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Poll: Most in US who remain unvaccinated need convincing

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and HANNAH FINGERHUT Fewer Americans are reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine than just a few months ago, but questions about side effects and how the shots were tested still hold some…
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Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protections

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope…
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US employers added just 266K jobs in April as hiring slows

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added just 266,000 jobs last month, sharply lower than in March and a sign that some businesses are struggling to find enough workers as the economic recovery…
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Nebraska launches ‘beef passport’ program for meat eating

By GRANT SCHULTE OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts ramped up his crusade for the meat industry on Wednesday by endorsing a new “beef passport” program to promote meat eating, a few weeks…
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Facebook board’s Trump decision could have wider impacts

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP - Since the day after the deadly riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, former President Donald Trump’s social media accounts have been silent — muzzled for inciting violence using the…
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How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it

By ALEXIA FERNÁNDEZ CAMPBELL and JOE YERARDI AP News - Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal their…
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US begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border

By ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump’s presidency will be reunited in the United States this week in what…
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EXPLAINER: What remains as US ends Afghan ‘forever war’

By KATHY GANNON KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After 20 years, America is ending its “forever war” in Afghanistan. Announcing a firm withdrawal deadline, President Joe Biden cut through the long debate, even within the U.S.…
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Feds raid Giuliani’s home, office, escalating criminal probe

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents raided Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan home and office Wednesday, seizing computers and cellphones in a major escalation of the Justice Department’s investigation into…
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US Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran

By JON GAMBRELL DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy…
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