By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania courtroom on Wednesday became the latest battleground over claims the 2020 presidential election was rigged…
Evictions on the rise months after federal moratorium ends
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Soon after losing his trucking job amid the pandemic, Freddie Davis got another blow: His landlord in Miami was almost doubling the rent on his Miami ap…
Why the Fed feels now is time to tighten credit more quickly
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded to surging inflation by counseling patience and stressing that the Fed wanted to …
EXPLAINER: Must employers follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?
By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have put President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates affecting priv…
Ohio Senate OKs bill to expand medical marijuana program
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More Ohio dispensaries could sell medical marijuana, cultivators could grow more of it, and more conditions would qualify for using it under legislation passed Wednesday by the R…
Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has f…
Pfizer confirms COVID pill’s results, potency versus omicron
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer said Tuesday that its experimental pill to treat COVID-19 appears effective against the omicron variant. The company also said full results…
Texts show top Trump defenders’ private alarm on Jan. 6
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump’s highest-profile defenders in the media — and even his own son — sent ur…
Kroger ending some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated staff
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Kroger, the country’s biggest traditional grocery chain, is ending some benefits for unvaccinated workers as big employers attempt to compel more of their …
One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy December. Trucks loaded with freezer-packe…