Government pensions and social security
Rafka Nassim, 71, left, meets with her daughter Claudette Rizk through a plastic barrier to avoid contracting the coronavirus, at the Social Services Medical Association, a rehabilitation hospital and nursing home in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Thursday, June 10, 2021. With virtually no national welfare system, Lebanon’s elderly are left to fend for themselves amid their country’s economic turmoil. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
In times of crises, Lebanon's old must fend for themselves

By Sarah El Deeb Jun. 22, 2021 02:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2013 file photo, a family leaves a local Walmart in Mexico City. Walmart de Mexico, the country’s biggest retailer, announced the week of June 18, 2021, that its grocery store baggers wouldn’t be allowed back, as the coronavirus pandemic and changing consumer habits threaten to put an end to a decades-old practice of allowing elderly people in Mexico to earn extra income as baggers. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Mexican elderly lose work as grocery baggers, protest

Jun. 18, 2021 10:54 AM EDT

This photo provided by Bill Mathis shows him and his first grade teacher in the mid-1990s in Michigan, where he grew up. He credits her and another teacher with inspiring him to become a teacher. (Courtesy Bill Mathis via AP)
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting

By Martha Irvine May. 12, 2021 01:04 AM EDT

Bill Mathis packages THC products in Hazel Park, Mich., Thursday, April 29, 2021. A former teacher, Mathis has taken a new job in Michigan’s newly legalized cannabis industry. The pay is better, the hours more regular, the stress less, he says. No longer does he worry that he’ll catch COVID-19. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting

By Martha Irvine May. 12, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

FILE- This June 6, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. The Treasury Department says it will employ extraordinary measures to avoid an unprecedented default on the national debt this summer, but officials say those measures could be exhausted “much more quickly” than normal given the unusual circumstances of the global pandemic. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Treasury warns of need to deal with national debt limit

By Martin Crutsinger May. 05, 2021 09:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo Edouard Joseph, 91, right, clasps his hands as geriatrician Megan Young, left, prepares to give him a COVID-19 vaccination at his home in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston. A majority of Americans agree that government should help people fulfill a widely held aspiration to age in their own homes, not institutional settings, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
AP-NORC poll: Government should help Americans age at home

By Emily Swanson And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar May. 03, 2021 08:03 AM EDT

Workers stand near mock graves representing the deaths of labor rights during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Workers in Indonesia marked international labor day on Saturday curtailed by strict limits on public gatherings to express anger at a new law they say could harm labor rights and welfare. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Workers protest Indonesia's labor law in May Day rallies

By Niniek Karmini And Andi Jatmiko May. 01, 2021 02:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo travellers request an Uber ride at Los Angeles International Airport, USA. The San Francisco-based ride hailing giant Uber said Thursday April 29, 2021, it aims to recruit 20,000 more drivers in the U.K. to help fill swelling demand for rides as the country's coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Uber to recruit 20,000 UK drivers on post-lockdown demand

Apr. 29, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Apr. 27, 2021 10:32 AM EDT
Chicago Tribune. April 26, 2021. Editorial: The Illinois Exodus continues. We’re losing a congressional seat. Illinois...

This undated photo provided by Melanie for New Mexico shows Melanie Stansbury. Stansbury's campaign points out that she co-sponsored a 2020 bill to roll back state taxes on Social Security benefits. The bill was sidelined without a House or Senate floor vote in the Democrat-led Legislature. (Melanie for New Mexico via AP)
Energy, voting rights loom in congressional special election

By Morgan Lee Apr. 13, 2021 08:00 PM EDT

Florida lawmakers await revenue data as they consider budget

Apr. 04, 2021 09:02 AM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Both chambers of the Florida Legislature will take up their respective budget proposals during floor sessions this week, as they now...

President Joe Biden takes his face mask off before speaking during an event to mark International Women's Day, Monday, March 8, 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
$1.9T Biden relief package a bet government can help cure US

By Josh Boak And Lisa Mascaro Mar. 09, 2021 12:11 AM EST

President Joe Biden leaves with Vice President Kamala Harris and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after speaking during an event to mark International Women's Day, Monday, March 8, 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden's big relief package a bet gov't can help cure America

By Josh Boak And Lisa Mascaro Mar. 08, 2021 05:53 PM EST

Canada Pension Plan CEO resigns after travelling for vaccine

Feb. 26, 2021 09:51 AM EST
TORONTO (AP) — The chief executive of the fund that manages Canada Pension Plan investments has resigned after it was revealed that he had traveled to the...

Puerto Rico rejects key deal with creditors to reduce debt

By Dánica Coto Feb. 23, 2021 08:40 AM EST
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor announced Tuesday that a federal control board reached a key deal that would reduce the U.S. territory’s...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The Democratic governor is dismissing criticism of her budget proposals from Republican legislators as an expected negotiating tactic. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas governor's budget includes proposals GOP has rejected

By John Hanna Jan. 13, 2021 02:43 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. Gov. Andy Beshear proposed an infusion of aid into Kentucky's coronavirus-battered economy on Thursday evening, Jan. 7, 2021, announcing an ambitious budget plan that includes down-payments on his long-running goals of raising salaries for teachers and boosting public education funding.(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)
Kentucky governor proposes quick virus aid in budget plan

By Bruce Schreiner Jan. 07, 2021 07:14 PM EST

Slovenia's health minister steps down amid virus pandemic

Dec. 18, 2020 08:42 AM EST
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s health minister resigned Friday after his party left the country's ruling center-right coalition, a blow to Prime...

FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2013, file photo, visitors use the Unemployment Insurance phone bank at the California Employment Development Department office in Sacramento, Calif. Federal prosecutors in California have accused four women of filing fraudulent unemployment benefits. The charges are part of a broader investigation of fraud in the state's distribution of more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits since the pandemic began. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Fraudulent unemployment claims filed in name of U.S. senator

By Adam Beam Dec. 17, 2020 08:55 PM EST

Ahold Delhaize online sales soar amid global pandemic

Nov. 04, 2020 06:42 AM EST
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Soaring online sales amid the global coronavirus pandemic boosted global retailer Ahold Delhaize's earnings in the third quarter,...