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Congress questions Texas officials about power grid failure
DALLAS — Congress is looking into last month’s massive and deadly power outages across Texas and questioning officials who oversee the state’s energy...
Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections
PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted owl...
Mississippi to increase lowest welfare payments in the US
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will increase the lowest monthly welfare payments in the nation under a bill signed into law Wednesday by the state's...
German Cabinet approves 2022 budget plan with more new debt
<p>BERLIN — Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved 2022 budget plans that will see rules against running up new debt suspended for the third consecutive...
Congress questions Texas officials about power grid failure
<p>DALLAS — Congress is looking into <a href="https://apnews.com/article/houston-football-storms-coronavirus-pandemic-hurricanes-5fd491ed5bfd9aa0ae08426c6078539e">last month’s massive and deadly power outages </a> across Texas and questioning officials who oversee the state’s...
Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a <a href="https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/northern_spotted_owl/pdfs/Northern-Spotted-Owl-Complaint-2021-03-23.pdf">lawsuit</a> seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted...
German firm plea, $50M payment settles US drug purity probe
LAS VEGAS — An international pharmaceutical company pleaded guilty as planned Tuesday in a U.S. court after agreeing to pay $50 million for destroying...
Mississippi to increase lowest welfare payments in the US
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will increase the lowest monthly welfare payments in the nation under a bill signed into law Wednesday by the state's...
Alternatives to nursing homes get $12B boost in COVID bill
WASHINGTON — With the memory of the pandemic's toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief bill is offering states a generous funding...
German Cabinet approves 2022 budget plan with more new debt
BERLIN — Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved 2022 budget plans that will see rules against running up new debt suspended for the third consecutive...