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North Dakota nurses don’t back positive asymptomatic colleagues working
BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Nurses Association said it does not support a move to allow health care workers who have tested positive for covid-19 but do not have symptoms to remain on the job. Gov. Doug Burgum supports the idea as part of an effort to ease stress...
McEnany wears 2 hats as White House press secretary, campaign adviserVideo
WASHINGTON — A White House press secretary who refers questions to the White House? Kayleigh McEnany is wearing two hats, one as a Trump 2020 campaign adviser and the other as the White House press secretary, charged with articulating the administration’s policies and positions to the press and the public....
‘Buzz’ remains for Masters leader Paul Casey despite limited spectatorsVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — No spectators, no roars. Paul Casey still had no problem finding enough energy from the sheer mystique of the Masters on Thursday in an opening round delayed seven months by a pandemic and then nearly three hours by thunderstorms. It carried him to a 7-under-par 65, matching...
Sluggers Freddie Freeman, Jose Abreu win MLB MVP awardsVideo
NEW YORK — Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman easily won the NL MVP award Thursday, topping off a trying year that saw him become so ill with covid-19 he prayed “please don’t take me.” Chicago White Sox slugger José Abreu earned the AL MVP, a reward for powering his...
Ivy League cancels winter sports because of covid-19
The Ivy League became the first Division I conference this year to cancel all winter sports, including men’s and women’s basketball. The decision Thursday came 13 days before the scheduled start of the college basketball season. The league had decided this past summer, when it canceled fall sports, not to...
Tiger Woods off to rare fast start at MastersVideo
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods usually takes a day or two to get going at Augusta National. Not this time. Defying his lackluster form not to mention a history of slow starts at these hallowed grounds, Woods shot a bogey-free 4-under-par 68 on Thursday in the opening round of the...
Don Young, Alaska’s sole member the U.S. House, tests positive for covid
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Rep. Don Young announced Thursday that he has tested positive for covid-19, a day after winning his 25th term in the U.S. House. The 87-year-old representative made the announcement on Twitter. “I am feeling strong, following proper protocols, working from home in Alaska and ask for...
Justice Department: ‘Poor judgment’ used in Jeffrey Epstein plea deal, but finds no misconduct
WASHINGTON — A Justice Department report has found former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta exercised “poor judgment” in handling an investigation into wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was a top federal prosecutor in Florida. The report, obtained by The Associated Press, is a culmination of an investigation by the Justice...
Senate likely to vote on controversial Fed pick Judy Shelton next week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s unorthodox choice for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Judy Shelton, could be voted on by the Senate next week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office said Thursday. The willingness of the Senate GOP leadership to bring Shelton’s nomination to the floor indicates that they likely...
Vatican calling: Pope congratulates Joe Biden on election
It’s not exactly divine intervention, but even the pope considers the U.S. presidential race over. President-elect Joe Biden, a lifelong Roman Catholic, spoke to Pope Francis on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump refusing to concede. Trump claims — without evidence — that the election was stolen from him through massive...
Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski positive for coronavirus
Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski has tested positive for the coronavirus. Lewandowski recently traveled to Pennsylvania to assist Trump’s efforts to contest the state’s election results. He said Thursday he believes he was infected in Philadelphia and he’s not experiencing any symptoms. Lewandowski appeared with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani at an...
Baylor, Kansas to be tested by West Virginia, Texas schools in loaded Big 12Video
Kansas was the heavy favorite to land the overall No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament when word began to filter through conference tournaments that covid-19 was going to shut down the remainder of the season. Now, the Jayhawks might not even be the favorites to finish first in the...
Belarus rights group counts 900 cases against opposition
KYIV, Ukraine — A human rights group said Thursday that authorities in Belarus have brought more than 900 criminal cases carrying potential yearslong prison sentences against opposition figures and protesters in connection with the country’s challenged presidential election and the anti-government demonstrations that followed. The tally released by the Viasna...
States ramp up for biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history
With a covid-19 vaccine drawing closer, public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history — a monumental undertaking that must distribute hundreds of millions of doses, prioritize who’s first in line and ensure that people who get the initial shot return...
‘Erratic’ passenger on Philadelphia-bound flight taken to hospital
PHILADELPHIA — The cabin crew took “precautionary measures” after a passenger exhibited “erratic behavor” on an American Airlines jetliner headed to Philadelphia from Orlando, Fla., the airline said. Flight 2392 was approaching Philadelphia International Airport when the crew became aware of a passenger “exhibiting erratic behavior and making alarming comments,”...
Sculpture restoration work draws laughs, memories in Spain
MADRID — Restoration work on a sculpture in northern Spain has resurrected memories of a restored Christ fresco in another Spanish city eight years ago that drew ridicule as well as tourists. The latest incident concerns a relief sculpture on the exterior of an ornate office building in the city...
To help economy, bank proposes tax on working from home
LONDON — White collar staff reaping the financial benefits of working from home should be taxed to help other workers who aren’t getting the same advantages, experts at Deutsche Bank said in a new report. In its report on how to rebuild the economy after covid-19, the bank proposed a...
Tunnel plan near Stonehenge gets U.K. government consentVideo
LONDON — The British government went against the recommendations of planning officials Thursday when it approved controversial plans for a road tunnel to be built near the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in southern England. The project, which is aimed at trying to ease traffic along a stretch of road widely...
Dems, GOP take different approaches on Georgia Senate blitz
ATLANTA — Jon Ossoff took the stage in Columbus and looked out over a parking lot filled with cars, with supporters blaring their horns in approval as he declared that “change has come to Georgia.” Hours earlier, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler stepped to a microphone in suburban Atlanta and addressed...
Anti-mask protest disrupts Utah school district meeting
PROVO, Utah — School district officials in northern Utah have said a public meeting in American Fork was disrupted by protesters who characterized the use of masks and facial coverings in schools “child abuse.” Alpine School District Superintendent Assistant Kimberly Bird said the protesters were welcome to participate in the...
Peacekeeping force: 6 Americans, 2 others killed in Egypt helicopter crash
JERUSALEM — The international force that monitors the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement said Thursday that eight peacekeepers, including six Americans, were killed when one of its helicopters crashed during a routine mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. A ninth peacekeeper was badly injured. The Multinational Force and Observers said a French peacekeeper...
Chadwick Boseman, ‘First Cow’ among Gotham Award nominees
NEW YORK — Awards season, such as it is this year, got formally underway Thursday with the first notable film nominations yet announced in a pandemic-marred movie year. The Gotham Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, put forward five films, all directed by women, for best feature film, and...
Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias in admissions
BOSTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants. Two judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston rejected claims from an anti-affirmative action group that accuses the Ivy League University of imposing a “racial penalty”...
Another Baltimore Ravens player tests positive for virus
The Baltimore Ravens say a player has tested positive for the coronavirus. The team says the player — whose name was not released — immediately began to self-quarantine. The organization is now in the NFL’s intensive protocol. The Ravens say there were no high-risk contacts, and no other player or...
Sen. Lindsey Graham giving $1M to help Georgia’s GOP senators
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was just reelected in South Carolina, says he’s donating $1 million of his campaign money to help two GOP senators win runoff races in neighboring Georgia. Graham told Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” on Thursday that Republicans need to counter a “tsunami...
