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  • States rapidly expanding vaccine access as supplies surge

    March 03, 2021 - 3:07 PM

    Buoyed by a surge in vaccine shipments, states and cities are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 shots to teachers, Americans 50 and over and others as the U.S. races to beat back the virus and reopen businesses and schools.

  • Study: Chinook salmon are key to Northwest orcas all year

    March 03, 2021 - 3:11 PM

    SEATTLE - For more than a decade, Brad Hanson and other researchers have tailed the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales in a hard-sided inflatable boat, leaning over the edge with a standard pool skimmer to collect clues to their diet: bits of orca poop floating on the water, or fish scales sparkling just below the surface.

  • Press groups call on Nicaragua to stop harassing media

    March 03, 2021 - 3:10 PM

    MEXICO CITY - The Committee to Protect Journalists and three other press freedom groups called on the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Wednesday to stop harassing and targeting media outlets. The call came on Nicaragua’s Journalists Day.

  • It's back to school for Jill Biden and new education chief

    March 03, 2021 - 3:05 PM

    MERIDEN, Conn. - Jill Biden, the teacher in the White House, along with new Education Secretary Miguel Cardona went back to school Wednesday in a public push to show districts that have yet to transition back to in-person learning that it can be done safely during the pandemic.

  • AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST

    March 03, 2021 - 3:04 PM

    Cuomo addresses harassment claims, vows to stay in office

  • Texas schools, stores divided on masks as mandate ends

    March 03, 2021 - 3:00 PM

    DALLAS - Now that Texas' mask mandate is ending, florist Lucy Alanis is reconsidering a rare treat she allowed herself in Dallas during the coronavirus pandemic: the occasional meal at a restaurant.

  • NTSB: Plane began a turn, descent before fatal Alaska crash

    March 03, 2021 - 2:59 PM

    JUNEAU, Alaska - A plane that crashed in Alaska's Wrangell-St Elias National Park last month, killing two people, began a gradual right turn and a descent shortly before the accident, a preliminary report released Wednesday says.

  • DeWine faces choppy political waters 1 year into pandemic

    March 03, 2021 - 2:55 PM

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - At the beginning of 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was working on plans to battle algae blooms in Lake Erie, crack down on distracted driving, and figure out a way to save an Ohio minor league baseball team.

  • 6 killed in Oklahoma house fire, including children

    March 03, 2021 - 2:44 PM

    WOODWARD, Okla. - A fire tore through an Oklahoma home early Wednesday, killing six people, including several children, officials said.

  • EU, Britain clash again in latest post-Brexit spat

    March 03, 2021 - 2:43 PM

    BRUSSELS - The European Union said Wednesday that Britain's “unilateral action" on trade rules will breach international law and is threatening legal action as post-Brexit tensions continue to escalate between the two sides.
  • Haywire Chardonnay iNwine Wednesday: Hello Haywire Chardonnay
    More love for Chardonnay this week with Haywire Secrest Mountain's chard in focus. Certified organic, Haywire is a label created at Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland, Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie's innovative winery and cus

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