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Simone Manuel of the United States, left, reacts with teammate Katie McLaughlin, right, at the pool during a swimming training session at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Ban on 'Soul Cap' spotlights lack of diversity in swimming

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 31, 2021 06:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2020, file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces a new round of restrictions due to rising cases of COVID-19 during a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Hogan has announced he is ending a state of emergency for COVID-19 on July 1. Hogan's announcement Tuesday, June 15, 2021, came one year and three months since Maryland confirmed its first cases of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)
Maryland governor ending COVID-19 state of emergency July 1

By Brian Witte Jun. 15, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this Monday, May 10, 2021, file photo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago. A white reporter for a conservative media outlet is suing Lightfoot over her decision to grant interviews at the midpoint of her first term only to journalists of color, saying she discriminated against him because of his race. Thomas Catenacci and his employer, the Daily Caller News Foundation, argue in the lawsuit filed Thursday, May, 27 that Lightfoot violated their First Amendment rights and Catenacci's right to equal protection. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
Chicago to join Illinois in fully reopening June 11

Jun. 03, 2021 08:03 PM EDT

Danes present digital coronavirus passport for travel abroad

May. 28, 2021 07:32 AM EDT
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish government on Friday presented its digital coronavirus passport enabling people to travel abroad or, in Denmark, go to...

Roberto Novo, left, styles the hair of Madelon Spier while his two French bulldogs keep them company in an apartment Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in New York. Novo started offering older clients free haircuts during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)
Celebrity stylist gives free haircuts to isolated clients

By Emily Leshner And Luis Andres Henao May. 18, 2021 10:04 AM EDT

Nicholas Sugiarto, of San Diego, Calif., a student at Dartmouth College, stands for a photograph on the school's campus, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Hanover, N.H. A wave of anti-Asian attacks that started more than a year ago with the pandemic, along with the March 2021 shootings in Atlanta that left six Asian women dead, have provoked national conversations about the visibility of Asian Americans. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Racist attacks revive Asian American studies program demand

By Terry Tang May. 15, 2021 11:51 AM EDT

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announces the end of a statewide mask mandate during a news conference on Friday, May 14, 2021 in Annapolis, Md., following Centers for Disease Control guidance. The lifting of the mask mandate takes effect on Saturday, May 14, 2021. In alignment with CDC guidance, face coverings will still be required on public transportation, and in schools, child care and health care settings. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
Governor: Maryland ending statewide mask mandate on Saturday

By Brian Witte May. 14, 2021 05:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 2, 2021 file photo, a pharmacy technician loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. On Friday, March 7 The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that Pfizer admitted in its COVID-19 clinical trial protocol document that vaccinated people can “shed” the vaccine, emitting materials that can spread to unvaccinated people by inhalation or skin contact.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2021 01:21 PM EDT

Restrictions on restaurants, other businesses relaxed

May. 07, 2021 09:50 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Restaurants in Rhode Island are free to welcome more customers and the state's houses of worship can welcome more of the faithful...

Cuomo says indoor dining in NYC to go to 75% starting May 7

Apr. 30, 2021 01:25 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Restaurants in New York City can increase their indoor dining to 75% of capacity starting May 7, in line with the rest of the state, Gov....

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021, file photo, Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, speaks during a press conference in Chicago. Public health officials in Chicago hope more opportunities and incentives to get a COVID-19 vaccine will improve the vaccination rate among people older than 65 and in the city's largely Black and Latino communities."We all want to put this behind us, and getting a vaccination is the way to do it," Dr. Arwady, said Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
Chicago shifts focus to vaccination opportunities, incentive

Apr. 27, 2021 03:53 PM EDT

Andra Day arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool)
The Oscars bring back red carpet glam in whites, reds, gold

By Leanne Italie Apr. 25, 2021 06:47 PM EDT

Customer Kenta Yamazaki, a 24-year-old hairdresser, looks at beauty products at @cosme TOKYO, a store selling a selection of cosmetics and makeup products including men's cosmetic, in Tokyo's Harajuku district Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. The coronavirus pandemic has been pushing businesses to the edge in Japan, but some in the men's beauty industry have seen an unexpected expansion in their customer base. Japanese businessmen in their 40s, 50s and 60s who had little interest in cosmetics before the pandemic are now buying makeup. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Japanese businessmen brighten makeup industry amid pandemic

By Chisato Tanaka Apr. 20, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

Wallace Wilson, top, cuts the hair of James McRae, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Hyattsville, Md. Wilson is a member of the Health Advocates In Reach & Research (HAIR) program, which helps barbers and hair stylists to get certified to talk to community members about health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of certified barbers have been providing factual information to customers about vaccines, a topic that historically has not been trusted by members of black communities because of the health abuse the race has endured over the years. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Barbers, artists help defy vaccine myths for people of color

By Julie Watson And Anita Snow Apr. 15, 2021 12:59 PM EDT

Early morning shoppers in Oxford Street, London, Monday April 12, 2021. Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting road map. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
Chilly weather doesn't dampen UK joy at lockdown easing

By Jill Lawless Apr. 12, 2021 05:25 AM EDT

Harriet Henry, manager of The Tea Room in Knutsford, England, poses with the Open sign outside her cafe, as she prepares to open, Sunday April 11, 2021. Millions of people in Britain will get their first chance in months for haircuts, casual shopping and restaurant meals on Monday, as the government takes the next step on its lockdown-lifting roadmap. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
Pubs, hairdressers set to reopen as UK eases virus lockdown

By Jill Lawless Apr. 11, 2021 11:58 AM EDT

Maria Castrejon, 71, grimaces as she is vaccinated with a second dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at the Americas Cultural Center, in Ecatepec, Mexico, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Mexico's vaccine campaign faces problems, successes

Apr. 06, 2021 03:23 PM EDT

A hiring information sign is displayed at a fast food restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill., Friday, April 2, 2021. America's employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks flow through the economy and businesses increasingly reopen. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
From child care to COVID, rising job market faces obstacles

By Christopher Rugaber Apr. 03, 2021 10:31 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2020 file photo, Karl Manke cuts hair in Owosso, Mich. The Michigan barber who defied Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and reopened his shop last spring during the coronavirus pandemic was fined $9,000 for violating licensing rules. (AP Photo /Lansing State Journal via AP)
Michigan fines barber over Capitol protest, other violations

By David Eggert Mar. 30, 2021 10:15 AM EDT

A woman crosses a street as police surround a bar they raid in Warsaw, Poland, Friday March 26, 2021. A raft of new pandemic restrictions take effect in Poland on Saturday to slow the spread of infection in what has become of the new global hot spot for the virus, but even earlier restrictions are being defied by some.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Some Poles flout virus rules as harder lockdown takes effect

By Vanessa Gera And Rafal Niedzielski Mar. 27, 2021 04:54 AM EDT