NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s main bus terminal, long ridiculed for leaky ceilings, dirty bathrooms and frequent delays, could be in for a major overhaul.
The Port Authority of New York and …
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By DAVID PORTER
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1/22/21
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to nearly $1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing after more than four months without a winner thanks to bad …
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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE
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1/22/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — A raging pandemic, tumultuous presidential election and deadly Capitol insurrection have combined to make the annual tradition of Dry January more moist than air-tight for …
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By LEANNE ITALIE
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1/22/21
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At 91 years old, Norma Miller is eager to feel a sense of relief following her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Miller received her first dose last week, and as a long-time local business owner, …
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Jared McMurry | jmcmurry@jrpress.com
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1/22/21
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100 Days Smarter
[Photo gallery]
1/22/21
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Second Nine Week
All A’s
Grade 3 — Lainey Bryant, Emelia Chapman, Julia Helderman, David Lee, Aubree Martin, Colt Martin, Paige Rose and Hana Stonebraker
Grade 4 — Chazton …
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1/22/21
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets retreated Friday after a resurgence of coronavirus infections in China and a rise in cases in Southeast Asia.
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Australia …
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By JOE McDONALD
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1/22/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Testing wristbands are in. Mask-wearing is mandatory. Desks are socially distanced.
The clearest sign that there's a new boss at the White House is the deference being paid to …
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By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and ZEKE MILLER
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1/22/21
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets retreated Friday after a resurgence of coronavirus infections in China and a rise in cases in Southeast Asia.
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Australia …
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By JOE McDONALD
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1/21/21
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It couldn't have been a better script for Evina Westbrook's return to Rocky Top.
UConn's redshirt junior guard, who transferred from Tennessee two years ago, connected on …
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By AL LESAR
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1/21/21
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CHICAGO (AP) — Elizabeth Shelby had her inauguration outfit planned weeks in advance: blue jeans, a Kamala Harris sweatshirt, a green coat, and pink Chuck Taylors as an homage to her sorority’s …
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
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1/21/21
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CHICAGO (AP) — White Sox star Tim Anderson has landed a spot on the cover of a video game. He wants a World Series ring to go with it.
Anderson sees no reason why the White Sox can't win it all …
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By ANDREW SELIGMAN
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1/21/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Testing wristbands are in. Mask-wearing is mandatory. Desks are socially distanced.
The clearest sign that there's a new boss at the White House is the deference being paid to …
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By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and ZEKE MILLER
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1/21/21
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — In the days before Joe Biden became president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump’s wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which …
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT
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1/21/21
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Can COVID-19 vaccines be mixed and matched?
Health officials say both doses should be of the same vaccine.
The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out in the United States, the United Kingdom and other …
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By The Associated Press
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1/21/21
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ISTANBUL (AP) — A devoted dog has spent days waiting outside a hospital in northern Turkey where her sick owner was receiving treatment.
The pet, Boncuk (Bon-DJUK), which means bead, followed …
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1/21/21
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the U.S. Capitol will be released from …
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By MARK SCOLFORO
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1/21/21
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President Joe Biden revoked a recent Trump administration report that aimed to promote “patriotic education” in schools but that historians mocked and rejected as political propaganda.
In an …
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By COLLIN BINKLEY
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1/21/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s , Pete Buttigieg, is pledging to carry out the administration’s ambitious agenda to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, calling it a “generational …
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By HOPE YEN
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1/21/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. enters “what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,” is putting forth to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and …
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
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1/21/21
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