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More than a year and a half after COVID-19 concerns prompted the U.S. to close its borders to international travelers from countries including Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom and much of Europe, restrictions are shifting to focus on vaccine status. As of this week, bans on travel from specific countries are over. [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — Food banks across the country are pursuing major expansion projects driven in part by their experiences during the pandemic, when they faced an explosion of need. "So many people who had never had to ask for help found themselves in a position of needing it and not knowing where to go," said [...]
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The only bidder for management of Georgia's Confederate-themed, state-owned Stone Mountain Park is a new firm created by an official of the company that's pulling out, according to the park's governing board. The Stone Mountain Memorial Association board voted recently to choose Thrive Attractions Management LLC as the finalist to [...]
SEQUOIA CREST, Calif. (AP) — Ashtyn Perry was barely as tall as the shovel she stomped into barren ground where a wildfire last year ravaged the California mountain community of Sequoia Crest and destroyed dozens of its signature behemoth trees. The 13-year-old with a broad smile and a braid running to her waist had a [...]
The 2020 census missed an estimated 1.6 million people, but given hurdles posed by the pandemic and natural disasters, the undercount was smaller than expected, according to an analysis by a think tank that did computer simulations of the nation's head count. The analysis, done by the Urban Institute and released Tuesday, found that people [...]
PHOENIX (AP) — Canadians Ian and Heather Stewart are savoring the idea of leaving behind this winter's subzero temperatures when the United States reopens its borders to nonessential land travel next week and they launch a long-delayed drive to their seasonal home in Fort Myers, Fla. Restrictions imposed by both countries during the coronavirus pandemic [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are proposing to change the way Mexican gray wolves are managed in the American Southwest, saying removing population limits and setting goals for genetic diversity will help the endangered species recover. The proposal also would allow more wolves to be released into the wild in New Mexico and [...]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Voters in the sprawling coastal city of Virginia Beach will decide whether to approve one of the larger municipal bonds in the country that would be used to protect against rising seas and intensifying hurricanes. If it passes Tuesday, the $568 million would fund anything from elevating roads to closing [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Communities across the country are reconsidering their approach to gifted and talented programs in schools as vocal parents blame such elite programs for worsening racial segregation and inequities in the country's education system. A plan announced by New York City's mayor to phase out elementary school gifted and talented programs in [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Initial jobless claims in Ohio have returned to pre-pandemic levels for the first time, according to two weeks of state data. The positive economic news comes even as a fresh state auditor's report sheds more light on the extent of fraud experienced by Ohio's unemployment insurance program. The state human services agency [...]