Republicans point to inflation in bid to retake Congress
WASHINGTON — Gas prices have whizzed past $3 per gallon in much of the nation. The cost of used cars and new furniture, airline...
Mexican elderly lose work as grocery baggers, protest
MEXICO CITY — The coronavirus pandemic and changing consumer habits threaten to put an end to a decades-old practice of allowing elderly people in...
Health economist: Opioids cost community $3.3B in damages
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Harvard health economist has testified that prescription opioids have caused an estimated $3.3 billion in damages in a West Virginia...
AI-powered Mayflower, beset with glitch, returns to England
PLYMOUTH, England — The Mayflower had a few false starts before its trailblazing sea voyage to America more than 400 years ago. Now, its...
Iowa’s high court stops lawsuit over farm runoff pollution
DES MOINES, Iowa — A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday stopped a lawsuit aimed at reducing the flow of fertilizer and hog...
GOP needs new health care target; ‘Obamacare’ survives again
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” signals anew that the GOP must look beyond repealing...
Boeing’s newest version of the 737 Max makes first flight
SEATTLE — Boeing's newest version of the 737 Max jetliner made its first test flight Friday, taking off near Seattle for an expected two-hour...
Germany looking for efficiency against Portugal at Euro 2020
MUNICH — Portugal has the European Championship’s all-time leading scorer in Cristiano Ronaldo. Germany has a team full of players who have never even...
Ford says outlook for 2nd quarter is improving
Ford's outlook for the second quarter is improving, as the automaker is seeing strong customer reservations for four of its new vehicles.
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CureVac: Vaccine data are ‘sobering,’ full results in weeks
BERLIN — The chief executive of CureVac said Thursday that interim results from late-stage testing of its coronavirus shot are “sobering,” but the German...