By ANDREW SELSKY, HANNAH FINGERHUT and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press So few people came for COVID-19 vaccinations in one county in North Carolina that hospitals there now allow anyone 16 or older…
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EXPLAINER: What does Georgia’s new GOP election law do?
By BEN NADLER and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The sweeping rewrite of Georgia’s election rules represents the first big set of changes since former President Donald Trump’s re…
EXPLAINER: Analyzing use of force by police officers
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press As former Officer Derek Chauvin stands trial in George Floyd’s death, a central question is whether he followed the Minneapolis Police Department’s guide…
Lieutenant: Kneeling on Floyd’s neck ‘totally unnecessary’
By STEVE KARNOWSKI, AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kneeling on George Floyd ‘s neck while he was handcuffed and lying on his stomach was top-tier, deadly force …
US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults
By ANITA SNOW, REBECCA SANTANA and CANDICE CHOI Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — America is starting to claw its way out of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, but food insecurity persi…
Where every kid needs lunch, school fights to feed them all
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America FAYETTE, Miss. (AP) — Most mornings, children are waiting beside the road with arms outstretched by the time driver Brian Hall pulls up in the de…
Under pressure, some Ga. corporate leaders slam voting bill
By BILL BARROW and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Some of Georgia’s most prominent corporate leaders on Wednesday began to more forcefully criticize the state’s sweeping new …
Floyd’s girlfriend recalls their struggles with addiction
By STEVE KARNOWSKI, AMY FORLITI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s girlfriend tearfully told a jury Thursday the story of how they met — at a Salvation Army shelter wh…
EXPLAINER: Witnesses relive trauma, guilt over Floyd’s death
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press The first days of testimony at the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death were dominated by witnesses to his arrest and countles…
Biden announces huge infrastructure plan to ‘win the future’
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, KEVIN FREKING and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden outlined a huge $2.3 trillion plan Wednesday to reengineer the nation’s infrastructure in what …