February 18, 2021

California governor gets vaccine tour boost as recall looms

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has spent the past two weeks doing a vaccination road show, traveling to inoculation sites to tout the […]
February 18, 2021

Yellen warns against paring Biden's $1.9T relief package

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that recent signs of improvement in the U.S. economy are no reason to scale back the administration’s […]
February 18, 2021

Texas prices for lodging, necessities skyrocket amid storm

Hotel rooms for $1,000 a night. Gasoline prices spiking. Even bottled water prices doubling or tripling overnight. Officials in Texas say the winter storm that […]
February 18, 2021

The Latest: Georgia to open 4 COVID-19 vaccination sites

ATLANTA — Georgia is opening up four mass vaccination sites to inoculate people against COVID-19, with locations chosen to try to increase the lagging share […]
February 18, 2021

Nicaragua creates Ministry of Extraterrestrial Space Affairs

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua has created a new National Ministry for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, which is drawing amused reactions […]
February 18, 2021

'Mercenary' donor gets 12 years in campaign finance scheme

LOS ANGELES — A once high-flying political fundraiser who prosecutors said gave illegal campaign contributions to Joe Biden, Lindsey Graham and a host of other […]
February 18, 2021

The Latest: Algeria to start producing Russian vaccine

ALGIERS, Algeria — President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says Algeria will start producing Russia’s Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine in six or seven months. The announcement came Thursday in […]
February 18, 2021

“Mr. Kitty” goes virtually to Washington over GameStop saga

The social media movement that made a beloved icon of GameStop enthusiast Keith Gill continued to rally behind the YouTube personality known as Roaring Kitty […]
February 18, 2021

Majority of those working on Enbridge pipeline from outside Minnesota

Enbridge has fallen considerably short of goals to hire Minnesota workers for its controversial new oil 340-mile pipeline across the northern part of the state. […]
February 18, 2021

The Latest: Deal to get 1.1B vaccines to over 190 nations

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Vaccine developer Novavax has agreed to provide 1.1 billion doses of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine for use in more than 190 low- […]