By ANDREW DeMILLO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — As U.S. regulators weigh giving the final stamp of approval for certain COVID-19 vaccines, governors in states hard hit b…
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FirstEnergy to pay $230M in agreement in Ohio bribery case
By MARK GILLISPIE, JULIE CARR SMYTH and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — The energy giant at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio admitted Thursday to using dark money g…
CEO calls FirstEnergy’s conduct ‘wrong and unacceptable’
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — FirstEnergy Corp.’s conduct in secretly funding a $60 million bribery scheme to win a $1 billion bailout for two nuclear power plants it once …
TAKEAWAYS: Ex-utility regulator had outsized role in scheme
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A statement of facts included with FirstEnergy’s deferred prosecution agreement announced Thursday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cinc…
Small businesses lifted by return of summer tourists
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…
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…
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…
Seemingly safe GOP incumbents under attack from right wing
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. James Lankford would seem to have all the conservative credentials he’d need to coast to reelection in deep-red Oklahoma…
Unlike elsewhere, New Hampshire refunds COVID business fines
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Three Republican governors opposed efforts this year to absolve businesses for violating public health orders during the coronavirus pandemic. But …