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The Chinese and Olympic flags fly during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In Beijing, Olympic ideals coexist with authoritarian rule

By Tim Sullivan Feb. 04, 2022 11:17 PM EST

Los Angeles Philharmonic announces return to live concerts

Jun. 22, 2021 03:23 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Philharmonic will return to the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Oct. 9 after a 19-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2015 photo, a full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. On Friday, May 14, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed spending $11 billion on transportation improvements, half of it for a troubled bullet train intended to link California's major metropolitan areas eventually and projects supporting the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Democratic governor billed the proposal as a way not just to repair decaying roads and bridges but to "build a modernized transportation system for the next century." That also includes improving public transportation and the state's major ocean ports and encouraging more use of zero-emission vehicles. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
$11B for transit would aid bullet train, move Olympic crowds

By Don Thompson May. 14, 2021 07:56 PM EDT

Member of Congress applaud as President Joe Biden speaks to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
The Latest: In GOP response, Scott says US isn't racist

Apr. 28, 2021 05:23 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Apr. 12, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. April 11, 2021. Editorial: Shame on Ohio General Assembly members who prevaricate when asked to lead by example and...

A year later, Tupelo students work to complete tiny house

Apr. 04, 2021 11:54 AM EDT
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A group of Tupelo high school students is finishing construction of a tiny house a year after the project was put on hold because of the...

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Apr. 01, 2021 12:41 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Idaho lawmakers prefer potholes over pupils April 1 The...

A poster depicting transportation plans are on display behind Amtrak President and CEO William Flynn, center right, and Virginia Railway Express CEO Rich Dalton, left, during a news conference to announce the expansion of commuter rail in Virginia at the Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Alexandria Station, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Virginia inks $4 billion deal with Amtrak, CSX to boost rail

By Matthew Barakat Mar. 30, 2021 03:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 1996, file photo President Clinton talks in the Rose Garden of the White House prior to signing legislation overhauling America's welfare system. (AP Photo/J.Scott Applewhite, File)
Path from Clinton to Biden takes U-turn on debt, trade, more

By Josh Boak Mar. 28, 2021 07:46 AM EDT

California Assemblyman Rob Bonta speaks during a news conference shortly after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his nomination for state's attorney general, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
California governor chooses progressive lawmaker as top cop

By Kathleen Ronayne And Olga R. Rodriguez Mar. 24, 2021 09:22 PM EDT

President Joe Biden, center left, Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, second from right, meet with House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio Ore., second from left, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., right, Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairwoman Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., bottom right, and other members of the House of Representatives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2021, on infrastructure. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Pelosi pledges swift work on major infrastructure package

By Hope Yen Mar. 14, 2021 01:54 PM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on investments in infrastructure, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Washington. From left, Biden, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, on screen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden hopes infrastructure can bridge partisan divide

By Josh Boak And Matthew Daly Feb. 11, 2021 12:53 PM EST

Governor Gretchen Whitmer, left, speaks as Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, listens in Lansing, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)
Whitmer seeks boost in tuition, child care, bridge spending

By David Eggert Feb. 11, 2021 06:00 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard speaks during an NCAA college football news conference, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State's athletic budget outlook is better than expected, and the school will push forward with several initiatives that should create new revenue streams, athletic director Jamie Pollard said in a video sent to fans Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Iowa State athletic finances improving; new projects planned

Jan. 25, 2021 02:13 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Dec. 23, 2020 03:27 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: Transportation funding would benefit region ...

State halts vaccine plan that put retail before care homes

By Sam Metz Dec. 02, 2020 09:17 PM EST
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada officials said they plan to revise their coronavirus vaccine distribution plan to align with interim recommendations that a U.S...

FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2020, file photo, a man walks past the closed Cafe Du Monde restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Prospects for more federal stimulus this year appear all but dead, clouding the future for the unemployed, for small businesses and for the economy as a whole. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
As virus resurges, so does fear of more economic pain ahead

By Christoper Rugaber Oct. 26, 2020 12:05 PM EDT

Round Island Lighthouse open for first time in 6 months

Sep. 28, 2020 12:17 PM EDT
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — A lighthouse on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has reopened to the public, after being shuttered six months because of the coronavirus...

FILE - In this June 25, 2020, file photo Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on the House East Front Steps on Capitol Hill in Washington ahead of the House vote on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. California Congresswoman Bass has emerged a leading contender to be Democrats' vice presidential candidate. Allies say her reputation as a bridge-builder would make her a strong partner to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
'Building bridges': How Bass became a leading VP contender

By Kathleen Ronayne Jul. 31, 2020 12:53 AM EDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte walk to attend a press conference in the garden of the German governmental guest house in Meseberg, outside Berlin, Monday, July 13, 2020. (Tobias Schwarz/Pool photo via AP)
Merkel: 2nd summit may be needed to forge EU stimulus deal

By Frank Jordans Jul. 13, 2020 01:18 PM EDT