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Americans in most states will no longer receive Covid exposure notifications on their smartphones now that the U.S. public health emergency has ended. Since 2020, nearly 30 states have used…

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As coronavirus cases rose in Shanghai earlier this year and the city's lockdown stretched from…

By EDNA TARIGAN, MARIAM FAM and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — On the outskirts of Yogyakarta, an Indonesian city that’s…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota town has backed away from a proposal to let people sue abortion providers,…

By BHUMIKA SARASWATI - Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — About 150 Tibetan exiles held up blank pieces of paper as they rallied in India's capital on…

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — More Chinese cities eased anti-virus restrictions and police patrolled their streets Thursday as the…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has won a federal judge's approval to carry…

By CLAIRE RUSH - Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — City Council members in Portland, Oregon, have voted to allocate $27 million…

By JAMES MacPHERSON - Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for North Dakota asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to strike down an…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bidding to address a mental health crisis on New York City streets and subways, Mayor Eric…