Japan backs off on forecast of 30 gold medals at Tokyo Games
TOKYO — Japan is backing off a forecast of how many gold medals it will win at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics that are set...
Noblesville giving $1,000 to $2,000 bonuses to city workers
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — Another local government in Hamilton County plans to give virus-related bonuses to public employees.
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Needle exchange law in West Virginia halted amid lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A judge in West Virginia has granted a group's request to stop a law tightening requirements on needle exchange programs from...
Blinken meets Pope Francis, gets VIP tour of Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday received VIP treatment at the Vatican, getting a private tour of the Sistine...
Reimagined Harry Truman presidential library set to reopen
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — After nearly two years of renovations complicated by COVID-19 restrictions, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is ready to...
Freed from COVID restrictions, big US banks hike dividends
NEW YORK — Recently freed from regulators' coronavirus restrictions, the largest U.S. banks on Monday announced plans to return tens of billions of dollars...
Puerto Rico to receive nearly $4B in US pandemic funds
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal education pandemic...
Amish put faith in God’s will and herd immunity over vaccine
When health care leaders in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country began laying out a strategy to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, they knew it would...
Bettman casts doubt on NHL players going to Beijing Olympcs
TAMPA, Fla. — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said time is running out to reach a deal to send players to the 2022 Winter Olympics...
Mobile World Congress tech fair, pandemic version, kicks off
BARCELONA, Spain — A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona on Monday with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures,...
