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Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 27, 2021. Editorial: Ohio lawmakers should resist urge to score political points by cutting income tax ...

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Jun. 22, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Chicago Tribune. June 15, 2021. Editorial: Pass it: A gun safety bill even gun-rights groups support More than two...

Pandemic-delayed surgeries share blame for blood shortage

Jun. 20, 2021 01:09 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Some New England hospitals are delaying or rescheduling surgeries because of a shortage of blood donations during the pandemic. ...

People queue at an NHS Vaccination Clinic at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in north London, Sunday, June 20, 2021. The NHS is braced for high demand as anyone in England over the age of 18 can now book a Covid-19 vaccination jab. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
The Latest: Blood shortage forces New England surgery delay

By The Associated Press Jun. 20, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

Medical marijuana law changes get through Pennsylvania House

Jun. 07, 2021 04:14 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state House on Monday approved a set of revisions to Pennsylvania's medical marijuana law, seeking to make permanent some of the...

Medical marijuana law changes pass Pennsylvania House panel

May. 24, 2021 01:50 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to permanently adopt pandemic-prompted changes to Pennsylvania's medical marijuana law passed a state House committee on...

Prof working to make environmentally friendly disinfectant

May. 16, 2021 10:33 AM EDT
ORONO, Maine (AP) — The federal government has awarded more than $300,000 to a University of Maine engineering professor who is working to increase production...

Complaint may spur review of meat industry's virus response

By Josh Funk Apr. 07, 2021 05:42 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A union complaint about whether an Oklahoma meatpacking plant is doing enough to protect workers from the coronavirus could test the...

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020 file photo, traffic passes the Boeing airplane production plant, in Everett, Wash. U.S. manufacturers expanded in March 2021 at the fastest pace in 37 years, a sign of strengthening demand as the pandemic wanes and government emergency aid flows through the economy. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)
US factory activity expands at fastest pace since 1983

By Christopher Rugaber Apr. 01, 2021 10:26 AM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, administers the ceremonial swearing-in of Michael Regan as EPA administrator in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. With EPA Administrator Regan are his wife Melvina Thomas Regan, son Matthew Silas, 7. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
AP Interview: EPA head removes Trump-era science advisers

By Matthew Daly Mar. 31, 2021 11:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Mar. 19, 2021 04:16 PM EDT
New London Day. March 18, 2021. Editorial: Legislative approval of deal looks like a good bet The deal announced...

FILE - In this May 13, 2020, file photo, Ford Motor Co., line workers put together ventilators that the automaker is assembling at the Ford Rawsonville plant in Ypsilanti Township, Mich. Severe winter weather pushed industrial production down a sharp 2.2% in February, reflecting a big decline in factory output. The Federal Reserve reported Tuesday, March 16, 2021, that the sharp fall in industrial output interrupted a string of positive gains beginning in October as U.S. factories were recovering from the pandemic-induced recession of last spring. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Icy weather sends industrial production down 2.2% last month

By Martin Crutsinger Mar. 16, 2021 09:38 AM EDT

Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Philadelphia and three other municipalities in Pennsylvania sued the state Wednesday over what they say was a covert abuse of legislative power to temporarily halt local bans or taxes on plastic bags handed out to customers by retailers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania hauled to court over blocking plastic bag bans

By Claudia Lauer And Marc Levy Mar. 03, 2021 04:44 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Mar. 03, 2021 01:04 PM EST
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ March 3 The Advocate on a scientific report...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Erie Times-News. Feb. 17, 2021. Editorial: Pennsylvania must stop killing the Chesapeake Bay State Sen. Gene Yaw of...

In this photo taken during a four-day meeting held from Feb. 8, 2021 until Feb. 11, 2021 and provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of Central Committee of Worker’s Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korean. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Kim lays blame at officials for N. Korea's economic failures

By Kim Tong-Hyung Feb. 11, 2021 09:15 PM EST

FILE - Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard holds up the Gillette Heated Razor during a Procter & Gamble news conference, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. Procter & Gamble's sales were up last year, since it happens to make just about everything people needed while staying at home: Charmin toilet paper, Bounty paper towels and Tide laundry detergent. While Gillette razors sales have slumped Pritchard has talked about people's shaving habits and how P&G is creating products for consumers who are home more. (AP Photo/John Locher, file)
What do consumers want now? P&G bets on beard oil, cleaners

By Joseph Pisani Jan. 31, 2021 01:00 PM EST

In this photo provided by Paul Juarez, refrigerators are stocked with produce, milk and juice at Linda Tutt High School's student-led grocery store on Nov. 20, 2020, in Sanger, Texas. (Paul Juarez via AP)
Student-run free grocery store helps feed town's hungry

By Luis Andres Henao Jan. 26, 2021 10:13 AM EST

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, acknowledges to the applauds after he made his closing remarks at a ruling party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Kim vowed all-out efforts to bolster his country's nuclear deterrent during the major ruling party meeting where he earlier laid out plans to work toward salvaging the broken economy. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korea ends party meeting with calls for nuclear might

By Kim Tong-Hyung Jan. 12, 2021 07:50 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

By The Associated Press Dec. 23, 2020 12:10 PM EST
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: ___ Dec. 22 The Advocate on new investments in the...