By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Large numbers of students are not returning to the classroom even as more schools reopen for full-time, in-person learning, according to a survey released Wednesd…
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Summoning seniors: Big new push to vaccinate older Americans
By ZEKE MILLER and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) — The first hurdle was getting on the bus. Seventy-four year old Linda Busby hesitated outside a community center where older…
Expert: Chauvin never took knee off Floyd’s neck area
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck area — and was bearing down with most of his weight — the…
More than a half million Americans gain coverage under Biden
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a half million Americans have taken advantage of the Biden administration’s special health insurance sign-up window keyed …
EXPLAINER: Can Biden add energy jobs? Hope mixes with doubt
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer That′s the seductive idea around which President Joe Biden is proposing a vast transformation of the energy sector, with the promise of making it far more energy-…
Nearly half of new US virus infections are in just 5 states
By RUSS BYNUM and MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to co…
Biden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he’s bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in…
Following their passion, women go far to play flag football
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — From a distance, it looks like college kids in sweat clothes tossing a football around on a campus green space. Draw closer, and it’s apparent…
Corporations gave over $50M to voting restriction backers
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgia’s new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to s…
Police chief: Kneeling on Floyd’s neck violated policy
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis police chief testified Monday that now-fired Officer Derek Chauvin violated departmental policy — a…