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Theater Uses Its Creativity to Defy Pandemic and Stage shows

December 3, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s theater on Broadway. You just have to adjust your sights.

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Ocala Homeless Fined, Jailed: Nowhere to Sleep Legally

July 11, 2020

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Diane Coleman drives past run-down motels, mom-and-pop cafes and car repair shops on the main drag of this north-central Florida city of about 60,000 people. At a stoplight, she pulls out her phone and searches through photos until she finds what she is looking for: a picture of a wrinkled man with a Mona Lisa smile.

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Hotlines Let Workers Snitch on Bosses Who Break Virus Rules

July 22, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — Feel like snitching on a boss or business not following public health rules in the COVID-19 era? Massachusetts officials are more than happy to listen.

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Gone for Good? Evidence Signals Many Jobs Aren’t Coming Back

August 5, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stark evidence of the damage the resurgent viral outbreak has caused the U.S. economy could come Friday when the government is expected to report that the pace of hiring has slowed significantly after a brief rebound in the spring.

Fear, Language Barriers Hinder Immigrant Contact-Tracing

August 15, 2020

Only a handful of contact tracers working to slow COVID-19 in 125 communities near Chicago speak Spanish, despite significant Hispanic populations. Churches and advocacy groups in the Houston area are trying to convince immigrants to cooperate when health officials call. And in California, immigrants are being trained as contact tracers to ease mistrust.

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In Aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Residents Worry About Help

August 31, 2020

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — In a matter of hours last week, Hurricane Laura tore through the tire shop Layla Winbush’s family started just under a year ago, reducing most of it to rubble and scattering hundreds of tires across the lot. The storm also damaged her home, which now reeks of mold.

Free Lunches Continue for New Mexico Students

September 9, 2020

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Funding for summer meal programs for children in New Mexico will be extended for the foreseeable future, state officials said.

Alabama Archives Faces its Legacy as Confederate ‘Attic’

September 21, 2020

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Hundreds of memorials glorifying the Confederacy had been erected by the time Marie Bankhead Owen built what may have been the grandest: The Alabama Department of Archives and History, which cataloged a version of the past that was favored by many Southern whites and all but excluded Black people.

Some Orthodox Jews Bristle at NYC’s Response to Virus Surge

October 5, 2020

A decade-long global effort to save Earth’s disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats like coral reefs and tropical forests in more trouble than ever, researchers said in a report Tuesday.

Trump Administration Denies California Relief for 6 Fires

October 16, 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration this week rejected California’s request for disaster relief funds aimed at cleaning up the damage from six recent wildfires among the siege of deadly and destructive blazes that have scorched the state.

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VMI to Remove Statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson

October 30, 2020

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Military Institute’s board voted Thursday to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson that currently stands in front of the historic barracks on campus, a school spokesperson said.

Bangladeshi Wins Children’s Prize for Fighting Cyberbullying

November 13, 2020

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A 17-year-old Bangladeshi boy won the International Children’s Peace Prize on Friday for his work combating cyberbullying in his country, and he vowed to keep fighting online abuse until it is eradicated.

Congress OKs 5-year Extension of Great Lakes Cleanup Program

December 21, 2020

A program that has pumped $2.7 billion into healing long-term injuries to the Great Lakes environment has received authorization from Congress to continue another five years.

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Climate Activist Thunberg to Appear on Swedish Postal Stamp

January 13, 2021

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postal stamp that will be issued Thursday in her native Sweden and is part of a series focusing on the environment.

‘Simple is Beautiful’: One-Shot Vaccine Proves Effective

January 29, 2021

The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in a key study released Friday, offering the world a potentially important new tool as it races to stay ahead of the rapidly mutating virus.

Vaccine Delays Leave Grocery Workers Feeling Expendable

February 16, 2021

As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic’s front-line workers.

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US Female Firefighters Fight Discrimination with Lawsuits

March 14, 2021

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The highest ranking female firefighter in Asheville, North Carolina, says she was repeatedly discriminated against because of her sex and fought to keep her job while battling breast cancer. The first female chief of a municipal fire department in the state says she briefly pondered suicide after years of sexual harassment.

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Theater Uses Its Creativity to Defy Pandemic and Stage shows

Ocala Homeless Fined, Jailed: Nowhere to Sleep Legally

Hotlines Let Workers Snitch on Bosses Who Break Virus Rules

Gone for Good? Evidence Signals Many Jobs Aren’t Coming Back

Fear, Language Barriers Hinder Immigrant Contact-Tracing

In Aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Residents Worry About Help

Free Lunches Continue for New Mexico Students

Alabama Archives Faces its Legacy as Confederate ‘Attic’

Some Orthodox Jews Bristle at NYC’s Response to Virus Surge

Trump Administration Denies California Relief for 6 Fires

VMI to Remove Statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson

Bangladeshi Wins Children’s Prize for Fighting Cyberbullying

Congress OKs 5-year Extension of Great Lakes Cleanup Program

Climate Activist Thunberg to Appear on Swedish Postal Stamp

‘Simple is Beautiful’: One-Shot Vaccine Proves Effective

Vaccine Delays Leave Grocery Workers Feeling Expendable

US Female Firefighters Fight Discrimination with Lawsuits

S Carolina Governor Bans Border Kids from State Foster Homes

NASA Picks Venus as Hot Spot for Two New Robotic Missions

More Migrants Seek Asylum Through Reopened Canadian Border

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