HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Sarah Kelly recalls the fleeting moments when she reached out for help during a decadeslong opioid addiction, only to find out no residential treatment beds were available in an overloaded system in her corner of West Virginia.
WARSAW, Poland – Survivors recalled their agony to a world they fear is forgetting, Israel’s parliamentary speaker wept in the German parliament and politicians warned of a resurgence of antisemitism on Thursday’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
PORTLAND, Maine – Greater reliance on genetic testing of baby whales and their mothers can provide more accurate information about a rare species and increase the chances of saving them from extinction, according to the authors of a new scientific study.
WASHINGTON – At least 14.5 million Americans are getting private health insurance for this year under the Obamaera health law, thanks to help from the Biden administration. “Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for all Americans,” President Joe Biden said Thursday in a statement announcing the numbers.
ATLANTA – Early in the pandemic, Ryan Wilson was careful to take precautions – wearing a mask, not really socializing, doing more of his shopping online. The 38-year-old father and seafood butcher from Casselberry, Florida, says he relaxed a bit after getting vaccinated last year.
The city of Grain Valley will ask voters in April to approve a $14 million bond issue for a new police building. Where that building would go is to be determined, but it would likely be in the central part of the city.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy grew last year at the fastest pace since Ronald Reagan’s presidency, bouncing back with resilience from 2020’s brief but devastating coronavirus recession.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A teenager charged with killing four students at a Michigan high school will pursue an insanity defense, his lawyers said in a notice filed Thursday as he, his parents and school officials faced a new lawsuit over the attack at Oxford High School that killed four students.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Republicans in the Missouri Senate negotiated behind closed doors for hours Wednesday over how to divvy up the state’s eight congressional districts based on the latest census data.
BANGKOK – An aircraft from a company specializing in oil spill recoveries arrived Thursday from Malaysia to join an urgent effort to clean up an oil slick before it could hit beaches in eastern Thailand, officials said.