Walgreens joins other retailers with starting pay boost
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Walgreens will hike starting pay to $15 an hour beginning in October, as employers across the United States continue…
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South Dakota AG got speeding ticket days before crash trial
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general was ticketed for going 57 in a 35 mph zone just days…
Continue ReadingFirst on CNN: McConnell urges Americans to get vaccinated in new TV PSA
By Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is expanding his efforts to convince more Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19…
Continue ReadingSurvey: Owners frustrated when linking phones to vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A large U.S. survey of new-vehicle owners found that automobile quality rose last year, but glitches…
Continue ReadingSurvey: Owners frustrated when linking phones to vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A large U.S. survey of new-vehicle owners found that automobile quality rose last year, but glitches…
Continue ReadingTwenty years later, a tale of 9/11 survivors takes shape
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It took Larry Kirwan nearly 20 years to feel he truly nailed a story of how a working-class family…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: Once hopeful, now sad
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It has been 20 years since Taliban-led Afghanistan fell to a U.S.-led coalition in the…
Continue ReadingWine spat: Italy heir accuses Sting of slander, flat apology
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated press MILAN (AP) — The heir of a late duke who sold Sting his Tuscan winery 25 years ago says the singer has hit a flat…
Continue ReadingWine spat: Italy heir accuses Sting of slander, flat apology
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated press MILAN (AP) — The heir of a late duke who sold Sting his Tuscan winery 25 years ago says the singer has hit a flat…
Continue ReadingAfghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: Once hopeful, now sad
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It has been 20 years since Taliban-led Afghanistan fell to a U.S.-led coalition in the…
Continue ReadingMigrant death toll increases on Atlantic route to Europe
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Authorities say that at least 11 people are feared dead after another boat traveling from North…
Continue ReadingUS commits to $60 million in aid to Ukraine before WH visit
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is promising up to $60 million in military aid to Ukraine in advance of a White…
Continue ReadingThe Harlem Hellfighters, Black soldiers who fought in World War I, will receive a Congressional Gold Medal
By Scottie Andrew, CNN The “Harlem Hellfighters” helped the US win World War I. The Black infantry unit was one of the most decorated…
Continue ReadingVirginia high court rules for teacher in transgender debate
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Supreme Court of Virginia has upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the reinstatement of a northern Virginia gym…
Continue ReadingBiden looking at climate change risks to financial markets
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is taking an initial step to assess how climate change…
Continue ReadingBiden looking at climate change risks to financial markets
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is taking an initial step to assess how climate change…
Continue ReadingHigh jumper Sam Grewe wins gold, heads to medical school
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — American high jumper Sam Grewe has won a gold medal at the Paralympics. His next stop is medical…
Continue ReadingConviction to be dropped in Michigan fire that killed 5 kids
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Authorities are dropping a murder conviction against a man who is serving a life sentence for a fire…
Continue ReadingProposed deal could end fight over 2020 census documents
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press A House oversight committee and the Commerce Department have reached an understanding that could resolve a lawsuit…
Continue ReadingAnimal rights groups sue to stop Wisconsin wolf hunt
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of animal rights groups has filed a lawsuit to stop Wisconsin’s wolf hunt…
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