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Alabama museum to restore full-sized mockup of space shuttle
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Alabama announced plans Tuesday to restore the world’s only full-sized mockup of a space shuttle coupled with an external fuel tank and twin rocket boosters. The shuttle test model, called Pathfinder, has been weathering outside the...
Report: Companies donated $170M to GOP election objectors
WASHINGTON (AP) — Corporations and industry groups have donated at least $170 million in recent years to Republicans who rejected President-elect Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump, according to a new report by a government watchdog group. The report by Public Citizen examines corporate and...
Florida company accused of steering vaccines to rich donors
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida launched an investigation Wednesday into an upscale nursing home amid reports that it administered coronavirus vaccines to wealthy donors and members of a country club along with its residents and employees. The Washington Post and New York Post both reported that...
Alaska soup kitchen gets large food donation after crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An official at an Anchorage soup kitchen said she received as a donation of at least 30,000 pounds (13,608 kilograms) of food on Christmas Eve from a local towing company after a truck carrying the produce crashed. Bean's Cafe and Children's Lunchbox CEO Lisa Sauder said the towing...
Neighborhood group provides food, good cheer during pandemic
WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. (AP) — Whenever Sheila Stuart gets a message on her phone that a donor is on the way she dons a light jacket, gloves and a mask and makes her way down from the second floor of her apartment building to the lobby. Since March, residents around the Mahtomedi area have been dropping off...
Shuttered Met Opera to lock out stagehands
NEW YORK (AP) — The shuttered Metropolitan Opera said it will lock out its stagehands in Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees at midnight on Monday because it has been unable to negotiate wage cuts during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Met General Manager Peter Gelb said...
Grants awarded to groups for suicide prevention programs
DETROIT (AP) — Nine groups will split $650,000 to put on suicide prevention programs in Michigan communities. The funding will establish the Suicide Prevention Support for Health Care Clinics Working with Michigan’s Health-Disparate Populations initiative, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield of...
The Latest: Biden inaugural committee limits donors to $500K
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local): 2:10 p.m. The committee raising money for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will take contributions from individual donors of as much as $500,000 and from corporations of as much as $1 million. That’s...
Alaska mushers lacking salmon receive dog food donations
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Sled dog mushers in communities on Alaska's Yukon River have received thousands of pounds of donated food to help feed their animals during a shortage of the salmon that is normally a staple of their diet. Pet food manufacturer Purina donated 39,000 pounds (17,690 kilograms) of...
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