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Survey: Even as schools reopen, many students learn remotely
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...
‘We failed the test’ of COVID-19, says human rights champion
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Agnès Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and has made a career uncovering...
Boat, snowmobile, camel: Vaccine reaches world’s far corners
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After enduring 40-knot winds and freezing sea spray, jostled health care providers arrived wet and cold on two Maine islands in...
Arkansas lawmakers override governor veto, enact transgender youth treatment ban
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting...
Senate gives Biden a big tool to work around GOP filibuster
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With a powerful new tool, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has fresh options for potentially advancing President Joe Biden's infrastructure package...
Biden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said he's bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in...
EXPLAINER: Senate eyes budget rule to push past filibuster
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Senate split 50-50, leaders of the Democratic majority are looking for ways to advance their priorities and President Joe...
Police official: Chauvin trained to avoid neck pressure
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police are taught to restrain combative suspects with a knee on their back or shoulders if...
Study: Drought-breaking rains more rare, erratic in US West
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change...
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...
Senate gives Biden a big tool to work around GOP filibuster
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With a powerful new tool, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has fresh options for potentially advancing President Joe Biden's infrastructure package...
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...
Refugee families urge Biden to keep promise to up admissions
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The families of refugees and their supporters, including 124 elected officials, sent President Joe Biden a letter Tuesday urging him to...
Viral thoughts: Why COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Daniel Roberts hadn't had a vaccination since he was 6. No boosters, no tetanus shots. His parents taught him inoculations were...
Official: EU agency to confirm AstraZeneca blood clot link
By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAN PYLAS Associated Press ROME (AP) — A top official at the European Medicines Agency says there's a causal link between AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine and rare...
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‘We failed the test’ of COVID-19, says human rights champion
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Agnès Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and has made a career uncovering extrajudicial killings. The French human rights expert's focus on rights abuses is taking on new dimensions as she assumes leadership of Amnesty International and turns her attention to what she says is one of the world's most pressing issues — vaccine equity to end the coronavirus pandemic, which has eroded freedoms globally. Amnesty International released its annual report on Wednesday, arguing that governments have used the coronavirus pandemic as an...
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‘We failed the test’ of COVID-19, says human rights champion
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Agnès Callamard is best known for her investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and has made a career uncovering extrajudicial killings. The French human rights expert's focus on rights abuses is taking on new dimensions as she assumes leadership of Amnesty International and turns her attention to what she...
Read moreBoat, snowmobile, camel: Vaccine reaches world’s far corners
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After enduring 40-knot winds and freezing sea spray, jostled health care providers arrived wet and cold on two Maine islands in the North Atlantic late last month to conduct coronavirus vaccinations. As they came ashore on Little Cranberry Island, population 65, residents danced with excitement. "It's a historic day for the...
Read moreArkansas lawmakers override governor veto, enact transgender youth treatment ban
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday made the state the first to ban gender confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor's objections. The Republican-controlled House and Senate voted to override GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson's veto of the measure, which prohibits doctors from providing gender confirming hormone...
Read moreSenate gives Biden a big tool to work around GOP filibuster
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With a powerful new tool, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has fresh options for potentially advancing President Joe Biden's infrastructure package and other priorities past Republican obstruction in the 50-50 split Senate. Republicans still pledge to do all they can to halt Biden, but an official parliamentarian's opinion this week is...
Read moreBiden makes all adults eligible for a vaccine on April 19
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said he's bumping up his deadline by two weeks for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for coronavirus vaccines. But even as he expressed optimism about the pace of vaccinations, he warned Americans that the nation is not yet out of the woods...
Read moreEXPLAINER: Senate eyes budget rule to push past filibuster
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Senate split 50-50, leaders of the Democratic majority are looking for ways to advance their priorities and President Joe Biden's agenda around the typical 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster by opponents. This week, the Senate parliamentarian ruled that one tool, budget reconciliation, could be used more often...
Read morePolice official: Chauvin trained to avoid neck pressure
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police are taught to restrain combative suspects with a knee on their back or shoulders if necessary but are told to "stay away from the neck when possible," a department use-of-force instructor testified Tuesday at former Officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial. Lt. Johnny Mercil became the...
Read moreStudy: Drought-breaking rains more rare, erratic in US West
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet, according to a sweeping government study released Tuesday that concludes the situation is worsening. The most dramatic changes were recorded in the desert Southwest, where the average...
Read moreNearly 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 consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots. New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of the nation's...
Read moreSenate gives Biden a big tool to work around GOP filibuster
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — With a powerful new tool, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has fresh options for potentially advancing President Joe Biden's infrastructure package and other priorities past Republican obstruction in the 50-50 split Senate. Republicans still pledge to do all they can to halt Biden, but an official parliamentarian's opinion this week is...
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