US coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000
Feb 22, 2021
By JOHN RABY AP News - The U.S. stood Sunday at the brink of a once-unthinkable tally: 500,000 people lost to the coronavirus. A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was…
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Lights come back on in Texas as water woes rise in the South
Feb 19, 2021
By PAUL J. WEBER and JILL BLEED AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Many of the millions of Texans who lost power for days after a deadly winter blast overwhelmed the electric grid now have it back,…
US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII
Feb 18, 2021
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic caused its first wave of deaths, health officials are reporting. Minorities…
100 million Americans brace for more cold, ice and snow
Feb 17, 2021
By PAUL J. WEBER and JILL BLEED AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Winter weather that has overwhelmed power grids unprepared for climate change and left millions without electricity in record-breaking cold kept its grip on the…
Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell
Feb 16, 2021
By JASON DEAREN, JULIET LINDERMAN and MARTHA MENDOZA AP - Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1…
Impeachment isn’t the final word on Capitol riot for Trump
Feb 15, 2021
By COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he’s to blame for the deadly Capitol riot. The next step for the former president could…
After Democrats’ visceral presentation, Trump team on stage
Feb 12, 2021
By ERIC TUCKER, LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — After a prosecution case rooted in emotive, violent images from the Capitol siege, Donald Trump’s impeachment trial shifts on Friday to defense lawyers prepared…
Chilling video footage becomes key exhibit in Trump trial
Feb 11, 2021
By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVI WASHINGTON (AP) — Chilling security video of last month’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, including of rioters searching menacingly for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
Senators to hear opening arguments as Trump fumes over trial
Feb 10, 2021
By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening arguments begin Wednesday in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the…
WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab
Feb 09, 2021
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA WUHAN, China (AP) — The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said…