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Tennessee offering free online courses amid pandemic

4 hrs ago
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee labor officials are continuing to offer free online courses to help people without work during the COVID-19 pandemic advance...

A man walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 12, 2021. Asian shares were lower on Monday, as investors grew wary over the recent surge in coronavirus cases in many places while vaccinations are making scant headway. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
World shares, US futures decline on vaccine, virus worries

By Elaine Kurtenbach 6 hrs ago

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 12, 2021. Asian shares were lower on Monday, as investors grew wary over the recent surge in coronavirus cases in many places while vaccinations are making scant headway. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Asian shares decline on vaccine, virus worries

By Elaine Kurtenbach 8 hrs ago

This April 2021 photo provided by Christina Theriault, a nurse practitioner, shows her at the Maine Family Planning clinic in Presque Isle, Maine. Theriault says her abortion patients are grateful for the convenience and privacy of telemedicine. “Some are in a bad relationship or victim of domestic violence,” she said. “With telemedicine, they can do it without their partner knowing. There’s a lot of relief from them.” (Courtesy Christina Theriault via AP)
Some GOP-led states target abortions done through medication

By David Crary And Iris Samuels 21 hrs ago

A medical worker adjusts her mask near propaganda boards showing famed Chinese medical expert Zhong Nanshan and the words "Vaccine China Made" outside vaccination center in Beijing Friday, April 9, 2021. In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Top Chinese official admits vaccines have low effectiveness

By Joe Mcdonald And Huizhong Wu Apr. 11, 2021 01:36 AM EDT

ICU nurse Meynard Villa poses for photos in his start-up senior care home in Arcadia, Calif., Thursday, March 25, 2021. Villa was on the verge of losing his family’s $150,000 investment in his new senior care home because he couldn't hire workers while grappling with a glitchy state system designed to automate criminal background checks.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Troubled background check system delays elder care hiring

By Don Thompson Apr. 10, 2021 11:05 AM EDT

How major US stock indexes fared Friday

The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 04:25 PM EDT
Technology companies helped lift stocks on Wall Street to a record high Friday. Apple and Intel soared about 2%. The S&P 500 rose 0.8%...

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 30, 2021 file photo, a banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting is shown at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. Vote counting in the union push in Bessemer is expected to start as early as Thursday, April 8, but hundreds of contested ballots could muddy the outcome if it’s a close race. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves, File)
Amazon warehouse workers reject union bid in Alabama

By Joseph Pisani, Alexandra Olson And Anne D'innocenzio Apr. 09, 2021 11:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2005, file photo the logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is displayed during a third quarter press conference in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s biggest contract producer of processor chips, said Friday, April 9, 2021, its revenue rose 16.7% in the latest quarter over a year ago as the global economy rebounded from the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
Chipmaker TSMC says revenue up 16.7% as demand surges

Apr. 09, 2021 06:18 AM EDT

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, Adam Logan, foreground, works with a fellow trader on the floor, Friday, April 9, 2021. Technology companies helped lift stocks higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday, placing the market within striking distance of more record highs. (Colin Ziemer/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
Tech company gains help push S&P 500 to record high

By Damian J. Troise And Alex Veiga Apr. 09, 2021 02:49 AM EDT

In this aerial photo, mid-sized pickup trucks and full-size vans are seen in a parking lot outside a General Motors assembly plant where they are produced Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Wentzville, Mo. As the U.S. economy awakens from its pandemic-induced slumber, a vital cog is in short supply: the computer chips that power our cars and other vehicles, and a vast number of other items we take for granted. Ford, GM and Stellantis have started building vehicles without some computers, putting them in storage with plans to retrofit them later. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
EXPLAINER: Starving for more chips in a tech-hungry world

By Michael Liedtke And Tom Krisher Apr. 08, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2021, file photo, Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) workers carry an elderly COVID-19 patient to an ambulance in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Nations around the world set new records Thursday, April 8, for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections, and the disease surged even in some countries that have kept the virus in check. Brazil became just the third country, after the U.S. and Peru, to report a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths exceeding 4,000. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Grim view of global future offered in intelligence report

By Eric Tucker Apr. 08, 2021 04:13 PM EDT

Kentucky temporarily shutting down UI system to stop fraud

By Bruce Schreiner Apr. 08, 2021 04:08 AM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will temporarily shut down its unemployment system to bolster security protections to block an onslaught of cybercrime detected...

A man wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Asian shares mostly lower on strong China price data

By Elaine Kurtenbach Apr. 08, 2021 03:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 19, 2016 file photo a sticker from around 1900 reading: 'Don't buy from Jews' is displayed at an exhibition of antisemitic and racist stickers at the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historic Museum) in Berlin, Germany. Before local anti-Jewish laws were enacted, before neighborhood shops and synagogues were destroyed, and before Jews were forced into ghettos, cattle cars, and camps, words were used to stoke the fire of hate. 'ItStartedWithWords' is a digital, Holocaust education campaign posting weekly videos of survivors from across the world reflecting on those moments that led up to the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
Holocaust survivors use social media to fight anti-Semitism

By David Rising Apr. 08, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 07:51 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 7 The Boston Globe on ...

Vermont governor outlines spending for $1B in COVID relief

Apr. 07, 2021 02:14 PM EDT
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott wants the state to use some of the more than $1 billion in federal COVID-19 assistance money to help improve...

Startup cards can help build credit even in tough times

By Melissa Lambarena Of Nerdwallet Apr. 07, 2021 11:00 AM EDT
While major credit card issuers tightened lending standards and slashed credit limits amid COVID-19, some financial technology startups took a different tack. ...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Philadelphia Inquirer. April 5, 2021. Editorial: Philly may have just revolutionized evictions In the aftermath of 2008...

Gig economy riders for app-based meal delivery platform Deliveroo demonstrate outside the company headquarters in London, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The strike coincides with the first day of unconditional trading for Deliveroo shares, which went public last week in a stock market offering.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
UK Deliveroo riders strike over pay, gig work conditions

By Kelvin Chan Apr. 07, 2021 08:45 AM EDT