By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer Small businesses in the U.S. that depend on tourism and vacationers say business is bouncing back, as Americans rebook postponed trips and spend freely on food, ente…
Tracey Lynn White
Tracey Lynn White, 49, of DeGraff passed away Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Tracey was born March 5, 1972 in Wilmington, to Roy Allen and Janet Lee (Deeter)…
Biden says getting vaccinated ‘gigantically important’
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — President Joe Biden expressed pointed frustration over the slowing COVID-19 vaccination rate in the U.S. and pleaded that itR…
50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press Landscaping was hardly his lifelong dream. As a teenager, Alton Lucas believed basketball or music would pluck him out of North Carolina and take him around the worl…
US virus cases nearly triple in 2 weeks amid misinformation
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JIM SALTER Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — COVID-19 cases nearly tripled in the U.S. over two weeks amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation that is straining hos…
Rare ‘breakthrough’ COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence tha…
EXPLAINER: What’s making mid-Atlantic songbirds sick?
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A mysterious ailment has sickened and killed thousands of songbirds in several mid-Atlantic states since late spring. While scientists are still…
Pelosi bars Trump allies from Jan. 6 probe; GOP vows boycott
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two Republicans tapped by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating…
Schools confront more polarization with mask rules for fall
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, TAMMY WEBBER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Students in Wichita, Kansas, public schools can ditch the masks when classes begin. Detroit public schools will probably requi…
Trump inaugural committee head arrested, accused of being UAE agent
By BRIAN MELLEY and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The chair of former President Donald Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he secretl…