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Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon Plans to Restore Mask Mandate
Ms. Brown cited new modeling that projected that, with cases surging, the state’s hospital capacity could be overrun within weeks....
Local Texas Leaders Defy Governor Over Mask Mandates
Judges have ruled in favor of San Antonio and its surrounding county and Dallas County, which sued over Governor Abbott’s mask man...
Dallas School District Defies Governor, Orders Mask Man...
The temporary rule contradicted an executive order by Gov. Greg Abbott that prohibits school districts from requiring masks.
Get a Covid-19 Vaccine or Face Prison, Judges Order in ...
At least two judges in Ohio have made receiving Covid-19 vaccinations a condition of probation. While judges have leeway in settin...
U.S. Signals It Will Release Some Still-Secret Files on...
The F.B.I. said it would review some long-classified documents for possible disclosure, a decision that followed a push by familie...
Dixie Fire In California Is Felt Outside of State's Bor...
The megafires of the West are sending out giant clouds of smoke and leaving a footprint much larger than the evergreen forests the...
Ex-Officer Who Killed Mentally Disabled Man Is Charged ...
The California attorney general’s office filed charges against Salvador Sanchez, a former Los Angeles officer who shot Kenneth Fre...
Severe Weather Prompts Hundreds of Flight Cancellations...
The National Weather Service had been tracking severe weather in Illinois throughout Monday, including a rotating storm over the a...
Decline in Immigration Threatens Growth of Regions on t...
Immigrants helped make places like Northwest Arkansas an economic dynamo. But their dwindling numbers, a big factor in slower popu...
In Surfside, Age-Old Jewish Traditions Bring Comfort Am...
After the deadly collapse of Champlain Towers South, local residents and volunteers mobilized to ensure that Jewish burial customs...
The Bay Area’s Hunger Problem
A dispatch from one of the most unaffordable places in the nation, where thousands of people are confronting food insecurity for t...
Everytown for Gun Safety to Train Volunteers to Run for...
The program is the latest step in a yearslong effort by groups that support stricter gun laws to become politically competitive wi...