Virtual schools saw little disruption, got equal virus aid
By COLLIN BINKLEY and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — While many schools scrambled to shift to online classes last year, the…
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New this week: ‘Cinderella,’ Imagine Dragons, Selena Gomez
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Imagine Dragons, Billie Eilish’s Disney+ concert…
Continue ReadingPowell: Fed on track to slow aid for economy later this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low-interest rate policies this…
Continue ReadingPowell: Fed on track to slow aid for economy later this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low-interest rate policies this…
Continue ReadingNearly 90 Northeast organic dairy farms to lose their market
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s agriculture secretary says 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast will lose their contracts with an…
Continue ReadingNearly 90 Northeast organic dairy farms to lose their market
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s agriculture secretary says 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast will lose their contracts with an…
Continue ReadingMaryland’s highest court reviewing teen sniper’s life term
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court will reconsider the punishment of Lee Boyd Malvo. He’s serving life without parole for…
Continue ReadingNigerian doctors are on strike amid an exodus of talent, but abandoned patients fight for their lives
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Emmanuel Agbenro sits helplessly inside his sparsely-decorated ward at a hospital in Nigeria. He is supposed to be having…
Continue ReadingUN team: Unclear if Fukushima cleanup can finish by 2051
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of a U.N. team reviewing progress in the cleanup of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power…
Continue ReadingAnonymous donor pays for funerals of 20 flooding victims
WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — A funeral home manager says 20 people who died in a Tennessee flood have had their funerals paid for by an anonymous donor.…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa gets more vaccines from US amid ongoing surge
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will this weekend receive 2.2 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses donated…
Continue ReadingDiane Warren assembled superstar debut album during lockdown
By SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — After a wildly successful career as a songwriter, the pandemic prompted Diane Warren to try a…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover readies for another sampling attempt on Mars
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover isn’t letting any Martian dust settle under its wheels. It’s preparing to collect a core…
Continue ReadingJuly US consumer spending ekes up 0.3% as delta threatens
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Growth in U.S. consumer spending slowed in July to a modest increase of 0.3% while…
Continue ReadingJuly US consumer spending ekes up 0.3% as delta threatens
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Growth in U.S. consumer spending slowed in July to a modest increase of 0.3% while…
Continue ReadingSwiss approve extraditing key figure in German tax scam case
BERLIN (AP) — The Swiss government has approved the extradition of a key figure sought by Germany in a massive tax evasion case. The Federal Office…
Continue ReadingSwiss approve extraditing key figure in German tax scam case
BERLIN (AP) — The Swiss government has approved the extradition of a key figure sought by Germany in a massive tax evasion case. The Federal Office…
Continue ReadingHuge factory blaze sends smoke over England town
LONDON (AP) — A huge fire at an industrial park in the central England town of Leamington Spa is sending up dramatic plumes of dark smoke that can…
Continue ReadingAmsterdam to return Kandinsky work to pre-war owners’ heirs
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Amsterdam municipality says it will return a valuable painting by Wassily…
Continue ReadingPeloton acknowledges subpoenas, SEC investigation
Peloton says it’s been subpoenaed by the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security for documents and other information related to…
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