Records show slow response to report of California oil spill
Oct 05, 2021
By BRIAN MELLEY, MATTHEW BROWN AND STEFANIE DAZIO HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the Southern California coast more than 12 hours…
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Leaked ‘Pandora’ records show how the powerful shield assets
Oct 04, 2021
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and JONATHAN MATTISE AP - A new report sheds light on how world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires and others have used offshore accounts to shield assets collectively worth trillions of dollars over…
Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19
Oct 01, 2021
By MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health…
Congress moves to avert partial government shutdown
Sep 30, 2021
By KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is moving to avert one crisis while putting off another with the Senate poised to approve legislation that would fund the federal government into early December. The House…
Sign of progress, Biden digs in to strike deal on $3.5T plan
Sep 29, 2021
By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure mounting but with signs of progress, President Joe Biden will hunker down at the White House to try to strike a deal and win over…
GOP blocks bill to keep government going; new try ahead
Sep 28, 2021
By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators blocked a bill to keep the government operating and allow federal borrowing, but Democrats aiming to avert a shutdown pledged to try again —…
Beyond, Impossible join crowded plant-based chicken market
Sep 27, 2021
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP - Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods found success with realistic plant-based burgers. Now, they’re hoping to replicate that in the fast-growing but crowded market for plant-based chicken nuggets. Beyond Meat said…
CDC endorses COVID booster for millions of older Americans
Sep 24, 2021
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans, opening a major new phase in the…
Tensions grow as US, allies deepen Indo-Pacific involvement
Sep 23, 2021
By DAVID RISING BANGKOK (AP) — With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater engagement in the…
‘Soul-crushing’: US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day
Sep 22, 2021
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH AP - COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying…