By Colleen SlevinAssociated Press DENVER (AP) — Three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics were indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a […]
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Pentagon: US Troops Must Get Their COVID-19 Vaccines ASAP
By Lolita C. BaldorAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Military troops must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo Wednesday, ordering service leaders […]
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Us Health Officials Call For Booster Shots Against Covid-19
By Mike Stobbe and Matthew PerroneAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to offer COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection […]
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CDC Urges COVID Vaccines During Pregnancy as Delta Surges
By Lindsey Tanner and Mike StobbeAssociated Press The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around […]
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Analysis: Delta Variant Upends Politicians’ COVID Calculus
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Zeke MillerAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration drew up a strategy to contain one coronavirus strain, then another showed up that’s much more […]
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Racism of Rioters Takes Center Stage in Jan. 6 Hearing
By Aaron MorrisonAssociated Press It had only been hinted at in previous public examinations of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection: Scores of rioters attacked police officers not just with makeshift […]
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Pelosi bars Trump Allies from Jan. 6 Probe; GOP Vows Boycott
By Mary Clare JalonickAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two Republicans tapped by House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating […]
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US Life Expectancy in 2020 Saw Biggest Drop Since WWII
By Mike StobbeAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, public health […]
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Numbers Explain How and Why West Bakes, Burns and Dries Out
By Seth BorensteinAssociated Press The American West is baking, burning and drying in intertwined extreme weather. Four sets of numbers explain how bad it is now, while several others explain […]
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Heat Wave Impossible Without Climate Change
By Seth BorensteinAssociated Press The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra degrees to […]