Ed Jones returns to IndyCar after sitting out 2020
Ed Jones returns to IndyCar after sitting out 2020
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Ed Jones will return to IndyCar after a one-year absence for a second stint driving for Dale Coyne Racing. Jones was named Wednesday as driver of the No. 18 Honda entered by Coyne with Jimmy Vasser and James Sullivan. The car will be sponsored for a fourth co
US durable goods orders show modest 0.2% December gain
US durable goods orders show modest 0.2% December gain
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose a modest 0.2% in December, held back by a big drop in the volatile aircraft sector. A key category that tracks business investment decisions slowed. The rise in orders for durab
Belgium fears spread of Dutch riots over virus restrictions
Belgium fears spread of Dutch riots over virus restrictions
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Riots in the Netherlands over coronavirus restrictions could spark similar protests in neighboring Belgium, the Belgian interior minister warned Wednesday as she instructed local authorities on how to limit the risks that protesters will sprea
Disney updates Jungle Cruise after insensitivity criticism
Disney updates Jungle Cruise after insensitivity criticism
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Jungle Cruise, one of the original Disney parks' rides, is getting a 21st century remodel in yet the latest update to a legacy theme park ride that has been criticized in years past for being racially insensitive. The ride will updated b
Rate of guns seized at airport checkpoints jumped in 2020
Rate of guns seized at airport checkpoints jumped in 2020
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Security screeners confiscated guns at airport checkpoints at a record pace last year although the total number of guns dropped along with the steep plunge in travelers because of the pandemic. The Transportation Security Administration sai
San Diego Zoo gorillas close to full recovery from COVID-19
San Diego Zoo gorillas close to full recovery from COVID-19
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are expected to make a full recovery weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the United States. Safari Park exec
The Latest: France returns to 3 weeks between virus shots
The Latest: France returns to 3 weeks between virus shots
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PARIS - France abandoned plans to space out coronavirus vaccinations by six weeks instead of three. Health Minister Olivier Veran announced maintaining the time between two injections of the Pfizer vaccine at 21 to 28 days, which is in line with WHO recommend
UK eyes quarantine hotels for travelers to curb variants
UK eyes quarantine hotels for travelers to curb variants
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LONDON (AP) - Britain appears ready to order some travelers arriving from abroad to isolate in hotels at their own expense in an attempt to stop the import of new virus variants. Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said there would be an announcement Tuesday on
The Latest: Portugal ponders asking EU to send medical help
The Latest: Portugal ponders asking EU to send medical help
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LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal’s health minister says authorities are considering asking other European Union countries for help amid a steep surge in COVID-19 cases. Portugal has had the world’s worst rate of new daily cases and deaths per 100,000 people f
The Latest: Sweden FM says Easter global travel unlikely
The Latest: Sweden FM says Easter global travel unlikely
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STOCKHOLM - Sweden's foreign minister says people in the Scandinavian country shouldn't expect to be able to travel globally during Easter as Sweden extended the advice to avoid unnecessary trips to countries outside the European Union and the Schengen area.
COVID-19 variant brings new dimension to Europe's pandemic
COVID-19 variant brings new dimension to Europe's pandemic
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) - In the first week of December, Portugal’s prime minister gave his pandemic-weary people an early Christmas gift: restrictions on gatherings and travel due to COVID-19 would be lifted from Dec. 23-26 so they could spend the holiday se
The Latest: China offers flight refunds to curb travel
The Latest: China offers flight refunds to curb travel
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BEIJING - Chinese airlines are offering refunded tickets as the coronavirus continues to spread in the country's northeast. The offer Tuesday from the government’s aviation authority comes amid a push to prevent people traveling during the Lunar New Year h
No-fly list: Southwest last to ban emotional-support animals
No-fly list: Southwest last to ban emotional-support animals
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DALLAS (AP) - Emotional-support animals are no longer free to roam about the cabin on Southwest Airlines either. The airline said Monday that it will let passengers bring trained service dogs in the cabin, but it will no longer accept support animals, startin
MLS to open season on April 3; title game set for Dec. 11
MLS to open season on April 3; title game set for Dec. 11
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Major League Soccer will open the next season on April 3 and conclude with the MLS Cup title game on Dec. 11. Teams will be allowed to start preseason camps on Feb. 22. But the announcement Monday came amid ongoing uncertainty about the coronavirus pandemic a
Delta plans to return 400 pilots to active flying by summer
Delta plans to return 400 pilots to active flying by summer
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ATLANTA (AP) - Delta Air Lines plans to return 400 pilots to regular flying duties by this summer in a sign that it expects travel to increase over the peak vacation season from current, low pandemic levels. The airline’s senior vice president of flight ope
US virus numbers drop, but race against new strains heats up
US virus numbers drop, but race against new strains heats up
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Coronavirus deaths and cases per day in the U.S. dropped markedly over the past couple of weeks but are still running at alarmingly high levels, and the effort to snuff out COVID-19 is becoming an ever more urgent race between the vaccine and the mutating vir
Pompeii's museum comes back to life to display amazing finds
Pompeii's museum comes back to life to display amazing finds
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POMPEII, Italy (AP) - Decades after suffering bombing and earthquake damage, Pompeii’s museum has been reborn, showing off exquisite finds from excavations of the ancient Roman city. Officials of the archeological park of the ruins of the city destroyed i
Kelly wants tourism division moved the Commerce Department
Kelly wants tourism division moved the Commerce Department
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday proposed moving the state's tourism division into the Department of Commerce, in an effort to boost an economy that has suffered a downturn due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tourism division is currentl
Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel rules, add South Africa
Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel rules, add South Africa
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders, according to two White H
EU proposes more travel restrictions to stop virus variants
EU proposes more travel restrictions to stop virus variants
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BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union's executive body proposed Monday that the bloc's 27 nations impose more travel restrictions to counter the worrying spread of new coronavirus variants but make sure to keep goods and workers moving across EU borders. Amid co
Paris' virus-battered Fan Museum thrown life-line
Paris' virus-battered Fan Museum thrown life-line
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PARIS (AP) - Paris City Hall has instructed the landlord seeking to close down the city's indebted Fan Museum to extend its deadline for payment, the museum said Monday. Director Anne Hoguet said her beleaguered museum - a registered historic monument - owed
Free guided trail tours offered at Lilley Cornett Woods
Free guided trail tours offered at Lilley Cornett Woods
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HALLIE, Ky. (AP) - Free guided trail tours are being offered at Lilley Cornett Woods Appalachian Ecological Research Station, officials said. Weekend tours at the Letcher County site are being offered in partnership with Eastern Kentucky University, WYMT-TV r
Black Hills attracting new residents from other states
Black Hills attracting new residents from other states
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota’s reputation as the land of the free is grabbing national attention. United Van Lines’ 2020 National Migration Study ranks South Dakota as the fourth most popular location nationwide where its customers are moving. Bla
Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa
Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders, according to two White H
Hawaii reports decline in December hotel occupancy rate
Hawaii reports decline in December hotel occupancy rate
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HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii has reported its hotel occupancy rates have declined by more than half in December compared to the same time in 2019, although the rates have gradually increased in recent months. Hawaii Tourism Authority data shows that 23.9% of hotel
Indonesia to deport Russian social media star who held party
Indonesia to deport Russian social media star who held party
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DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) - A Russian social media celebrity was being deported from Indonesia on Sunday after he held a party at a luxury hotel on the resort island of Bali attended by more than 50 people despite coronavirus restrictions. The party held on Ja
Florida attraction to get glass-bottom boat for wheelchairs
Florida attraction to get glass-bottom boat for wheelchairs
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OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Florida’s 150 years of treating tourists to gushing springs, lolling manatees, curious fish and emerald grasses undulating in invisible currents is about to take a turn because of a chance remark. In 2015, Paula Russo, a volunteer for th
About 20% of all Hawaii parking tickets since 2015 unpaid
About 20% of all Hawaii parking tickets since 2015 unpaid
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HONOLULU (AP) - About 20% of all parking tickets issued in Hawaii over the last five years have gone unpaid, amounting to a total of nearly $11 million in uncollected fines, according to state records. The main offenders for the unpaid fines are rental car co
Bus heading to Grand Canyon rolls over; 1 dead, 2 critical
Bus heading to Grand Canyon rolls over; 1 dead, 2 critical
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PHOENIX (AP) - A Las Vegas-based tour bus heading to the Grand Canyon rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday, killing one person and critically injuring two others, authorities said. The cause of the wreck around noon Friday was not yet known, said Ani
Belgium bans leisure travel for a month to combat pandemic
Belgium bans leisure travel for a month to combat pandemic
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgium is banning all leisure travel abroad for its citizens as of next week and until March, in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 and its virulent variants. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Friday that “when people travel,
Canada thinking of quarantining travelers in hotels
Canada thinking of quarantining travelers in hotels
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TORONTO (AP) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Friday his government could impose stricter restrictions on travelers at any moment in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the coronavirus - possibly making it mandatory to quarantine in a ho
Denmark suspends Dubai flights amid doubts over virus tests
Denmark suspends Dubai flights amid doubts over virus tests
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Denmark has temporarily suspended all flights from the United Arab Emirates for five days after suspicion arose that the coronavirus tests that can be obtained before leaving Dubai are not reliable, authorities announced Friday. Th
Tire falls from small plane into Chicago neighborhood
Tire falls from small plane into Chicago neighborhood
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CHICAGO (AP) - A tire fell from a small plane near homes in a Chicago neighborhood before the plane landed safely at O’Hare International Airport. No injuries were reported on the ground or among those on the plane, which sent up sparks on a runway as it la
Global stocks sink after China coronavirus resurgence
Global stocks sink after China coronavirus resurgence
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BEIJING (AP) - Global stock markets and U.S. futures retreated Friday after a resurgence of coronavirus infections in China and a rise in cases in Southeast Asia. London and Frankfurt opened lower and Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo declined. Optimism about th
Asian stocks sink after China coronavirus resurgence
Asian stocks sink after China coronavirus resurgence
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BEIJING (AP) - Asian stock markets retreated Friday after a resurgence of coronavirus infections in China and a rise in cases in Southeast Asia. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Australia declined. South Korea advanced. Overnight, Wall Street closed higher. Gai
Westbrook sparks No. 3 UConn to win over No. 25 Tennessee
Westbrook sparks No. 3 UConn to win over No. 25 Tennessee
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Evina Westbrook, who transferred from Tennessee to UConn two years ago, connected on back-to-back fourth-quarter 3-pointers to spark the No. 3 Huskies to a 67-61 victory over the No. 25 Lady Volunteers Thursday night. UConn freshman Pa
Official: Holidays may be driving Nevada coronavirus deaths
Official: Holidays may be driving Nevada coronavirus deaths
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A surge of Nevada coronavirus cases following December holidays may have passed, but deaths are still spiking, experts told a panel guiding the state’s COVID-19 response Thursday. “It’s pretty likely that we’re right in the throes of
South Dakota 2020 tourism declined, but industry optimistic
South Dakota 2020 tourism declined, but industry optimistic
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A reduction in visitors and tourism income broke a 10-year streak of industry growth last year, the Department of Tourism reported Thursday, although the state fared better than others during the pandemic. The number of visitors to South D
New Mexico lawmakers among beneficiaries of relief grants
New Mexico lawmakers among beneficiaries of relief grants
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Direct grants to small businesses and nonprofit organizations that are a hallmark of New Mexico's coronavirus relief effort have been awarded to several state legislators as well as enterprises that have sued the state over Gov. Michell
Florida begins to restrict COVID vaccine to state residents
Florida begins to restrict COVID vaccine to state residents
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Amid shortages of vaccines to protect against the coronavirus, Florida's top health officer on Thursday advised counties across his state to prioritize available doses to residents, including so-called snowbirds who reside in the stat
