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States trashing troves of masks and pandemic gear as huge, costly stockpiles linger and expire

By JENNIFER PELTZ and DAVID A. LIEB
Dec 20, 2023 6:56 am - When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., states scrambled for masks and other protective gear. Three years later, as the grips of the pandemic have...
Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it's uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and GEOFF MULVIHILL
Dec 20, 2023 6:52 am - Ever since the nation’s highest court ended abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some Republican-controlled states have caused bewildermen...
Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Dec 19, 2023 2:05 pm - Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the s...
A pro-Trump super PAC airs an anti-Haley ad in New Hampshire. She says that's a sign of her strength

By MEG KINNARD
Dec 19, 2023 1:56 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The super PAC supporting Donald Trump's 2024 campaign has launched a television ad targeting Nikki Haley, a move her campaign called a signal that T...
Zelenskyy says he's confident Ukraine will get more U.S. support for its war with Russia

By ILLIA NOVIKOV
Dec 19, 2023 1:03 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he's certain the United States will make good on its promise to provide billions of dollars in furthe...
Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot plot

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Dec 19, 2023 12:28 pm - WASHINGTON — A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Tuesday to more than three years behind bars for joining a plot to attack the U....
Appeals court says Mark Meadows can’t move Georgia election case charges to federal court

By KATE BRUMBACK
Dec 19, 2023 7:59 am - ATLANTA — A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 el...
Illegal crossings surge in remote areas as Congress, White House weigh major asylum limits

By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Dec 19, 2023 7:48 am - LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of dates are written on concrete-filled steel columns erected along the U.S. border with Mexico to memorialize when the Border Patrol has...
Pentagon announces new international mission to counter attacks on commercial vessels in Red Sea

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Dec 19, 2023 7:03 am - MANAMA, Bahrain — The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballisti...
Meta's initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war reversed by Oversight Board

Associated Press
Dec 19, 2023 6:53 am - MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “inf...

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