Iowa school mask ban lawsuit amended as feds investigate law
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman has amended her lawsuit over the state’s ban on mandatory face masks in…
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Griddy Energy customers won’t have to pay for sky-high electricity bills from winter storm
By Sarah Moon and Eric Levenson, CNN Griddy Energy customers won’t be financially responsible for the sky-high electricity bills charged during…
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Synaptics, Amazon rise; Entergy, United Airlines fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Synaptics, Amazon rise; Entergy, United Airlines…
Continue Reading Texas utility settles over sky-high energy bills from freeze
By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press The electric utility Griddy Energy has reached a settlement with Texas state officials over crushing electric bills…
Continue Reading Texas utility settles over sky-high energy bills from freeze
By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press The electric utility Griddy Energy has reached a settlement with Texas state officials over crushing electric bills…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks wound up mixed on Wall Street Monday, with the S&P 500 index managing just enough of a gain to mark another record…
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Marine Rylee McCollum, 20, died in the Kabul blast weeks before the birth of his child, family says
By Ralph Ellis, CNN Rylee McCollum’s family in Wyoming wasn’t surprised in the least when he enlisted in the Marines after high school.…
Continue Reading Marine Rylee McCollum, 20, died in the Kabul blast weeks before the birth of his child, family says
By Ralph Ellis, CNN Rylee McCollum’s family in Wyoming wasn’t surprised in the least when he enlisted in the Marines after high school.…
Continue Reading Ida topples New Orleans jazz landmark where Armstrong worked
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A storied New Orleans jazz site where a young Louis Armstrong once worked toppled when Ida blew through Louisiana as one of the…
Continue Reading New Orleans levees pass Ida’s test while some suburbs flood
By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JEFF AMY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New…
Continue Reading Report: White child put strap on Black child’s neck at camp
By MARK PRATT Associated Press A civil rights group is calling for reform at a Massachusetts children’s summer camp on the affluent vacation resort…
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Colorado election official files suit to remove county clerk
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The Colorado secretary of state has sued to remove a rural county’s election…
Continue Reading Louisiana hospitals hit by storm evacuate dozens of patients
By MELINDA DESLATTE and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana hospitals in Hurricane Ida’s path have been forced to…
Continue Reading Museum preserves memorial wall for building collapse victims
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials with a South Florida museum are collecting the photos, notes and other…
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How Hurricane Ida compares to Hurricane Katrina
By Eric Levenson, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, exactly 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the state…
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How Hurricane Ida compares to Hurricane Katrina
By Eric Levenson, CNN Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday, exactly 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the state…
Continue Reading ACLU seeks halt to South Carolina ban on school mask decrees
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Disability rights groups and parents of children with disabilities want an immediate halt to a South Carolina law…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Florida judge asked to block enforcement of ‘anti-riot’ law
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge is considering claims that a new Florida law designed to deter…
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Hurricane Ida destroyed a historic building that was a second home to jazz great Louis Armstrong
By Faith Karimi, CNN A piece of New Orleans’ jazz history is now a pile of rubble. When Hurricane Ida hit the city Sunday, the storm knocked…
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