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President Biden temporarily suspends new oil and gas leases, permits on US land and water

NATIONWIDE | By MATTHEW BROWN (AP) — The Biden administration has suspended new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits on U.S. lands and waters for 60 days as officials move to reverse the energy and environ... Read More...

Joe Biden sworn in as the 46th President of the United States

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - Joe Biden has sworn the oath of office to become the 46th president of the United States, declaring that “democracy has prevailed.” He takes the helm of a deeply divided nation and ... Read More...

Kamala Harris sworn in as 1st female Vice President

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Kamala Harris has been sworn in as the nation's first female vice president. The former U.S. senator from California is also the first Black person and the first person of South Asian... Read More...

Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. | By JILL COLVIN (AP) — His term at an end, President Donald Trump has said farewell to Washington. Trump has arrived in Florida in the last hour of his presidency, skipping Joe Biden... Read More...

Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders

NATIONWIDE | By ANNA MARIA BARRY-JESTER, HANNAH RECHT, MICHELLE R. SMITH, and LAUREN WEBER (AP) - An investigation has found that at least 181 public health leaders in 38 states have resigned, retired or bee... Read More...

Veterans Day in 2020: Quiet Parades, Somber Virtual Events

BY SEAN MURPHY AND REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Celebrations marking Veterans Day gave way to somber virtual gatherings Wednesday, with many of the nation’s veterans homes barring vis... Read More...

Lawsuit planned over hunting, fishing at US wildlife refuges

NATIONWIDE | By KEITH RIDLER (AP) — An environmental group says the Trump administration is violating the Endangered Species Act by expanding hunting and fishing by 3,600 square miles on the national wildlife r... Read More...

FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: Antiviral Remdesivir

NATIONWIDE | By MARILYNN MARCHIONE (AP) - U.S. regulators have approved the first drug to treat COVID-19. Remdesivir is an antiviral medicine given through an IV. Its maker, Gilead Sciences Inc., said T... Read More...

Dept. of Labor enforces payback of wages to employee denied paid sick leave after ordered coronavirus quarantine

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The operator of a Plentywood, Montana, facility for people with disabilities has paid $1,600 in back wages to an employee after the employer wrongly denied emergency paid sick leave despite... Read More...

Wyoming, Alaska have healthiest rainy day funds

NATIONWIDE | By TREVOR BACH, Contributor (AP) - The coronavirus pandemic has led to the greatest economic crisis in decades. U.S. gross domestic product plunged by a historic 33% in the second fiscal quarter, w... Read More...