RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina House members on Monday approved a plan to curb the governor's ability to mandate COVID-19 vaccines through executive action - a power Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has shown no desire to exercise...

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ATLANTA (AP) - Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a 2022 Georgia state budget that restores some money to K-12 education, increases some mental health funding, and pays nursing home operators more.However, the Republican governor is telling agencies not to increase salaries for some state troopers and...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are preparing to launch an all-out assault on sweeping voting rights legislation, forcing Democrats to take dozens of politically difficult votes during a committee hearing that will spotlight the increasingly charged national debate over access to the ballot...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin families who want to send their children to a private school using a voucher paid for by taxpayers would increase to three times the federal poverty level under a Republican-backed bill the state Assembly is scheduled to pass on Tuesday...

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HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong officials dropped a plan to mandate foreign domestic workers be vaccinated against the coronavirus, after hearing international criticism the move would be discriminatory...

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LONDON (AP) - The British government plans to expand student loan programs to give all adults access to four years of university or job training throughout their lifetimes as part of a legislative program designed to help the U...

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The credit card you pluck out of your wallet can make as much of a statement as the purse or pants you keep your wallet in. With cards touting sleek metal designs, luxury perks and loyalty program status upgrades, simply carrying a flashy card can make you look like the kind of person who has access...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, illustrating starkly the desperation of businesses trying to find new workers as the country emerges from the pandemic and the economy expands...

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is meeting virtually with a bipartisan group of governors Tuesday to share best practices for encouraging Americans to get vaccinated as the pace of shots nationally declines and he looks to meet his July Fourth inoculation targets...

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $12 billion in new funding to get more people experiencing homelessness in the state into housing and to "functionally end family homelessness" within five years...

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AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Ashley Scott describes the emotional side of her job as a death doula like a fountain in the middle of a lake.Her job is to help shepherd a dying person through an experience that is so intimate, common and yet mostly taboo in American culture...

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PERRY, Ga. (AP) - A Canadian company will invest $30 million to increase production at a middle Georgia sawmill, part of a series of overhauls of its Georgia sawmills.Interfor announced the overhaul Tuesday of its 140-employee Perry sawmill with completion scheduled sometime in the second half of ...

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LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - California-based Rocket Lab said a launch of satellites from its facility in New Zealand failed Saturday.The problem occurred during ignition of the Electron rocket's second stage, the company said in a statement...

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona Republicans say the voter restrictions they're pushing after President Joe Biden's win in the state last year are designed to strengthen the integrity of future elections...

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BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she understands young people's frustration about the pace of efforts to combat climate change, but is stressing the need to build political majorities to support effective action...

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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Matt Kauffman was at an Italian conference and talking over coffee with fellow ecologists when he got to thinking that the challenges facing Wyoming's migratory deer, elk and pronghorn are shared by wildlife around the world...

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ORONO, Maine (AP) - The federal government has awarded more than $300,000 to a University of Maine engineering professor who is working to increase production of an environmentally friendly disinfectant...

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - As violence flares within Israel and on a day in which Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City killed at least 42 people Sunday, it was business as usual for a senior Israeli tourism official in Dubai as she promoted the country as a must-see destination for Muslim ...

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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) _ Delek US Holdings Inc. (DK) on Tuesday reported a loss of $98.6 million in its first quarter...

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Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. May 2, 2021. Editorial: Officials should show their workEveryone remembers those math worksheets from elementary school...

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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Myanmar's security forces movedin and the street lamps went black. In house after house, people shut off their lights...

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BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday in light trading while China and Japan were closed for holidays...

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