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FILE - Sen. Alex Kasser, D-Greenwich, the Senate vice chairman of the General Assembly's Transportation Committee, speaks following a meeting at the Connecticut Department of Transportation offices on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Newington, Conn. Connecticut state Sen. Kasser, the first Democrat elected by her Fairfield County district since 1930, announced Tuesday, June 22, 2021, she is resigning from office. She cited her high-profile and contentious divorce, saying she's no longer able to adequately do her job. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh, File)
Connecticut lawmaker resigns state Senate, citing divorce

By Susan Haigh Jun. 22, 2021 02:45 PM EDT

Men wait to load their horse-drawn carts with the catch brought by fishermen at Bargny beach, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of Dakar, Senegal, Thursday April 22, 2021. In Bargny and other coastal villages of Senegal, traditional fishing and processing of the catch is a livelihood and a pride. Methods have been passed down through generations. Women work as processors — drying, smoking, salting and fermenting the catch brought home by men. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Hit by COVID, Senegal's women find renewed hope in fishing

By Carley Petesch May. 10, 2021 02:24 AM EDT

A woman gestures as a man unloads his horse-drawn cart of the catch brought by fishermen at Bargny beach, some 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of Dakar, Senegal, Thursday April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Hit by COVID, Senegal's women find renewed hope in fishing

By Carley Petesch May. 10, 2021 02:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2019, file photo, Bill and Melinda Gates smile at each other during an interview in Kirkland, Wash. The couple announced Monday, May 3, 2021, that they are divorcing. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, with whom he launched the world's largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Bill and Melinda Gates divorce could shake up philanthropy

By Haleluya Hadero And Glenn Gamboa May. 04, 2021 05:46 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2005, file photo, Bill Gates, founder and chairman of Microsoft Corp., center, and his wife Melinda, left, walk on a street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The couple announced Monday, May 3, 2021, that they are divorcing. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, with whom he launched the world's largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (AP Photo/Gazi Sarwar, File)
Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are getting divorced

By Sally Ho May. 03, 2021 06:25 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2019 file photo, philanthropist and Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates gestures as he speaks to the audience during the Global Fund to Fight AIDS event at the Lyon's congress hall, central France. A new mass fundraising campaign, launched Wednesday, April 28, 2021, by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the WHO Foundation, and corporate, religious, and world leaders, aims to inspire 50 million people around the world to make small donations to Covax, the international effort to push for equitable global distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Gates aids fundraising drive for global vaccine distribution

By Emily Haynes Of The Chronicle Of Philanthropy Apr. 28, 2021 11:42 AM EDT

Blinken urges nations to add $2B more to UN vaccine program

By Jamey Keaten Apr. 15, 2021 10:06 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appealed Thursday for other countries to inject another $2 billion into a U.N.-backed program to ship...

This undated photo provided by Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day shows the virtual Red Nose that donors can purchase to show their support of the Red Nose Day campaign. (Red Nose Day via AP)
Red Nose Day shifts to year-round fundraising amid pandemic

By Glenn Gamboa Apr. 07, 2021 12:58 PM EDT

FILE - Melinda Gates attends a meeting at the G-7 Finance in Chantilly, north of Paris, on Thursday, July 18, 2019. Philanthropy is in a unique position to speed global change, but government action is necessary to implement it, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)
Melinda Gates says philanthropy, government work best united

By Glenn Gamboa Mar. 17, 2021 03:51 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 file photo, Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. On Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Biden swore on a “Masonic/Illuminati” Bible during his inauguration. It is a Douay-Rheims Bible, an English translation of a Latin Bible, which has been in the Biden family since the 1890s. Robert Miller, professor of biblical studies at The Catholic University of America, says, “Nothing even vaguely Masonic would have been anywhere near these Bibles. … Same thing for the ‘Illuminati,’ to the extent that such a thing existed: repeatedly condemned by the Popes and certainly coming nowhere into contact with Catholic Bibles.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Associated Press Jan. 29, 2021 03:45 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press Jan. 25, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Omaha World-Herald. Jan. 22, 2021. Editorial: Creighton’s expanded global health outreach is timely and encouraging ...

FILE - In this April 18, 2019, file photo, Melinda Gates poses for a photo with her new book, "The Moment of Lift," in Kirkland, Wash. The editorial board of The Dallas Morning News has picked philanthropist Melinda Gates as its "Texan of the Year," in part for her work to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Dallas Morning News names Melinda Gates 'Texan of the Year'

Jan. 02, 2021 11:06 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Dec. 18, 2020 03:46 PM EST
Recent editorials of regional and national interest from New England’s newspapers: CONNECTICUT: Bipartisan interest...

Meals on Wheels volunteers sort prepared meals prior to deliver to seniors, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 at the Renton Senior Activity Center in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. Nationally, Meals on Wheels America said its 5,000 community programs are, on average, serving more meals this year compared to in 2019, and nearly all of them are facing financial strain because the COVID-19 pandemic has also forced them to buy additional safety equipment and pay drivers to replace volunteers. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Donations soar but nonprofits still struggle with pandemic

By Sally Ho Dec. 13, 2020 11:09 AM EST

Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
The Latest: COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in Canada

The Associated Press Dec. 13, 2020 01:53 AM EST

Medial workers carry a patient infected with the coronavirus onto an ambulance at an elderly care facility in Ulsan, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. South Korea's health minister said Monday that the Seoul metropolitan area is now a "COVID-19 war zone," as the country reported another 615 new infections and the virus appeared to be spreading faster. (Kim Young-tae/Yonhap via AP)
WHO tries to bolster fragile funding with new foundation CEO

By Lori Hinnant Dec. 07, 2020 04:37 AM EST

A young man on a bicycle passes a mobile clinic, background left, run by the Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (RHI) in the Soshanguve Township, north of Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Nov. 26 2020. The successful trials of a new injectable drug that needs to be taken every eight weeks to prevent HIV infection is being lauded on World AIDS Day as a turning point for the fight against a global health threat that's been eclipsed by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
On World AIDS Day, South Africa finds hope in new treatment

By Mogomotsi Magome Dec. 01, 2020 05:17 AM EST

French President Emmanuel Macron attends the Paris Peace Forum at The Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)
Europe, Gates pledge funds to get vaccines tor poor nations

Nov. 12, 2020 01:50 PM EST

FILE - In this Monday, May 25, 2020 file photo, a vile of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on a shelf during testing at the Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Refrigeration, cargo planes, and, above all, money: All risk being in short supply for the international initiative to get coronavirus vaccines to the world’s most vulnerable people. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble

By Maria Cheng And Lori Hinnant Oct. 01, 2020 06:17 AM EDT

North Carolina Department Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen encourages North Carolinians to wear a face mask in public during a briefing on North Carolina's coronavirus pandemic response held at the North Carolina Emergency Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
The Latest: US extends ban on cruise ships through October

By The Associated Press Sep. 30, 2020 01:17 AM EDT