By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The coronavirus’ omicron variant starting to barrel across South America is pressuring hospitals whose employees…
FACT FOCUS: Posts mislead on nonprofit vaccine rules
By ALI SWENSON and JOSH KELETY Associated Press Critics of vaccine requirements are misrepresenting policy changes taken by Make-A-Wish Foundation and a Ronald McDonald House Charities facility to pro…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump seeds race animus with COVID falsehood
By CALVIN WOODWARD and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump falsely declared in a weekend rally that public health authorities are denying the COVID-19 vaccine to white people…
Goodbye ‘godsend’: Expiration of child tax credits hits home
By JOHN RABY, FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For the first time in half a year, families on Friday are going without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit…
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
By The Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The A…
FACT FOCUS: Posts mislead on nonprofit vaccine rules
By ALI SWENSON and JOSH KELETY Associated Press Critics of vaccine requirements are misrepresenting policy changes taken by Make-A-Wish Foundation and a Ronald McDonald House Charities facility to pro…
Federal testing website launches next week, 4 tests per home
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will begin accepting orders on Wednesday as the White House looks to address natio…
Seditious conspiracy: 11 Oath Keepers charged in Jan. 6 riot
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, and 10 other members or…
Navient settles predatory student loan claims for $1.85B
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Navient, a major student loan collecting company, agreed to cancel $1.7 billion in debt owed by more than 66,000 borrowers across the U.S. and pay over …
Study nixes Mars life in meteorite found in Antarctica
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A 4 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars that caused a splash here on Earth decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martia…