Medicare urged to flex its power and slash back premium hike
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Continue Reading Russia vetoes UN resolution linking climate change, security
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Continue Reading Virgin Atlantic gets another cash injection through pandemic
LONDON (AP) — Virgin Atlantic has received 400 million pounds ($530 million) of new funding from its shareholders to help the airline ride out the…
Continue Reading US-backed Syria forces say 5 IS suspects killed in raid
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian Kurdish-led forces say their ant-terrorism unit, with U.S.-led coalition support, has killed five suspected Islamic State…
Continue Reading Remains found after pre-execution tip from Mississippi man
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Continue Reading Banned decades ago, PCBs still posing threat to wildlife
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press HOLDERNESS, N.H. (AP) — Researchers on an idyllic New Hampshire lake popular with tourists are hunting for…
Continue Reading South Africans urge jabs as president ill in omicron wave
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office says that he has postponed getting…
Continue Reading Gunmen kill 2, injure 12 in attack on police bus in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police say a gun attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir has killed two police and wounded a dozen others, hours after…
Continue Reading Austria’s new interior minister accused of antisemitism
BERLIN (AP) — A Nobel laureate in literature, Jewish students and other prominent figures in Austria want the country’s new interior minister…
Continue Reading Russian lawmaker charged with killing elk, alleges politics
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Continue Reading EU slaps sanctions on Russian mercenaries, Wagner Group
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has imposed sanctions on a group of private Russian military contractors it accuses of fomenting violence and…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Japanese tourist says space trip ‘amazing’
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Continue Reading Amid tension, Southern Baptist women lead where they can
By BOB SMIETANA of Religion News Service and HOLLY MEYER of The Associated Press Women cannot serve as the senior pastor of a Southern Baptist…
Continue Reading Cyprus OKs COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 5-11
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will start vaccinating kids between the ages of 5 to 11 in fresh bid to head off another COVID-19 surge following the…
Continue Reading High court won’t hear Mississippi lawsuit over talcum powder
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Continue Reading Supreme Court rejects appeal over press access in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a conservative think tank over Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ decision to exclude the…
Continue Reading AP-NORC poll: Omicron raises COVID worry but not precautions
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Continue Reading St. Jude, WHO to provide child cancer meds to poor nations
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are working to…
Continue Reading Sudan security forces fire tear gas at anti-coup protesters
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Sudan’s capital in the latest street…
Continue Reading From Armani to Zegna, 22 Milan brands plan live runway shows
MILAN (AP) — Milan menswear previews for fall/winter 2021-22 are returning to a mostly in-person format in January, with Zegna, Giorgio Armani,…
Continue Reading Ghana to fine airlines $3,500 for unvaccinated passengers
By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The West African nation of Ghana says it will fine airlines $3,500 for each passenger who…
Continue Reading ‘Y’all pray for Mayfield’: Town grieves in tornado aftermath
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Survivors of one of the devastating tornadoes that cut a long path of destruction…
Continue Reading Court weighs evidence against sailor in warship arson case
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Continue Reading Finland: Architect’s ephemeral lake art a winter tradition
BY JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An architect-designer in southern Finland has returned to a frozen lake with a snow…
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