By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Liberal activists are stepping up calls for corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws, and businesses accustomed to c…
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Aiming big, Biden is looking to restore faith in government
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Joe Biden preaches patience but acts with urgency, his vision of the powers of the Oval Office is quickly taking shape, modeled after…
From child care to COVID, rising job market faces obstacles
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge in hiring in the United States last month — 916,000 added jobs, the most since August — coincides with growing confidence that a bl…
Coming out of the cave: As life creeps back, some feel dread
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Dinner reservations are gleefully being made again. Long-canceled vacations are being booked. People are coming together again, in some o…
New to DC, Buttigieg looks to build bridges with Biden plan
By HOPE YEN, JONATHAN LEMIRE and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Buttigieg was a few weeks into his job as transportation secretary, buried in meetings and preparing for the la…
Amid outcry, states push mental health training for police
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press/Report for America The officer who Cassandra Quinto-Collins says kneeled on her son’s neck for over four minutes assured her it was standard protocol for sedat…
Births among endangered right whales highest since 2015
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — North Atlantic right whales gave birth over the winter in greater numbers than scientists have seen since 2015, an encouraging sign for researchers …
Florida works to avoid ‘catastrophic’ pond collapse
By CHRIS O’MEARA and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press PALMETTO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday that crews are working to prevent the collapse of a large wastewater pond in…
Minorities in Myanmar borderlands face fresh fear since coup
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Before each rainy season Lu Lu Aung and other farmers living in a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar’s far northern Kach…
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…