By AARON MORRISON Associated Press As the NAACP turns 113, look for its voice to grow louder on issues like climate change, the student debt crisis and the ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic…
Think your home value is soaring? Talk to a farmer
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fourth-generation corn and soybean farmer Jeff Frank doesn’t feel rich, but simply based on the skyrocketing value of his land in northwest…
Omicron surge is undermining care for other health problems
By BEN FINLEY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press Roger Strukhoff was being treated for intestinal bleeding at a hospital outside Chicago this month when he suffered a mild heart attack. Normally, the …
Intel to build $20B Ohio chip facility amid global shortage
By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Chipmaker Intel said Friday it will invest $20 billion to build a new factory in Ohio, an attempt to help alleviate a glo…
EXPLAINER: What does it mean for COVID-19 to be endemic?
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer Some European countries such as Spain are making tentative plans for when they might start treating COVID-19 as an “endemic” disease, but the World Health Organization…
What comes next in New York’s investigation of Donald Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — After investigating former President Donald Trump for several years, New York Attorney General Letitia James used a court filing Tuesday to outline much of the evidence her investigato…
Prior infection, vaccines provide best protection from COVID
By MIKE STOBBE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new study in two states that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination concludes getting the shots is still the safest way …
US begins offering 1B free COVID tests, but many more needed
By MATTHEW PERRONE and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, people across the U.S. can log on to a government website and order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. But the Wh…
US faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 mor…
For Oath Keepers and founder, Jan. 6 was weeks in the making
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Two days after the election on Nov. 3, 2020, the Oath Keepers were already convinced that victory had been stolen from President Donald Trump a…