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NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers
NEW YORK (AP) - All private employers in New York City will have to require their workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the mayor announced Monday, imposing one of the most aggressive vaccine ru...
Syndicated Author Dec 06, 2021
Bob Dole, who overcame severe WWII wounds to lead Senate GOP and run for president, dies at 98
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindlin...
Syndicated Author Dec 05, 2021
Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight
WASHINGTON (AP) - As the Supreme Court court weighs the future of the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, a resurgent anti-abortion movement is looking to press its advantage in state-by-state battles...
Syndicated Author Dec 05, 2021
Third party to probe Oxford High’s actions ahead of shooting
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A third party will investigate events at Oxford High School that occurred before a school shooting that left four students dead and six other students and a teacher wounded, the ...
Syndicated Author Dec 05, 2021
COVID outbreak on cruise ship approaching New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Ten people aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship approaching New Orleans have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Saturday night.The Norwegian Breakaway had departed New Orle...
Syndicated Author Dec 05, 2021
US drugstores squeezed by vaccine demand, staff shortages
A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the U.S., leading to frazzled workers and temporary pharmacy closures.Drugstores are normally busy this time of ...
Syndicated Author Dec 04, 2021
Biden, Putin to talk next week as tensions grow over Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) - President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak in a video call Tuesday as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a Russian troop buildup on the Ukra...
Syndicated Author Dec 04, 2021
Parents captured after son charged in Oxford school shooting
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - The parents of a teen accused of killing four students in a shooting at a Michigan high school were caught early Saturday, several hours after a prosecutor filed involuntary mans...
Syndicated Author Dec 04, 2021

Thousands of Air Guard, Reserves don’t meet vaccine deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 11,000 members of the Air National Guard and Reserve did not meet Thursday's deadline to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and could begin to face consequences if they don't get th...
Syndicated Author Dec 03, 2021

DAs, retailers say California needs stronger shoplifting law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Spurred by a recent run of large-scale smash-and-grab robberies, prosecutors and retailers are pushing back on assertions by California's governor and attorney general that t...
Syndicated Author Dec 03, 2021
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