By JOSH KELETY and ANGELO FICHERA Associated Press The CEO of a major airline suggested during a congressional hearing this week that face masks provide little value on planes — a claim that was quick…
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Court allows Biden employer vaccine mandate to take effect
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead. The 2-…
Republicans resist saying 3 simple words: ‘Joe Biden won’
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press They are just three little words, but they have become nearly impossible for many Republicans to say: “Joe Biden won.” Eleven months after the Democrat’s inau…
Court rejects challenge of vaccination incentive lottery
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s first vaccination incentive program as unconstitutional, saying the group that sued over…
EXPLAINER: Must employers follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?
By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have put President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates affecting priv…
Ohio Senate OKs bill to expand medical marijuana program
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More Ohio dispensaries could sell medical marijuana, cultivators could grow more of it, and more conditions would qualify for using it under legislation passed Wednesday by the R…
Kroger ending some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated staff
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Kroger, the country’s biggest traditional grocery chain, is ending some benefits for unvaccinated workers as big employers attempt to compel more of their …
‘A way we resist’: Quilts honor victims of racial violence
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Long after he was killed, Myrtle Green-Burton wouldn’t let anyone wear her 17-year-old son’s high school track …
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 who helped plan Trump rallies
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is subpoenaing six people who the panel says were involved in the organizati…
GM CEO says making ventilators changed the company culture
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of General Motors said Thursday that the automaker learned valuable lessons last year when it stepped in to boost emergency production of ventilato…