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Pandemic restrictions on Florida-based cruise ships are no longer in place under a Friday ruling by a federal appeals court, while the U.S. Centers for Disea...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021Additional repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River at Memphis probably means the bridge won’t open until early August, the Tennessee D...
by Noel Oman - July 23, 2021St. Louis city and county officials say they will require masks in indoor public places and on public transportation, even for those who are vaccinated, star...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Friday appointed Tulsa attorney John O’Connor to serve as the state’s next attorney general. Stitt said he considers O’Connor a ...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021A man in Lauderdale County, Tenn., wanted to harass 60-year-old Mark Herring into giving up the Twitter handle Tennessee. The scheme involved telling police ...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021Firefighters officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building on Friday, even as police and forensic specialis...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021The federal public defender representing a Yellville man charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach entered a plea of innocent on his behalf Friday.
by Bill Bowden - July 23, 2021The body of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was returned to his hometown Friday for a private funeral amid heavy security following violent protests an...
July 23, 2021As U.S. regulators weigh giving the final stamp of approval for certain covid-19 vaccines, governors in states hard hit by the pandemic hope the move will he...
by The Associated Press - July 23, 2021Vaccinations are beginning to rise in some states where covid-19 cases are soaring, White House officials said Thursday in a sign that the summer surge is ge...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports - July 23, 2021Justice Department officials eager to stanch the rising tide of gun violence in America plan to ratchet up prosecutions of small-level "straw" buyers of weap...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports - July 23, 2021Nearly three years after Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, the FBI has disclosed more details about its efforts to review the just...
by KATE KELLY THE NEW YORK TIMES - July 23, 2021Lower winds and better weather helped crews using bulldozers and helicopters battling the nation's largest wildfire in southern Oregon while a Northern Calif...
by NATHAN HOWARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - July 23, 2021Top U.S. and South Korean officials agreed Thursday to try to persuade North Korea to return to talks on its nuclear program, which Pyongyang has insisted it...
by HYUNG-JIN KIM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - July 23, 2021Unfazed by Republican threats of a boycott, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Thursday that a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insu...
by Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports - July 23, 2021