Biden picks ex-West Virginia health official as drug czar
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is nominating West Virginia's former health commissioner as the nation's top anti-drug official, tapping a doctor who served on...
Bank of England ditches dividend limits on UK banks
LONDON — The Bank of England on Tuesday ditched limits on banks to pay dividends to their shareholders that were first introduced at the...
US deficit for current budget year climbs to $2.24 trillion
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government's deficit for the first nine months of this budget year hit $2.24 trillion, keeping the country on track for...
People struggled to tap resources during Northwest heat wave
PORTLAND, Ore. — People in Oregon struggled to get rides to cooling centers during the recent heat wave that is believed to have killed...
Immunized but banned: EU says not all COVID vaccines equal
LONDON — After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would be free...
‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ vie for Emmy nominations
LOS ANGELES — “The Crown" and “Ted Lasso,” among the TV shows that helped distract America during an oppressive pandemic year, are in the...
Goldman Sachs 2Q profits beat forecasts; boosts dividend
NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs had the second-best quarterly profit in the firm's history in the quarter ended in June, helped by a strong...
US says order coming this week on border asylum restrictions
FORT WORTH, Texas — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue an order this week about how migrant children are treated...
IOC president quickly corrects slip up in Olympic pep talk
TOKYO — IOC President Thomas Bach appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time since arriving in Tokyo last week with the pandemic-postponed...
Officiating at a wedding? Prepare, share, get out of the way
ISLAMORADA, Fla. — When a childhood friend, Ryan Rutledge, called me last fall, he had a request that just about took my breath away.
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