By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press These weren’t the piano lessons of my youth. Quite the opposite. Gone was the septuagenarian teacher crowding me on a piano bench at my grandmother’s house, exto…
Awaiting Yellen at Treasury: Yet another daunting crisis
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Janet Yellen is in line for another top economic policy job — just in time to confront yet another crisis. Yellen, Preside…
Thanksgiving could make or break US coronavirus response
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press In Pennsylvania, if you’re having friends over to socialize, you’re supposed to wear a mask — and so are your friends. That’s the rule, but Barb Chestnut has no in…
‘We just ran’: Ethiopians fleeing war find little relief
By FAY ABUELGASIM and NARIMAN EL-MOFTY Associated Press UMM RAKOUBA, Sudan (AP) — The baby was born on the run from war. Her first bath was in a puddle. Now she cries all night in a country that is no…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump still uses distortion in hopeless quest
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Are dining tents a safe way to eat out during the pandemic?
By The Associated Press Are dining tents a safe way to eat out during the pandemic? Health experts say outdoor dining tents are generally safer than dining inside, but caution that they’re not all equ…
Punishing hurricanes to spur more Central American migration
By CLAUDIO ESCALON and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — At a shelter in this northern Honduran city, Lilian Gabriela Santos Sarmiento says back-to-back hurricanes that hit …
In pandemic era’s isolation, meaning of ‘self-care’ evolves
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and SOPHIA ROSENBAUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — These days, with a pandemic raging, this is what life can look like: Staring at your face on Zoom for hours instead of …
Keep the mask: A vaccine won’t end the US crisis right away
By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t even think of putting the mask away anytime soon. Despite the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in just a few weeks, it could take several mo…
‘America is back’: Biden pushes past Trump era with nominees
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Declaring “America is back,” President-elect Joe Biden introduced his national security team on T…