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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, a registered nurse tends to a COVID-19 patient as another puts on her protective gear in Orange, Calif. With more than 600,000 Americans dead of COVID-19 and questions still raging about the origin of the virus and the government's response, a push is underway on Capitol Hill and beyond for a full-blown investigation of the crisis by a national commission like the one that looked into 9/11. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
As COVID-19 crisis ebbs, some seeking 9/11-style commission

By Jay Reeves And Michael Kunzelman Jun. 17, 2021 12:19 PM EDT

Producer Lin-Manuel Miranda, right, and wife Vanessa Nadal attend the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival opening night premiere of "In The Heights" at the United Palace theater on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Curtain rises on the Tribeca Festival, and on New York, too

By Jake Coyle Jun. 09, 2021 03:02 PM EDT

This May 22, 2020, photo provided by Samuel Slavin shows Slavin an internal medicine resident in Boston. The Library of Congress has acquired a digital archive of the real-time impressions of more than 200 frontline health care workers, including Slavin, documenting the country’s descent into the coronavirus pandemic. Slavin reflected on the “unpredictable way these patients go down fast” and “how this is weighing on us as doctors.” (Samuel Slavin via AP)
Library of Congress gets health workers' audio COVID diaries

By Ashraf Khalil Jun. 08, 2021 12:35 PM EDT

University of Mississippi reopens the Grove for 2021 games

Jun. 01, 2021 03:06 PM EDT
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The Grove at the University of Mississippi will reopen for pregame and postgame parties during the 2021 football season after being closed...

Indoor events bring virus outbreak in Republic, Washington

May. 01, 2021 07:19 PM EDT
REPUBLIC, Wash. (AP) — About 10% of the population of Republic, a small city in north-central Washington, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak...

A demonstrator with the Brazilian flag painted on his face, shouts slogans during a caravan backing President Jair Bolsonaro’s anti-coronavirus-lockdown stance, marking May Day, or International Workers' Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
The Latest: 10% of Washington town positive for COVID-19

By The Associated Press May. 01, 2021 05:42 AM EDT

Dr. Mysheika W. Roberts, the health commissioner for Columbus Public Health, poses for a portrait in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Public health officials who have juggled bare-bones budgets for years are happy to have the additional money prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet they worry it will soon dry up as the pandemic recedes, continuing a boom-bust funding cycle that has plagued the U.S. public health system for decades. If budgets are slashed again, they warn, that could leave the nation where it was before covid: unprepared for a health crisis. “We need funds that we can depend on year after year,” says Roberts. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
Public health seeks steady funding, not feast or famine

By Michelle R. Smith, Lauren Weber And Hannah Recht Apr. 19, 2021 10:22 AM EDT

Dr. Mysheika W. Roberts, the health commissioner for Columbus Public Health, poses for a portrait in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Public health officials who have juggled bare-bones budgets for years are happy to have the additional money prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet they worry it will soon dry up as the pandemic recedes, continuing a boom-bust funding cycle that has plagued the U.S. public health system for decades. If budgets are slashed again, they warn, that could leave the nation where it was before covid: unprepared for a health crisis. “We need funds that we can depend on year after year,” says Roberts. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
Billions spent on coronavirus fight, but what happens next?

By Michelle R. Smith, Lauren Weber And Hannah Recht Apr. 19, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Apr. 14, 2021 08:51 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 14 The Chicago Tribune...

Sept. 11 tribute to once again include live reading of names

Mar. 11, 2021 01:44 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A year after a disagreement over coronavirus protocols spawned competing Sept. 11 ceremonies in New York, the 20th anniversary of the 2001...

This image provided by MSNBC shows Nicolle Wallace on the set of "Deadline: White House." (Nathan Congleton/MSNBC via AP)
A year into pandemic, some in media tell individual stories

By David Bauder Mar. 09, 2021 06:55 PM EST

Recent Missouri editorials

Jan. 12, 2021 09:10 AM EST
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jan. 8 From a historical perspective, last week’s events rank up there with the 9/11 attacks and the 1814...

The Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom, or the Lapu Lapu Monument, stands in Manila, Philippines, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. In 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines designated April 27 as a national holiday to honor Lapu-Lapu, the chief whose men killed Portuguese mariner Ferdinand Magellan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Global pandemic meets 500th anniversary of 1st global voyage

By Christopher Torchia Dec. 31, 2020 10:31 AM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2020, file photo, a health care worker carries a COVID-19 specimen from a motorist at a drive-thru testing site outside McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I. As officials met to discuss approval of a COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Dec. 10, the number of coronavirus deaths has grown bleaker than ever. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
One-day US deaths top 3,000, more than D-Day or 9/11

By Heather Hollingsworth And Marion Renault Dec. 10, 2020 01:21 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Dec. 09, 2020 03:45 PM EST
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Dec. 8 The Post and Courier on the rollout of...

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:30 PM EST
CANOE-KAYAK African Olympic canoe slalom qualifier in Basel, Switzerland from March 14-15 canceled. Pan American canoe...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:29 PM EST
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in...

In this May 1, 2020, file photo, protesters hold signs during an "Indiana Back to Work" rally at the Statehouse in Indianapolis.Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb's statewide mask mandate and six months of other coronavirus restrictions has stirred discontent among conservatives, complicating his front-runner campaign against underfunded Democratic challenger Woody Myers. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Fight looms over limiting Indiana governor's emergency power

By Tom Davies Nov. 07, 2020 07:11 AM EST

This May 19, 2019 photo provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shows workers during the L Project subway tunnel rehabilitation, in New York. Eight years ago Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, Superstorm Sandy pushed the Hudson River over its banks, sending 8 feet of water onto underground tracks and leaving the main waiting room unusable for months. New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which serves several million riders daily on subways, trains and buses, had to repair damage to more than a dozen bridges and tunnels, many pre-dating World War II, caused by tens of millions of gallons of saltwater. (Trent Reeves/Metropolitan Transportation Authority via AP)
8 years later, Sandy still costing transit systems billions

By David Porter Oct. 29, 2020 12:04 PM EDT

This image provided by Amazon Studios shows a scene from "All In: The Fight for Democracy." The election has unleashed an avalanche of documentaries like no season before it. Dozens of films, exploring issues from gerrymandering to white supremacists, have sought to illuminate the many issues and trends voters are confronting at the polls on Tuesday. In a presidential election of enormous stakes, filmmakers have rushed to finish their films before Election Day. (Amazon Studios via AP)
Ahead of the election, a landslide of documentaries

By Jake Coyle Oct. 28, 2020 12:10 PM EDT