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Vaccination rate for LA public safety workers below average

Jun. 19, 2021 05:47 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — COVID-19 vaccination rates for police and firefighting personnel in Los Angeles and prison employees across California are significantly...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 12:49 PM EDT
Rutland Herald. June 14, 2021. Editorial: First in the nation Congratulations, Vermont. We did it. We moved the needle...

Tennessee launches ads aimed at filling hospitality jobs

Jun. 18, 2021 04:00 AM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee tourism officials have launched a $150,000 ad campaign in and outside the state to help fill leisure and hospitality jobs...

Highlights of Connecticut budget implementation bill

Jun. 17, 2021 06:01 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Senate on Thursday gave final legislative passage to a wide-ranging bill that spells out details of the new, two-year ...

FILE - In this May 7, 2020, file photo, a person looks inside the closed doors of the Pasadena Community Job Center during the coronavirus outbreak in Pasadena, Calif. California will stop giving unemployment benefits to people who are not actively applying for jobs, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday, June 17, 2021. Federal law requires people who are out of work to be actively looking for jobs to be eligible for unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

California: People must look for work to get jobless aid

By Adam Beam Jun. 17, 2021 05:36 PM EDT

Residents, wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, line up to receive the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. In Afghanistan, where a surge threatens to overwhelm a war-battered health system, 700,000 doses donated by China arrived over the weekend, and within hours, "people were fighting with each other to get to the front of the line," said Health Ministry spokesman Dr. Ghulam Dastigir Nazari. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

US locks down embassy in Afghanistan amid COVID-19 surge

By Matthew Lee Jun. 17, 2021 11:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 24, 2021 file photo, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at Steelcase in Grand Rapids, Mich. The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday, June 11 unanimously ordered the state elections board to certify a veto-proof initiative that would let Republican legislators wipe from the books a law Whitmer used to issue sweeping pandemic orders. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, File)

Whitmer: Reinstate incentive so companies can hire workers

By David Eggert Jun. 16, 2021 06:41 PM EDT

Employees prepare the National Stadium for the Copa America soccer tournament in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, June 11, 2021. The stadium will host the opening game on June 13. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil detects 53 with COVID in relation to Copa America

By Mauricio Savarese Jun. 16, 2021 03:46 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell appears before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday, June 16, 2021, that it may act sooner than previously planned to start dialing back the low-interest rate policies that have helped fuel a swift rebound from the pandemic recession but have also coincided with rising inflation. The Fed's policymakers forecast that they would raise their benchmark short-term rate, which influences many consumer and business loans, twice by late 2023. They had previously estimated that no rate hike would occur before 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

Fed sees earlier time frame for rate hikes with inflation up

By Christopher Rugaber Jun. 16, 2021 02:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 2, 2021, file photo, a woman, wearing a protective mask due to the coronavirus, walks past the signs of an employment agency, in Manchester, N.H. A new report finds that Latinas have left the workforce at rates higher than any other demographic and also have had some of the highest unemployment rates throughout the pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery

By Astrid Galvan Jun. 16, 2021 12:08 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
York Dispatch. June 14, 2021. Editorial: Awful ‘audit’ idea hatched by GOP in Pa. It seemed only a matter of time...

In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2019, a detainee works in a kitchen area at the GEO Group’s immigration jail in Tacoma, Wash., during a media tour. After nearly four years of litigation and pandemic-related delays, a federal jury on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, began deliberating whether the GEO Group must pay minimum wage to detainees who perform cooking, cleaning and other tasks at the facility – instead of the $1 per day they typically receive. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Jury deciding if immigration detainees must get minimum wage

By Gene Johnson Jun. 15, 2021 07:34 PM EDT

Richmond transit continuing fare-free rides for another year

Jun. 15, 2021 04:08 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Riders on Richmond’s transit system won’t have to dig into their pockets for another year. The board of directors of...

FILE - Shown in this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo is State Rep. Ras Smith, D-Waterloo, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Smith, a state representative from eastern Iowa, is the first Iowa politician to announce a run for Iowa governor as Democrats organize in hopes of gaining traction among voters to counter Republican domination of the legislature and governor's office. Smith launched an ad campaign Tuesday June 15, 2021, and set a formal announcement for Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Waterloo Democrat first to launch campaign for Iowa governor

By David Pitt Jun. 15, 2021 02:30 PM EDT

The Copa America trophy is placed on the field prior to the opening match between Brazil and Venezuela at National Stadium in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, June 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil counts 52 virus cases connected to Copa America

By Mauricio Savarese Jun. 15, 2021 02:23 PM EDT

Dana Anthony is seen at her workplace at The Daily Tar Heel newspaper in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Anthony was rejected after two speparate HireVue interviews for other jobs recently. The pandemic has heightened demand for online services that interview job applicants remotely and use artificial intelligence to assess their skills. But the technology also raises questions about whether computers can accurately judge a person's character traits and emotional cues. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer

By Matt O'brien Jun. 15, 2021 01:38 PM EDT

Expert warns of spread of Delta variant; OSHA cites doctor

Jun. 15, 2021 09:49 AM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus will pose a serious risk this summer to people who are not fully vaccinated,...