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Justice Department working with tribes on missing persons

By Michael Balsamo, Iris Samuels, Associated Press

The Justice Department has finalized its first plan to help address the problem of missing and murdered Native people on one of the largest reservations in Montana.

Supreme Court upholds FCC’s easing of local media ownership limits

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The old rules prohibited a single entity from owning a radio or TV station and a daily newspaper in the same media market. They also limited how many radio and TV stations one company could own in a single market…

U.S. allows 2 more over-the-counter COVID-19 home tests

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

The Food and Drug Administration decision this week is expected to vastly expand the availability of cheap home tests that many experts have recommended for months.

Supreme Court unanimously gives Georgia win in water war with Florida

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously for Georgia in its long-running dispute with Florida over water.

Police say gunman knew victims in California building attack

By Stefanie Dazio, Robert Jablon, Associated Press

Orange police Lt. Jennifer Amat also revealed that the gunman had chained gates to the complex closed, forcing officers who responded Wednesday to engage him from outside.

Biden infrastructure plan would spend $16 billion to clean up old mines, oil wells

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

President Joe Biden’s plan to transform America’s infrastructure includes $16 billion to plug old oil and gas wells and clean up abandoned mines.

Biden calls on celebrity partners, community leaders to boost COVID vaccinations

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The Biden administration is unveiling a coalition of community, religious and celebrity partners to promote COVID-19 shots as it seeks to overcome vaccine hesitancy.

Under pressure, some Georgia corporate leaders slam voting bill

By Bill Barrow, David Koenig, Associated Press

Some of Georgia’s most prominent corporate leaders are beginning to more forcefully criticize the state’s sweeping new election law, acknowledging the concerns of civil rights activists and Black business executives who say the law targets non-white voters.

Company at heart of Johnson & Johnson vaccine woes has series of citations

By Richard Lardner, Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press

The company at the center of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard a batch of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality control problems.

U.S. jobless claims rise to 719,000 as virus still forces layoffs

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose by 61,000 last week to 719,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more businesses reopen, vaccines are increasingly administered and federal aid spreads through the economy.