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Published
May 12, 2021

U.S. deaths from COVID-19 fall to about 600 a day, the lowest level in 10 months

Confirmed daily infections, meanwhile, have declined to about 38,000, their lowest mark since mid-September.
Published
May 12, 2021

Consumer prices shoot up as inflation worries escalate

Wednesday's report from the Labor Department showed sharply higher prices for everything from food and clothes to housing.
Published
May 12, 2021

House Republicans push Trump critic Liz Cheney from No. 3 position

The Wyoming congresswoman defiantly insists she’ll keep trying to wrench the party away from the former president and his 'destructive lies.'
Published
May 12, 2021

Auburn trucker accused of trying to meet teen for sex in Connecticut

Police say an activist group posed as a teen online and confronted Shawn Arnold at a truck stop.
Published
May 11, 2021

Most in U.S. who remain unvaccinated need convincing, poll shows

The AP-NORC poll found about 1 in 5 American adults say they probably or definitely won’t get vaccinated, compared to about a third in January.

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Published
May 11, 2021

Tyson raising workers’ pay to keep up as demand for chicken takes flight

The company cites government stimulus payments, enhanced unemployment benefits, health concerns and lack of child care as factors for high absenteeism and worker turnover.
Published
May 11, 2021

Man who killed 6 at Colorado birthday party was upset he wasn’t invited

Police say Teodoro Macias had been in a relationship with one of the victims and he'd had some kind of conflict with her family at a previous gathering.
Published
May 11, 2021

Judge dismisses NRA bankruptcy case, dealing blow to gun group

The judge found the bankruptcy was not filed in good faith, but was instead filed 'to gain an unfair advantage in litigation or to avoid a regulatory scheme.'
Published
May 11, 2021

Trump’s Pentagon chief to defend military response during Jan. 6 riot

Miller's testimony is aimed at defending the Pentagon's response to the chaos of the day and rebutting broad criticism that military forces were too slow to arrive.
Published
May 11, 2021

Prosecutor plans to seek death penalty in Atlanta spa shootings

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis also filed notice that she intends to seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against Robert Aaron Long, who is white.