their home, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Torrance, Calif. Torrance Memorial Medical Center started inoculating people at home in March, identifying people through a city hotline, county health department, senior centers and doctor's offices, said Tsai, who coordinates the program. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Nurses, nonprofits, others take vaccine to homebound people

By Janie Har May. 13, 2021 01:29 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 12:43 PM EDT
Sun Sentinel. May 8, 2021. Editorial: OK, Florida Legislature, try not to torpedo the gambling deal The Seminole Tribe...

In this image from the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, a Tyson employee walks into the team member entrance at the Berry Street location in Springdale, Ark., on April 20, 2021. A sign in their path reads "Social Distancing Required at all Times" written in English, Spanish and Marshallese. (Mary Hennigan/University of Arkansas via AP)
9,000 employees sick as COVID overwhelms Arkansas workplaces

By Mary Hennigan, Abby Zimmardi And Rachell Sanchez-Smith/The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism May. 12, 2021 12:29 PM EDT

Alabama to end $300 federal unemployment benefit boost

By Kim Chandler May. 10, 2021 04:12 PM EDT
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday that Alabama will be the latest state to halt pandemic-related unemployment boosts, including...

FILE - In this March 30, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden speaks after signing the PPP Extension Act of 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The government's key COVID-19 relief program for small businesses has run out of money. The Small Business Administration said Wednesday, May 5, that the Paycheck Protection Program has been exhausted. As of Sunday, the PPP had given out nearly 10.8 million loans worth more than $780 billion since April of last year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Small business COVID-19 relief program runs out of money

By Joyce M. Rosenberg May. 05, 2021 01:08 PM EDT

Advocates detail 'shadow pandemic' of violence against women

By Susan Montoya Bryan Apr. 27, 2021 05:54 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Cases of domestic violence against Indigenous women and children and instances of sexual assault increased over the past year as...

Law enforcement confer at the scene, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis, where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis airport. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face reality

By Zeke Miller And Alexandra Jaffe Apr. 17, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

Law enforcement confer at the scene, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Indianapolis, where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility near the Indianapolis airport. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face reality

By Zeke Miller And Alexandra Jaffe Apr. 16, 2021 07:45 PM EDT

Tennessee eyes 2-week tax holiday for restaurants, groceries

By Kimberlee Kruesi And Jonathan Mattise Apr. 13, 2021 12:47 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is proposing a $100 million, two-week sales tax holiday on restaurants, bars and groceries, as his...

FILE-In this April 6, 2017 taken photo former Nestle's Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe speaks during the general meeting of the world's biggest food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Peter Brabeck, a former chairman and CEO of Nestle who was tapped by the Swiss government to lead GESDA, used COVID-19 as example how advance planning could help head off health crises in the future: He said mRNA vaccine technology being used now to fight the pandemic has been around a decade. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)
Swiss program plots post-COVID future for science, diplomacy

By Jamey Keaten Apr. 13, 2021 05:49 AM EDT

Letter: Prison shouldn't shackle women who just had babies

By Kate Brumback Apr. 09, 2021 02:49 PM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Women at a Georgia prison who have given birth just days or weeks earlier are improperly and inhumanely shackled and placed in solitary...