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The Latest: Biden nominee frustrated at vaccine delays
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s nominee to be health secretary is expressing his own frustration about long lines for vaccinations, canceled appointments as local health authorities run out of vaccine and the difficulty many Americans are having in figuring out where they stand in line to get the...
The Latest: New virus clusters hit China's north provinces
BEIJING — A Chinese city has brought 2,600 temporary treatment rooms online as the country’s north battles new clusters of coronavirus. The single-occupancy rooms in the city of Nangong in Hebei province just outside Beijing are each equipped with their own heaters, toilets, showers and other...
California’s ban on indoor worship upheld by appeals court
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied a Southern California church’s request to overturn the state’s coronavirus restrictions barring worship services indoors during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a newspaper report Saturday. The Sacramento Bee said Friday's ruling...
DuPont, Chemours reach agreement over 'forever chemicals'
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Dupont Co. and its spinoff business Chemours have agreed to resolve legal disputes over environmental liabilities for pollution related to man-made chemicals associated with an increased risk of cancer and other health problems. The binding memorandum of understanding announced...
Court upholds New Hampshire's online lottery sales
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that allows New Hampshire to continue selling lottery tickets online. The case involved a 2018 Justice Department opinion holding that the 1961 Wire Act applied to any form of gambling that crosses state lines. That raised...
Man accused of beating officer with flagpole ordered held
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered an Arkansas man accused of beating a police officer with a flagpole during this month's riot at the U.S. Capitol to remain in jail pending his trial, calling video from the incident “simply shocking." U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray...
Judge orders plan for releasing more red wolves into wild
A judge has ordered the federal government to come up with a plan to release more endangered red wolves from breeding programs to bolster the dwindling wild population. U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle signed an order Thursday directing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to draft a plan by March 1 for...
Israeli diamond tycoon convicted in Swiss corruption trial
GENEVA (AP) — A Geneva court on Friday convicted Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz on charges of corrupting foreign public officials and forging documents, in a trial over his successful bid to reap lavish iron ore resources in the Guinea. The man considered by some to be Israeli's richest man was...
Red Cross worker convicted of stealing $400,000 loses appeal
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut court on Friday rejected the appeal of a former American Red Cross official who was convicted of stealing more than $400,000 from the organization. A three-judge panel of the state Appellate Court ruled against Diane Williams, former finance director of the Red Cross's...
Vermont judge blocks activities at firearms training center
A Vermont judge has ordered a firearms training center in the town of Pawlet to temporarily stop training activities. Judge Tom Durkin on Thursday granted a request by the town for a preliminary injunction to prevent Daniel Banyai from holding firearms training classes on the property, known as Slate Ridge,...
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