New SBA head plans changes at agency; focus now is COVID-19
<p>NEW YORK — The new head of the Small Business Administration says she expects to make changes at the agency that she says will...
Lawyers battle over ‘race-norming’ in NFL dementia tests
PHILADELPHIA — The class counsel for thousands of retired players suing the NFL pledged Monday to try to remove race as a factor in...
Head of Slovakia party resigns over crisis around Sputnik V
<p>BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The leader of one of the parties in Slovakia’s ruling coalition resigned his government post Monday to help open the way...
Lukaku allowed to leave Italy and join Belgium teammates
BRUSSELS — Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has been given permission to leave Italy and join his Belgium teammates after returning a negative test...
Teachers lament ‘chaotic’ virus rules in German schools
BERLIN — Under pressure to ease Germany's virus restrictions, officials last month agreed to gradually reopen schools. Confirmed COVID-19 cases started climbing again, leading...
Monday Fun Day: March Madness kicks off the week
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — It’s not like anyone’s going to the office anyway.</p>
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Air travelers top 1.5 million for first time in over a year
More than 1.5 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Sunday, the largest number since the pandemic tightened its grip on the...
Elton John opens his Oscar night party to all this year
<p>Attending Elton John's long-running Oscar-night party has always been one of the hardest tickets to get. Now you can go — if you have...
Spain, again, orders culling of hundreds of cattle on a ship
MADRID — Only weeks after hundreds of cattle were slaughtered in an eastern Spanish port after being deemed unfit for commercial purposes, Spain has...
Spain broadens use of AstraZeneca jab to adults under age 65
<p>MADRID — Spain’s health minister says the country will resume the use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday by extending it to adults...