High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win
Dec 09, 2020
By MARK SHERMAN and MARC LEVY WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment…
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Feds passed up chance to lock in more Pfizer vaccine doses
Dec 08, 2020
By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is facing new scrutiny Tuesday after failing to lock in a chance to buy millions of additional doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine,…
Trump lawyer Giuliani in hospital after positive virus test
Dec 07, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the latest in Trump’s inner circle to contract the disease that is now surging across the U.S.…
Data shows Americans couldn’t resist Thanksgiving travel
Dec 04, 2020
By STEPHEN GROVES SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Americans couldn’t resist the urge to gather for Thanksgiving, driving only slightly less than a year ago and largely ignoring the pleas of public health experts, who…
NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid
Dec 03, 2020
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday. Observations by a telescope in Hawaii clinched its identity,…
UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people
Dec 02, 2020
By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS AP - An overheating world obliterated weather records in 2020, creating an extreme year for hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, floods, droughts and ice melt, the United Nations’ weather agency…
At tiny rural hospitals, weary doctors treat friends, family
Dec 01, 2020
By JEFF ROBERSON and JIM SALTER MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) — As Dr. Shane Wilson makes the rounds at the tiny, 25-bed hospital in rural northeastern Missouri, many of his movements are familiar in an age…
Moderna asking US, European regulators to OK its virus shots
Nov 30, 2020
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP - Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection —…
Black Friday offers beacon of hope to struggling stores
Nov 27, 2020
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — After months of slumping sales and businesses toppling into bankruptcy, Black Friday is offering a small beacon of hope. In normal times, Black Friday is the busiest shopping…
Thanksgiving could make or break US coronavirus response
Nov 25, 2020
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM In Pennsylvania, if you’re having friends over to socialize, you’re supposed to wear a mask — and so are your friends. That’s the rule, but Barb Chestnut has no intention of following…