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FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2008, file photo, Nicholas Burns announces his retirement at the State Department in Washington. President Joe Biden is facing a fresh challenge to his oft-repeated commitment to diversity in his administration: assembling a diplomatic corps that gives a nod to key political allies and donors while staying true to a campaign pledge to appoint ambassadors who look like America. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

AP source: Biden picks LA mayor, envoy for ambassador posts

By Michael Balsamo And Michael R. Blood May. 27, 2021 12:08 AM EDT

AP source: Biden picks LA mayor, envoy for ambassador posts

By Michael Balsamo And Michael R. Blood May. 26, 2021 03:42 PM EDT

Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill

By Tali Arbel May. 12, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 03:39 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Tennessee newspapers: ___ April 20 The Johnson City Press on continuing...

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2018, file photo, Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, left, D-Los Angeles, left, and Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, smile after their net neutrality bill was approved by the Senate, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. The Trump administration sued to block California's 2018 law, preventing it from taking effect for years. The Biden administration dropped that suit. The telecom industry is still fighting the law, but a judge ruled in February that California could begin enforcing it. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

EXPLAINER: California's net neutrality law springs to life

By Tali Arbel Mar. 25, 2021 12:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2021 file photo, a Suder Montessori Magnet Elementary School teacher speaks to students during a virtual class outside of the school in solidarity with pre-K educators forced back into the building in Chicago. When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, leaders had to figure out how to get kids online. In a patchwork approach borne of desperation, they scrounged wireless hot spots, struck deals with cable companies and even created networks of their own. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

'Big burden' for schools trying to give kids internet access

By Tali Arbel Mar. 14, 2021 12:21 PM EDT

State lawmakers look to plug-in disconnected Marylanders

By Jack Hogan Jan. 30, 2021 10:00 AM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Maryland state lawmakers aim to amend inequities in broadband internet access that the coronavirus pandemic has accentuated. ...

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 02:52 PM EST
Recent editorials from Idaho newspapers: Nothing grabs a politician’s attention like a wallet Jan. 20 ...

Maryland lawmakers say it’s time to close the digital divide

By Brenda Wintrode And Sean Mcgoey Of Capital News Service Nov. 24, 2020 04:38 PM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — After Kimberly Vasquez’s two younger sisters log into their virtual classrooms from their Baltimore home, there’s barely enough bandwidth...

Volunteers load up vehicles at the Johnstown Galleria in Johnstown, Pa. for the fourth Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank drive-up distribution event on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. (Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)

Wolf roils youth sports world by urging halt until January

By Mark Scolforo Aug. 06, 2020 04:09 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019, file photo the symbol for Comcast appears on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York. The coronavirus pandemic took a toll on Comcast in the second quarter as movie theaters closed, theme parks shut down and advertisers cut back. The company reported Thursday, July 30, 2020, that its NBCUniversal TV, film and theme park divisions, as well as its Sky unit in Europe, all suffered steep drops in revenue in the April-June quarter. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Pandemic hits Comcast 2Q; Peacock service has 10M sign-ups

By Tali Arbel Jul. 30, 2020 07:53 AM EDT

This photo combo shows from left, Lisa Su, president and CEO of AMD, David M. Zaslav, President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Communications, General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra, Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Robert A. Iger and Netflix Founder and CEO Reed Hastings. The typical pay package for CEOs at the biggest U.S. companies topped $12.3 million in 2019, and the gap between the boss and their workforces widened further, according to AP’s annual survey of executive compensation. (AP Photo/File)

CEO pay has topped $12.3M. Can it keep rising post-pandemic?

By Stan Choe May. 27, 2020 12:08 PM EDT

Universal Boulevard, the main entrance into the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Fla., is deserted Wednesday, April 1, 2020, as the Universal parks, shopping and hotel properties remain closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Universal has extended their closed-dates through April 19 for all their properties in Florida and California because of the virus crisis. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Virus-related delays for Universal parks in Florida, Japan

By Mike Schneider Apr. 30, 2020 05:28 PM EDT

A police officer controls vehicles waiting in line at a drive-thru pet food bank held by the Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department at the Pet Adoption and Protection Center, during the new coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

More than 432,000 jobless claims filed in Florida last week

By Mike Schneider Apr. 30, 2020 11:53 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019, file photo the symbol for Comcast appears on a screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York. Comcast’s net income slid in the first three months of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic forced it to shut down its theme parks and its movies were kept out of shuttered theaters. On the cable side, the biggest source of the company’s profits, Comcast lost 409,000 video customers, as cord-cutting accelerated, and added 477,000 internet customers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Comcast profit slides as pandemic hits movies, theme parks

By Tali Arbel Apr. 30, 2020 07:00 AM EDT