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FILE - In this May 19, 2019 file photo, Gov. Tim Walz, center, with Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, right, and House Speaker Melissa Hortman, gestures at a news conference in St. Paul, Minn. When the Minnesota Legislature convenes for its 2021 regular session Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, it won't look like a normal session. The House will meet entirely via Zoom until further notice because of the pandemic. The Senate will try a hybrid approach. And the Capitol will remain surrounded by riot fencing. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Walz to emphasize COVID-19 recovery in next 2-year budget

Jan. 25, 2021 12:05 PM EST

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Fed will likely stress commitment to low rates amid pandemic

By Christopher Rugaber Jan. 25, 2021 11:58 AM EST

Here is the latest news from The Associated Press at 11:40 a.m. EST

Jan. 25, 2021 11:52 AM EST
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has lifted regional stay-at-home orders statewide in response to improving coronavirus conditions. Public health officials...

To fight virus, Zimbabwe sends home 90% of government staff

By Farai Mutsaka Jan. 25, 2021 11:36 AM EST
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's public services are paralyzed as the government ordered a near shutdown of operations to minimize the spread of COVID-19...

Statues adorn the exterior of the Caesars casino on Oct. 1, 2020, in Atlantic City, N.J. On Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, parent company Caesars Entertainment appointed Joe Lodise to oversee the property. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
New leaders for Atlantic City's Harrah's, Caesars casinos

By Wayne Parry Jan. 25, 2021 11:30 AM EST

Arizona reports 5,321 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death

Jan. 25, 2021 11:13 AM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials are reporting 5,321 new COVID-19 cases and one death. The latest numbers given Monday increase the...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jan. 25, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Dallas Morning News. Jan. 22, 2021. Editorial: Denton County sheriff’s deputies took the wrong approach to a racist and dangerous situation...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press Jan. 25, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Omaha World-Herald. Jan. 22, 2021. Editorial: Creighton’s expanded global health outreach is timely and encouraging ...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jan. 25, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Des Moines Register. Jan. 21, 2021. Editorial: Iowa Legislature’s streaming of committee meetings is welcome, but the House’s procedure is...

The nineteenth century "Belle Epoque" hall of the fan hand-making museum is pictured in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Just like the leaves of its gilded fans, France's storied hand fan-making museum could fold up and vanish. The splendid Musee de l'Eventail in Paris, a classed historical monument, is the culture world's latest coronavirus victim. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Paris' virus-battered Fan Museum thrown life-line

Jan. 25, 2021 09:44 AM EST

In this photo provided by the South African Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS) pallbearers carry the coffin in Witbank, South Africa, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, at the funeral of Cabinet minister Jackson Mthembu, who died of COVID-19 last week. Police are investigating the premier of the Mpumalanga province Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane for failing to wear a mask and for hugging a police officer at the public funeral. (Kopano Tlape/South African Government Communication and Information Services via AP)
South African cops investigate official for not wearing mask

By Mogomotsi Magome Jan. 25, 2021 09:37 AM EST

Workers spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Thailand on Monday registered a new daily high of over 900 confirmed new cases of the coronavirus at the province near the capital Bangkok, where a major outbreak occurred in December. (AP Photo)
Thailand confirms record 914 new coronavirus cases

Jan. 25, 2021 09:36 AM EST

Ulsan Hyundai's players celebrate with a trophy after the AFC Champions League final match against Persepolis in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)
Asian Champions League announces pandemic-affected schedule

By John Duerden Jan. 25, 2021 09:27 AM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 file photo, officers of the German Federal Police check passengers arriving by plane from Prague at the Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany. The European Union's executive body proposed Monday Jan. 25, 2021, that the bloc's 27 nations impose more travel restrictions to counter the worrying spread of new coronavirus variants but make sure to keep goods and workers moving across EU borders. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP, File)
EU proposes more travel restrictions to stop virus variants

By Samuel Petrequin Jan. 25, 2021 09:12 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press Jan. 25, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Detroit News. Jan. 20, 2021. Editorial: Free Kilpatrick should start new life elsewhere Seven years in prison might be...

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2020 file photo, Geir O. Pedersen, UN Special Envoy for Syria, speaks during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. On Monday Jan. 25, 2021, delegations from Syria’s government, opposition and civil society started the fifth round of meetings in Geneva aimed at revising the constitution of the war-torn country. Syria’s nearly 10-year conflict has killed more than half a million people and displaced half the country’s pre-war 23 million population. (Salvatore Di Nolfi, Keystone via AP, File)
New round of talks on Syria's constitution begins in Geneva

Jan. 25, 2021 08:52 AM EST

FILE- This May 1, 2018, file photo shows Merck corporate headquarters in Kenilworth, N.J. The drugmaker will stop developing two potential COVID-19 vaccines after seeing poor results in early-stage studies. The company said Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, that it will focus instead on studying two possible treatments for the virus that also have yet to be approved by regulators. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Merck ends development of two potential COVID-19 vaccines

By Tom Murphy Jan. 25, 2021 08:06 AM EST

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 file photo, a man wearing a face mask asks for information at the Corona Center in Duisburg, Germany. The former Musical theater has been turned into a COVID-19 test and vaccination center. Thousands of elderly Germans faced online error messages and jammed up hotlines Monday as technical problems marred the start of the coronavirus vaccine campaign for over-80s in the country's most populous state. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Chaos mars over-80s vaccine start in major German state

By Frank Jordans Jan. 25, 2021 07:40 AM EST

People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk along pedestrian crossings Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 in Tokyo. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 600 new coronavirus cases on Monday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Job losses from virus 4 times as bad as '09 financial crisis

Jan. 25, 2021 07:01 AM EST

This image provided by Budweiser shows two health care workers getting vaccinated in an advertisement Budweiser is running before the Super Bowl. For the first time since 1983, when Anheuser-Busch used all of its ad time to introduce a beer called Bud Light, the beer giant isn't advertising its iconic Budweiser brand during the Super Bowl. Instead, it’s donating the money it would have spent on the ad to coronavirus vaccination awareness efforts.(Budweiser via AP)
Budweiser joins Coke, Pepsi brands in sitting out Super Bowl

By Mae Anderson And Dee-Ann Durbin Jan. 25, 2021 07:00 AM EST