By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal appeals court has declined to lift a ban in three states on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers who contra…
‘We were trapped’: Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakers
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Long after most other lawmakers had been rushed to safety, they were on the hard marble floor, ducking for cover. Trapped in the gallery of th…
US urges COVID boosters starting at age 12 to fight omicron
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press The U.S. is urging that everyone 12 and older get a COVID-19 booster as soon as they’re eligible, to help fight back the hugely contagious om…
AFC North champ Bengals will rest Burrow in season finale
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writers CINCINNATI (AP) — The AFC North champion Cincinnati Bengals won’t play quarterback Joe Burrow in the regular-season finale against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday…
US hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time
By RODRIQUE NGOWI, MICHAEL CASEY and DON THOMPSON Associated Press Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlie…
States diverge on police reforms after George Floyd killing
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Maryland repealed its half-century-old Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights. Washington state reformed use-of-force policies and created a new agenc…
Despite brutal video, only GOP minority say 1/6 very violent
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The fighting — so primitive and ferocious that one Capitol Police officer described it as “medieval” and another as a “trip to hell” — left more th…
Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately?
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicr…
Teachers at culture war front lines with Jan. 6 education
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — What students are learning about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 may depend on where they live. In a Boston suburb in heav…
Schools lawsuit: Ohio pupil voucher system unconstitutional
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s 25-year-old school voucher plan is creating an unconstitutional system of separately funded private education and leading to…