Governor Parson on Wednesday directed any state employees still working remotely to return to in-person work by May 17. All state buildings need to be open to the public by then too during normal business hours. Harrisburg is home to a walk-in COVID-19...
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Biden aims to vaccinate 70% of American adults by July 4
(AP) — President Joe Biden has set a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one dose to 70% of American adults by July Fourth. He’s focusing on easing access to shots as his administration tackles the vexing problem of winning over the doubters...
Read More »US birth rate falls to lowest point in more than a century
(AP) — The U.S. birth rate fell 4% last year — the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years. That’s according to a government report being released Wednesday. The rate dropped for moms of every major race and ethnicity, and in nearly every...
Read More »Man who fatally shot 3 at Kansas Jewish sites dies in prison
(AP) An avowed antisemite who testified that he wanted to kill Jews and was sentenced to death after he fatally shot three people at Jewish sites in Kansas has died in prison. The Kansas Department of Corrections said in a news release Tuesday that 80-...
Read More »Columbia woman to be sentenced in deadly 2019 accident involving pedestrian
A Columbia driver who killed a pedestrian in 2019 was scheduled to learn her prison sentence on Wednesday morning. Regine McCracken pleaded guilty in March to involuntary manslaughter and more for her role in the accident on Grindstone two years ago. H...
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