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Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill
March 06, 2021 - 2:32 PM

WASHINGTON - An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums.
'We can do big things,' Schumer says as Senate approves aid
March 06, 2021 - 3:34 PM

WASHINGTON - Tensions were raw ahead of midnight as Republican leader Mitch McConnell rose in the Senate for the purpose of publicly ridiculing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the daylong delay as Democrats argued among themselves over the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package.
Dozens rally before ex-officer put on trial in Floyd's death
March 06, 2021 - 3:23 PM

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Dozens of people gathered in front of the Minnesota governor’s mansion on Saturday to demand accountability for police officers, days before a former Minneapolis officer is scheduled to go on trial in the death of George Floyd.
LA County may return beachfront land taken from Black family
March 06, 2021 - 3:19 PM

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. - Los Angeles county officials may return a beachfront property that was seized from a Black family nearly a century ago.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST
March 06, 2021 - 3:04 PM

Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill
Alaska Native, former state lawmaker John Sackett dies at 76
March 06, 2021 - 2:56 PM

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Native leader and former state lawmaker John Sackett has died. He was 76.
Protesters burn masks at Idaho Capitol rally against rules
March 06, 2021 - 2:40 PM

BOISE, Idaho - At least a hundred people gathered at the front of the Idaho Capitol on Saturday to burn masks in a protest against measures taken to limit infections and deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
FBI denies asking Dallas to keep suspect officer on job
March 06, 2021 - 2:12 PM

DALLAS - The FBI did not ask Dallas police to keep an officer now charged with two counts of murder on duty investigated for two slayings on the job, according to Special Agent Michael DeSarno.
Journalists' group calls for release of reporters in Myanmar
March 06, 2021 - 2:11 PM

INDIANAPOLIS - The Society of Professional Journalists, saying it is "frustrated and fed up” with the arrests of reporters doing their jobs, has called on Myanmar to release Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw and five others detained while covering protests in the Southeast Asian nation.
Woman, friend charged with DUI after truck hits car in ditch
March 06, 2021 - 1:54 PM

NASHVILLE - A woman who drove her car into a ditch in Tennessee had a friend who was trying to help hit her car with his truck before both were charged with DUI.
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World News

Biden, Dems prevail as Senate OKs $1.9T virus relief bill

'We can do big things,' Schumer says as Senate approves aid

Dozens rally before ex-officer put on trial in Floyd's death

LA County may return beachfront land taken from Black family

AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST

Alaska Native, former state lawmaker John Sackett dies at 76

Protesters burn masks at Idaho Capitol rally against rules

FBI denies asking Dallas to keep suspect officer on job

Journalists' group calls for release of reporters in Myanmar

Woman, friend charged with DUI after truck hits car in ditch

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