New York theater leaders agree on a New Deal for Broadway
NEW YORK — A wide Broadway coalition of theater owners, producers, union leaders, creators and casting directors have hammered out a series of reforms...
Judge hears power struggle over masking in Florida schools
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida's power struggle over wearing masks in school to guard against coronavirus infections landed Monday before a judge considering a...
Oregon, once a virus success story, struggles with surge
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon was once the poster child for limiting the spread of the coronavirus, after its Democratic governor imposed some of the...
Internal probe clears officer in Capitol riot shooting
WASHINGTON — An officer who shot and killed a woman during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as she began to climb...
OxyContin maker’s lawyer warns of long, expensive litigation
A lawyer for Purdue Pharma said Monday that a judge needs to accept the OxyContin maker's plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the...
North Carolina judges: More felony offenders can now vote
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tens of thousands of North Carolina residents convicted of felonies but whose current punishments don't include prison time can register to...
Senators question FDA on work with opioid maker consultant
Several U.S. senators are questioning the Food and Drug Administration’s work with a consulting firm that helped businesses sell prescription painkillers during the nation's...
Contractor struck, killed by pickup at NW Indiana steel mill
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — A contractor was struck and killed by a pickup truck over the weekend at Cleveland-Cliffs' steel mill in northwest Indiana,...
Students’ lack of routine vaccines muddies start of school
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The vaccinations that U.S. schoolchildren are required to get to hold terrible diseases like polio, measles, tetanus and whooping cough in...
School mask, vaccine mandates supported in US: AP-NORC poll
BOSTON — As COVID-19 cases surge around the country, a majority of Americans say they support mask mandates for students and teachers in K-12...