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LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Tuesday that the state is still in Phase 1-B in the COVID-19 vaccination effort, but the age threshold has been lowered.
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2/24/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to review U.S. supply chains for large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and semiconductors that …
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By JOSH BOAK and TOM KRISHER
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2/24/21
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s commerce minister appealed to Washington for “joint efforts” to revive trade but gave no indication Wednesday when tariff war talks might resume or whether Beijing …
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2/24/21
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Many nations in the Asia-Pacific region are rolling out the first shots for COVID-19 this week.
Here's a look at major developments:
SOUTH KOREA
South Korea’s top infectious disease …
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By The Associated Press
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2/24/21
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BERLIN (AP) — The German economy grew 0.3% in last year's fourth quarter compared with the previous three-month period, official data showed Wednesday — a better performance than first …
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2/24/21
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BANGKOK (AP) — Amnesty International says it has found that a hacking group known as Ocean Lotus has been staging more spyware attacks on Vietnamese human rights activists in the latest blow to …
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2/24/21
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Nasser Banyameen speaks about his hometown of Qaraqosh in the historical heartland of Iraqi Christianity with nostalgia. Before Islamic State group fighters swept through the Nineveh Plains in …
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By MARIAM FAM
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2/24/21
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TOKYO (AP) — Former Nissan Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa told a Japanese court Wednesday he believed the compensation for his predecessor Carlos Ghosn was too low “by international standards,” …
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By YURI KAGEYAMA
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2/24/21
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DENVER (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday ordered airlines in the United States to ground planes with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this past …
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By THOMAS PEIPERT
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2/23/21
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that California can for the first time enforce its tough net neutrality law, clearing the way for the state to ban internet providers from …
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By ADAM BEAM
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2/23/21
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Navy veteran who was going through an episode of paranoia died after a Northern California police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, his family said …
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OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
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2/23/21
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies on Tuesday, contending that the companies charged excessive insurance premiums during the …
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE
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2/23/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading technology companies said Tuesday that a months-long breach of corporate and government networks was so sophisticated, focused and labor-intensive that a nation had to be …
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By BEN FOX and ERIC TUCKER
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2/23/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Post Office said Tuesday that it has chosen Oshkosh Defense to build its next-generation mail-delivery vehicle, part of an effort to make the USPS more …
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2/23/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — Queen Latifah is becoming a TV star for CBS at a time broadcast networks can really use one, while Dwayne Johnson and Kenan Thompson made respectable sitcom debuts for NBC.
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By DAVID BAUDER
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2/23/21
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team.
Systems engineer …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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2/23/21
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Police officers shown on body camera on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing will not face criminal charges, according to a grand jury decision announced Tuesday.
The 41-year-old …
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By MICHAEL HILL and CAROLYN THOMPSON
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2/23/21
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MIAMI (AP) — Six men and two pregnant women from Cuba have been rescued off the Florida coast after their makeshift boat capsized following 16 days at sea, the latest in a series of U.S. …
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
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2/23/21
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Boone County Sheriff Tim Roberson said carbon monoxide poisoning from an alternate heat source is believed to have caused the death of and man and his granddaughter and severe illness to two other …
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2/23/21
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The Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee voted Tuesday to oust four of its churches, two over policies deemed to be too inclusive of LGBTQ people and two more for employing pastors …
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By DAVID CRARY
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2/23/21
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