New redistricting commissions splinter along partisan lines
When voters in some states created new commissions to handle the politically thorny process of redistricting, the hope was that the bipartisan panelists could...
Salem to require negative test for large Halloween events
A look at pandemic-related developments around New England on Saturday:
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Nonprofit started by Sean Penn aids Georgia vaccine drive
ATLANTA — A disaster relief organization founded by actor Sean Penn is boosting Georgia's drive to inoculate people against the coronavirus, though some of...
Fearful US residents in Afghanistan hiding out from Taliban
Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan’s capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple from California take turns sleeping, with one always awake to...
Indiana doctor sentenced in DUI crash that killed infant
BLUFFTON, Ind. — A northern Indiana physician has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in a drunken driving crash that...
US nears plan for widescale expulsions of Haitian migrants
DEL RIO, Texas — The Biden administration worked Saturday on plans to send many of the thousands of Haitian immigrants who have gathered in...
Schools get the brunt of latest COVID wave in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — In the past few weeks, South Carolina has set records for COVID-19 hospitalizations and new cases have approached peak levels of...
Indiana governor solicits donations for Afghan refugees
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is asking Hoosiers to donate new clothing, powdered baby formula and other items for thousands of Afghan evacuees...
Tropical Storm Odette slogs offshore of mid-Atlantic coast
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Odette slogged off the mid-Atlantic coast Saturday morning and was expected to weaken Saturday night as it approaches eastern Canada.
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Aluminum wrap used to protect homes in California wildfires
RENO, Nev. — Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe.
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