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The Latest: More rules for returning New Zealand travelers
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Travelers returning to New Zealand will face stricter rules at quarantine hotels as health authorities investigate how up to three people got infected with the coronavirus while isolating at Auckland’s Pullman Hotel. The people were released before testing positive and...
San Francisco to strip Washington, Lincoln from school names
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The names of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and other prominent figures including California Sen. Dianne Feinstein will be removed from 44 San Francisco public schools, a move that stirred debate Wednesday on whether the famously liberal city has taken the national reckoning on...
Businessman pleads guilty in illegal dumping of wastewater
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi business owner pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to violate the federal Clean Water Act after prosecutors said he took part in illegally dumping large amounts of untreated industrial waste into the Jackson sewer system. Andrew Walker, 70, owns Rebel High Velocity...
Editorial Roundup: New York
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Keep the Trains and Buses Running The New York Times Jan. 21 The coronavirus pandemic is jeopardizing the long-term health of the public transit systems that provide a crucial circulatory system for major American cities...
Some Black communities in Florida have no vaccine access
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The predominantly Black farming communities on Lake Okeechobee's shores are at least 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the nearest Publix supermarket — and that's a problem, as Gov. Ron DeSantis has given the chain sole distribution rights for the coronavirus vaccine in Palm...
New protests as Polish court seals divisive abortion ruling
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — New anti-government protests broke out in Polish cities Wednesday, shortly after the country's top court confirmed its highly divisive ruling that will further tighten the predominantly Catholic nation’s strict anti-abortion law. The unrest shows growing discontent among many...
SC city councilman to donate paychecks for rest of term
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Charleston city councilman is giving up his paychecks to support those in his district. City Councilman Harry Griffin on Wednesday announced on Facebook that he would be donating his checks to the City of Charleston in the amount of his monthly net salary for the rest of his term,...
Ricketts pitches property tax measure to Nebraska panel
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts pitched his property tax proposal to a legislative committee on Wednesday. warning that voters might take the issue into their own hands if lawmakers don't cap how much local governments can collect. The Republican governor's measure won support from a...
Dearborn to remove name of former mayor from ballroom
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Elected officials in a Detroit suburb are trying to wipe away part of the community’s segregationist past by removing the name of its longest-serving mayor from a civic center ballroom. The action Tuesday by the Dearborn City Council is the latest move to separate the city...
Protesters in Lebanon clash with police over virus lockdown
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces opened fire in violent clashes Wednesday with dozens of protesters who took to the street in the country’s north for a third consecutive day to denounce deteriorating living conditions amid a strict lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. At least...
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