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FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2015, file photo Ray Curry, a regional director of the United Auto Workers, speaks in Chattanooga, Tenn. On Monday, June 28, 2021, Curry was elected president of the union. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)
New UAW president will face huge post-pandemic challenges

By Tom Krisher Jun. 28, 2021 03:31 PM EDT

FILE - This April 8, 2020, file photo shows the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. A group representing pork producers urged the federal government Tuesday, May 25, 2021, to let them continue an effort to speed up the processing of pigs into bacon and ham despite a union's claim that the increased volume endangers workers. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
Pork group asks USDA to support faster slaughterhouse speeds

By David Pitt May. 25, 2021 01:17 PM EDT

Exterior view of the European Medicines Agency, EMA, in Amsterdam's business district, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Experts at the European Medicines Agency are preparing to present the conclusions of their investigation later on Tuesday into possible links between the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and very rare cases of unusual clotting disorders detected in the U.S. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
EU agency links J&J shot to rare clots, says odds favor use

By Maria Cheng Apr. 20, 2021 03:51 AM EDT

A sign advertising pizza is posted outside a home in Scottsdale, Ariz. on April 3, 2021. Beaten down by the pandemic, some laid-off or idle restaurant workers have pivoted to dishing out food from home. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Pandemic-weary chefs, cooks enjoy serving from home

By Terry Tang Apr. 08, 2021 09:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2020, file photo, demonstrators shout slogans while carrying a sign calling for a recall on Gov. Gavin Newsom during a protest against a stay-at-home order amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Huntington Beach, Calif. Newsom is facing the possibility that he could be removed by voters in a recall election later this year, in the midst of his four-year term. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
EXPLAINER: Why is California Gov. Newsom facing a recall?

By Michael R. Blood Mar. 17, 2021 03:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2021 file photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference after visiting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for farmworkers at the Dr. Sharon Stanley-Rea Community Center in Fresno, Calif. The annual State of the State address Newsom will deliver on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, will be one of the most important speeches of his political career. It comes about a year after his first coronavirus stay-at-home order and as he faces a potential recall election. (John Walker/The Fresno Bee via AP, Pool, File)
EXPLAINER: How can California voters recall Gov. Newsom?

By Michael R. Blood Mar. 09, 2021 11:03 PM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden visits the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md. At bottom center is a model of the COVID-19 virus. On Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Biden restored taxpayer funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Social media users are falsely claiming the Biden administration is bankrolling the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a Chinese lab which has faced unproven allegations that the coronavirus leaked from the facility leading to the global COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By Ali Swenson And Arijeta Lajka Feb. 26, 2021 02:49 PM EST

Coronavirus outbreak hits Detroit Whole Foods Market

Feb. 26, 2021 11:56 AM EST
DETROIT (AP) — A Whole Foods Market store in Detroit is receiving rapid COVID-19 testing for all of its 196 employees after 23 of them initially tested...

Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks during a virtual press conference on the COVID-19 vaccination programme, inside 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)
The Latest: Navajo Nation new virus cases on downward trend

By The Associated Press Feb. 26, 2021 03:31 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, Governor Gavin Newsom addresses a press conference held at the launch of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. California could become the next testing ground for the nation's roiled, unpredictable politics: It's possible the state known as a Democratic stronghold and beacon for progressive ideals could dump Newsom. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
California governor gets vaccine tour boost as recall looms

By Kathleen Ronayne Feb. 18, 2021 05:55 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2006, file photo, Dale Earnhardt Jr., puts on his helmet and protective HANS device during preparations the day before the Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. NASCAR mandated the use of head-and-neck restraints in late 2001. Drivers had resisted using the U-shaped neck restraint made of carbon fiber because they found it cumbersome and restrictive. They became required equipment after 25-year-old Blaise Alexander was killed in a crash at Charlotte Motor Speedway some eight months after Earnhardt's death.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Lasting legacy: Earnhardt's death saved lives, forced change

By Jenna Fryer, Dan Gelston And Mark Long Feb. 11, 2021 04:06 PM EST

This image provided by General Motors shows the new company logo. General Motors is changing its corporate logo and starting an electric vehicle marketing campaign as it tries to refurbish its image from a maker of gas-powered pickups and SUVs to a clean vehicle company. The 112-year-old Detroit automaker says, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, the campaign will show GM’s progressive company vision as it promises to roll out 30 new battery-powered vehicles globally by the end of 2025. (General Motors via AP)
GM 2020 profit drops, but it makes $6.43B despite pandemic

By Tom Krisher Feb. 10, 2021 07:44 AM EST

Marion Koopmans, right, and Peter Ben Embarek, center, of the World Health Organization team say farewell to their Chinese counterpart Liang Wannian, left, after a WHO-China Joint Study Press Conference held at the end of the WHO mission in Wuhan, China, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab

By Emily Wang Fujiyama Feb. 09, 2021 06:04 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, Governor Gavin Newsom addresses a press conference held at the launch of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. California could become the next testing ground for the nation's roiled, unpredictable politics: It's possible the state known as a Democratic stronghold and beacon for progressive ideals could dump Newsom. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
Nation's stormy politics could unsettle California recall

By Michael R. Blood Feb. 07, 2021 11:03 AM EST

New Mexico state senators including Democratic Sens. Jerry Ortiz y Pino and Mimi Stewart, bottom left, both of Albuquerque, greet each other on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Santa Fe, N.M., on the first day of a 60-day legislative session. Fences, roadblocks, police and troops encircled the building as a precaution against federal warnings about the potential for violence. Plexiglass partitions have been installed on the floor of the House and Senate to protect legislators from coronavirus infection, and the Capitol is closed to the public to blunt the contagion. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico fines store where employee died from COVID-19

Feb. 02, 2021 08:21 PM EST

Hungary first in EU to approve Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Jan. 29, 2021 10:45 AM EST
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s medicine and food safety regulator on Friday approved China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the...

Exterior view of the European Medicines Agency in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The European Union's medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus rampaging across the continent. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
EU commission greenlights Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

By Aleksandar Furtula And Mike Corder Jan. 06, 2021 02:40 AM EST

Maine's senators seek to boost small food processors

Dec. 25, 2020 09:56 AM EST
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators are behind a proposed law change that seeks to level the playing field for small food processors. ...

Racing Point driver Sergio Perez of Mexico celebrates wining the Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir, Bahrain, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. (Brynn Lennon, Pool via AP)
Perez stays calm to win chaotic Sakhir GP for 1st F1 win

By Jerome Pugmire Dec. 06, 2020 03:00 PM EST

Beef products from New Zealand with a QR-code linked to its coronavirus test results are displayed at a supermarket in Beijing, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. China has stirred controversy with claims it has detected the coronavirus on packages of imported frozen food. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China stepping up virus testing on imported food packaging

Nov. 25, 2020 05:22 AM EST