FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — On the first day of Joe Biden's presidency, Native Americans had reason to celebrate. Biden halted construction of the border wall that threatened to physically separate …
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1/21/21
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U.S. regulators have approved the first long-acting drug combo for HIV, monthly shots that can replace the daily pills now used to control infection with the AIDS virus.
Thursday’s approval of …
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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
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1/21/21
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Here's what's happening Thursday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY
— President Joe Biden outlined his to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools …
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By The Associated Press
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1/21/21
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DETROIT (AP) — A judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a $641 million that would benefit thousands of Flint residents who were harmed by lead-contaminated water.
The settlement includes …
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By ED WHITE
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1/21/21
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials in Ohio's largest city said Thursday that they plan to invest $4.5 million in body-worn cameras for police and introduce a law that would ensure officers use the …
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI
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1/21/21
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A county official in northern Michigan displayed a rifle during an online meeting in response to a citizen's comments about a far-right extremist group, drawing outrage …
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1/21/21
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Driving to Dublin — it’s, well, a long way from Tipperary. Too long for Dean Gardiner, especially with a new baby and full-time university courses.
The Irish super heavyweight boxer tried to …
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By KEN MAGUIRE
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1/21/21
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Battered by criticism that the was dangerously politicized by the Trump administration, the U.S. Census Bureau under a new Biden administration has the tall task of restoring confidence in the …
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER
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1/21/21
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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry thanked Europeans on Thursday for keeping up the fight to slow global warming during the Trump administration and said the U.S. must recover lost time in the …
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ELLEN KNICKMEYER
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1/21/21
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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Europe's top human rights court on Thursday found Russia responsible for a swathe of violations in Georgia's breakaway regions after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
Georgia …
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By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE
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1/21/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. enters “what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,” President Joe Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations …
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1/21/21
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A single Powerball ticket sold in Maryland is the winner of an estimated $731.1 million jackpot, the first to get the top prize in months.
Thanks to math and bad luck, …
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1/21/21
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Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?
Health officials say both doses should be of the same vaccine.
The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out in the United States, the United Kingdom and other …
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By The Associated Press
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1/21/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lani Muller doesn’t have to visit a doctor’s office to help test an experimental COVID-19 vaccine — she just climbs into a bloodmobile-like van that parks on a busy street …
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK
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1/20/21
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — For the opening salvo of his presidency, few expected Joe Biden to be so far-reaching on immigration.
A raft of executive orders signed Wednesday undoes many of his …
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT
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1/20/21
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — For years, legions of adherents encouraged one another to “trust the plan" as they waited for the day when President Donald Trump would orchestrate mass arrests, military …
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, AMANDA SEITZ and DAVID KLEPPER
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1/20/21
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At noon today, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, and the administration change at the highest level of the federal government will be felt all the …
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Scientists are reporting troubling signs that some recent mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19 may modestly curb the effectiveness of two current vaccines, although they stress that the shots …
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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
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1/20/21
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Two large studies give a much sharper picture of which inherited mutations raise the risk of breast cancer for women without a family history of the disease, and how common these flawed genes are in …
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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
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1/20/21
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Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th president of the United States, declaring that “democracy has prevailed.”
He takes the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherits a …
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By The Associated Press
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1/20/21
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