WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge.
The White House announced …
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By ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press | 1/12/22 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices paid by U.S. consumers jumped 7% in December from a year earlier, the highest inflation rate since 1982 and the latest evidence that rising costs for food, rent and …
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer | 1/12/22 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Harry Reid will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol as colleagues and friends pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who rose from poverty in a dusty Nevada mining …
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By LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent | 1/12/22 |
ATLANTA (AP) — Pounding his hand for emphasis, President Joe Biden challenged senators Tuesday to "stand against voter suppression" by changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation …
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By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, COLLEEN LONG and JEFF AMY
Associated Press | 1/12/22 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare said Tuesday it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer's drug whose benefits have been widely questioned, a major development in the nation's tug-of-war …
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press | 1/12/22 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Side by side at ground zero on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a Republican governor read from the Gettysburg Address and a Democratic governor read from …
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By CALVIN WOODWARD
Associated Press | 1/7/22 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a modest 199,000 jobs last month while the unemployment rate fell sharply, at a time when businesses are struggling to fill jobs with many Americans …
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer | 1/7/22 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation's vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus cases because …
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By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO
Associated Press | 1/7/22 |
KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Olympic hopeful Dani Loeb says she's optimistic that police are able to recover her custom skis, helmet, jackets and other gear stolen in Atlanta now that two suspects are …
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By JEFF MARTIN
Associated Press | 1/7/22 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden forcefully blamed Donald Trump and his supporters Thursday for holding a "dagger at the throat of democracy" with election lies that sparked last year's …
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By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press | 1/6/22 |