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In this photo released by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, a China Airlines cargo plane carrying COVID-19 vaccines from Memphis arrive at the airport outside Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, June 20, 2021. The U.S. sent 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan on Sunday, tripling an earlier pledge in a donation with both public health and geopolitical meaning. (Taiwan Centers for Disease Control via AP)

US sends Taiwan 2.5 million vaccine doses, tripling pledge

Jun. 19, 2021 11:55 PM EDT

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, officials from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries attend the 19th Senior Officials' Meeting on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) in Chongqing, southwestern China, June 7, 2021. China is hosting foreign ministers from 10 Southeast Asian nations this week in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing amid heightened competition between Beijing and Washington for influence in the region. (Wang Quanchao/Xinhua via AP)

China hosts Southeast Asian ministers as it competes with US

Jun. 06, 2021 11:58 PM EDT

A U.S. military aircraft carrying a group of U.S. senators arrive at the Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday, June 6, 2021. The bipartisan group of three U.S. senators arrived in Taiwan to meet with senior government officials and discuss U.S.-Taiwan relations and other issues in a trip that is likely to anger China, which claims Taiwan as its territory and objects to Taiwan being called a country. (Pool Photo via AP)

US senators promise vaccines for Taiwan amid China row

By Taijing Wu And Zen Soo Jun. 05, 2021 11:20 AM EDT

FILE - This Thursday, June 4, 2020 file photo shows a row of cabins at a summer camp in Fayette, Maine. On Friday, May 28, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted guidance saying kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions. Children who aren’t fully vaccinated should still wear masks outside when they’re in crowds or in sustained close contact with others – and when they are inside, and fully vaccinated kids need not wear masks indoors or outside, the CDC says. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

US agency loosens mask guidance for summer campers

By Mike Stobbe May. 28, 2021 02:11 PM EDT

President Joe Biden, center, and Vice President Kamala Harris, meet with Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, second from left, Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., Mark Takano, D-Calif., right, and other members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Executive Committee in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate OKs bill to fight hate crimes against Asian Americans

By Mary Clare Jalonick Apr. 22, 2021 02:48 PM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks after a tour of the James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University, Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden's disciplined agenda rollout tested by the unexpected

By Zeke Miller And Jonathan Lemire Mar. 23, 2021 06:36 PM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks after meeting with leaders from Georgia's Asian-American and Pacific Islander community, Friday, March 19, 2021, at Emory University in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Asian Americans seek greater political power after shootings

By Will Weissert And Padmananda Rama Mar. 23, 2021 01:42 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 12, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Friday, March 12, the 71st day of 2021. There are 294 days left in the year. Today’s...

Senate rebuffs effort to rein in governor's emergency powers

Mar. 11, 2021 02:40 PM EST
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Senate has rejected a Republican-led effort to end Democratic Gov. Janet Mills' emergency powers during the pandemic. ...

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo Democratic Senate candidate Jaime Harrison speaks at a watch party in Columbia, S.C., after losing the Senate race. Harrison, the longtime Democratic Party official, is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the national party, according to multiple party officials. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro, File)

Democrats formalize Jaime Harrison as national party chair

By Meg Kinnard And Bill Barrow Jan. 21, 2021 12:16 PM EST

This July 18, 2020 photo shows The R.E.C. team (Regular Everyday Citizens) in East St. Louis, Ill. The cleanup is part of Empire 13’s Boots to the Streets Campaign, which addresses racial and social issues related to discrimination in Black communities. Empire 13, which J.D. Dixon formed, is a grassroots organization of Black workers from Empire Comfort Systems in Belleville who want to end racism in the workplace and beyond. Dixon is a machine operator at Empire. (DeAsia Page/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)

East St. Louis cleanup highlights environmental racism issue

By Deasia Paige Jan. 17, 2021 01:02 AM EST

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., waves the gavel on the opening day of the 117th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)

Pelosi narrowly reelected speaker, faces difficult two years

By Alan Fram Jan. 03, 2021 02:33 PM EST

New leaders seek to revitalize Carbondale community center

By Brian Munoz Dec. 20, 2020 01:01 AM EST
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Once a hub of activity in Carbondale’s northeast neighborhood, the 12,000-square-foot Eurma C. Hayes Center now stands mostly vacant...

FILE - In this July 15, 2015 file photo, House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, listens to during a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, Ill. Three more Democrats withdrew support on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020,from Speaker Michael Madigan's continued control of the Illinois House after his closest confidant and three others were indicted in a long-running bribery scheme involving utility giant ComEd. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)

Illinois speaker's friend, 3 others enter bribery case pleas

Dec. 02, 2020 02:54 PM EST

In this Oct. 18, 2020, photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden steps out to board his campaign plane at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, N.C., en route to Wilmington, Del., as granddaughter Finnegan Biden looks on, right. Biden's biggest challenge may begin the day after Election Day. If he wins, he'll have just over 10 weeks to set up a new government. After making President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic a centerpiece of his campaign, Biden will have to show that his team can better handle the public health crisis. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

'So much work to do': How Biden is planning for transition

By Alexandra Jaffe Oct. 21, 2020 12:44 AM EDT

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

The Latest: Day 2 of Barrett confirmation hearings wraps

Oct. 13, 2020 10:04 AM EDT

Aid to prevent violence against women goes to 19 agencies

Sep. 21, 2020 08:07 AM EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has awarded $15.9 million to Illinois agencies to fight domestic abuse, officials said. ...