Iowa court blocks mandatory waiting period for abortion
An Iowa judge blocked a state law that would have imposed a 24-hour waiting period before women could get abortions, likely setting up a...
Help wanted: Labor crisis shocks California restaurants
LOS ANGELES — Sherry Villanueva’s family of Santa Barbara restaurants employed 350 people before the pandemic took hold and darkened dining rooms across California....
Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic
WASHINGTON — Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog...
IU students sue university over its COVID-19 vaccine policy
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Eight Indiana University students are suing the school, alleging that its COVID-19 vaccine requirement violates both their constitutional rights and the...
California weighs extending eviction protections past June
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation's most populated state because...
AP PHOTOS: For Calif. COVID nurses, past and present collide
In early 2020, when the coronavirus began making it difficult for many people around the world to breathe, hospitals became a central front against...
Inflation ahead? Even a top economist says it’s complicated
WASHINGTON — Two months of sharply rising prices have raised concerns that record-high government financial aid and the Federal Reserve’s ultra-low interest rate policies...
Biden outlines vaccine plan, set to miss global-sharing goal
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to fall short of his commitment to shipping 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad by the end...
Couric book tour this fall will be in-person, in theaters
NEW YORK — For her tour this fall to promote her memoir “Going There,” Katie Couric is anticipating not only the interest of her...
