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Richardson Viano, of Haiti, celebrates after finishing the men's slalom run 2 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. Haiti sent skier Richardson Viano to China as its first winter Olympian ever. Like Viano, who learned to ski in France after he was adopted by a French family, most of the African and Caribbean participants in the Games either trained or lived in countries with ski slopes and training facilities. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
On the slopes, a struggle for Black skiers’ Olympic dreams

By Aaron Morrison Feb. 16, 2022 07:46 PM EST

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference on details of his plan for Texas to build a border wall and provide $250 million in state funds as a "down payment.", Wednesday, June 16, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Texas' Abbott leads GOP push for Trump-style border measures

By Paul J. Weber Jun. 24, 2021 01:43 PM EDT

Study finds third of un-vaxxed New Mexicans don't want doses

Jun. 23, 2021 01:04 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico has helped lead a national study of hesitancy surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, which found it prevalent in...

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2008 file photo, Sonia Chang-Diaz speaks at a news conference in Boston. Mass. State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, a critic of Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, announced, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, that she is running for Massachusetts governor next year — adding another Democrat candidate to a burgeoning campaign. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye, File)
State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz announces campaign for governor

By Steve Leblanc Jun. 23, 2021 08:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 17, 2020, file photo, a patient is loaded into an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by more than 30% last year, with two devastating surges eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most complete assessment yet of the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 22, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra tries on a Colorado-themed mask given to him by U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., during a visit to a pair of buses set up as traveling clinics as part of the state's "Vaccines For All" campaign Friday, June 18, 2021, in Aurora, Colo. The buses are being used to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Top US health official visits Colorado to promote vaccines

By Patty Nieberg Jun. 18, 2021 01:17 PM EDT

California celebrates vaccine equity efforts, urges more

Jun. 16, 2021 09:46 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Public officials and labor leaders at a virtual town hall Wednesday urged continued efforts to vaccinate essential workers who are largely...

Virus cases drop, health officials warn of fall resurgence

By Stephen Groves Jun. 16, 2021 03:24 PM EDT
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials warned Wednesday that despite coronavirus cases declining to the lowest rates since the early days of...

FILE - In this July 21, 2020, file photo, a homeowner tours his new home, in Washingtonville, N.Y.  Two studies released Wednesday, June 16, 2021, found that the nation's housing availability and affordability crisis is expected to worsen significantly following the pandemic, likely widening the housing gap between Black, Latino and white households, as well as putting homeownership out of the reach of lower class Americans. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Millions fear eviction as US housing crisis worsens

By Ken Sweet And Michael Casey Jun. 16, 2021 12:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2021, file photo, a woman, wearing a protective mask due to the coronavirus, walks past the signs of an employment agency, in Manchester, N.H. A new report finds that Latinas have left the workforce at rates higher than any other demographic and also have had some of the highest unemployment rates throughout the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery

By Astrid Galvan Jun. 16, 2021 12:08 PM EDT

Tnisha Nation, left, Sandrea Guerrero, center, and Elena Mojica reach out to families in the San Antonio Independent School District, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in San Antonio. School districts that lost enrollment during the pandemic are looking anxiously to the fall to see how many families stick with the education choices they made over the last year. In hopes of boosting enrollment, many districts have launched new efforts to connect with families of young children, including blanketing communities with yard signs and enlisting bus drivers to call families. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
After enrollment dips, public schools hope for fall rebound

By Kalyn Belsha And Gabrielle Lamarr Lemee Of Chalkbeat And Annie Ma And Larry Fenn Of The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 03:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for COVID-19 testing at a site operated by CORE in Los Angeles. Virtually every state is reporting surges in cases and deaths. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 600,000, even as the vaccination drive has drastically slashed daily cases and deaths and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll

By Janie Har And Michael Kunzelman Jun. 15, 2021 12:46 PM EDT

Laura Ramos holds a photo of her brother Jerry Ramos at her home in Watsonville, Calif., Sunday, June 6, 2021. He died Feb. 15 at age 32, becoming not just one of the roughly 600,000 Americans who have now perished in the outbreak but another example of the virus’s strikingly uneven and ever-shifting toll on the nation’s racial and ethnic groups. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
As US COVID-19 death toll nears 600,000, racial gaps persist

By Carla K. Johnson, Olga R. Rodriguez And Angeliki Kastanis Jun. 14, 2021 11:15 AM EDT

Minnesota graduation rates hold steady despite pandemic

Jun. 10, 2021 11:47 AM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — High school graduation rates in Minnesota held steady in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting the last few months of the school...

Los Angeles FC head coach Bob Bradley watches from the sideline during the second half of an MLS soccer match against the Seattle Sounders, Sunday, May 16, 2021, in Seattle. The Sounders won 2-0. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
MLS to meet Mexican league counterparts in All-Star Game

By Joe Reedy Jun. 09, 2021 02:26 PM EDT

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Anthony Ramos in a scene from "In the Heights." (Warner Bros. via AP)
‘In the Heights’ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough

By Sigal Ratner-Arias Jun. 09, 2021 09:35 AM EDT

This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Jimmy Smits in a scene from "In the Heights." (Macall Polay/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)
‘In the Heights’ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough

By Sigal Ratner-Arias Jun. 09, 2021 09:30 AM EDT

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from "In the Heights." (Warner Bros. via AP)
'For the culture': The moment arrives for 'In the Heights'

By Jake Coyle Jun. 08, 2021 05:06 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt speaks during a news conference outside of the Clark County Election Department in North Las Vegas, Nev. Florida Sen. Rick Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senate Committee says he expects former Laxalt to challenge incumbent Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto next year. (AP Photo/John Locher)
GOP chair expects former Nevada AG Laxalt to run for Senate

By Michelle L. Price And Steve Peoples Jun. 07, 2021 04:49 PM EDT

Peggy Franklin, a volunteer nurse from Reno, administers vaccines at a mobile vaccination clinic held at a tribal health center on the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation and Colony on May 18, 2021 in Fallon, Nev. It's one of several methods health officials are employing here and across the country to bring vaccines directly to people to counter waning demand. In tiny towns, ballparks, strip clubs, and marijuana dispensaries, officials are setting up shop and offering incentives to entice people who so far have not gotten shots. (AP Photo/Sam Metz)
Mobile vaccination units hit tiny US towns to boost immunity

By Scott Sonner And Sam Metz May. 31, 2021 11:17 AM EDT

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