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In this file photo from March 16, 2020, a patient receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, the ability to jab the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections.
(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

July 10, 2020 at 9:21 am

U.S. bets big on small, untested company to deliver COVID vaccine

The Trump administration has agreed to invest more than half a billion tax dollars in ApiJect Systems America, a young company whose injector is not...

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July 1, 2020 at 6:06 am

AP Exclusive: Hair weaves from Chinese prison camps seized VIEW

Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories suspected to be made out of human hair taken...

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June 12, 2020 at 5:46 pm

Airman may face death penalty in California cop killing VIEW

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — The sheriff's deputy reached a house at the end of the narrow Northern California dirt road and decided getting help...

June 8, 2020 at 10:49 am

California sheriff: Gunman ‘very intent’ on killing police VIEW

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — An Air Force sergeant and leader in an elite military security force was armed with homemade bombs, an AR-15 rifle...

June 7, 2020 at 9:39 am

FBI looks for link between 2 ambush killings of officers VIEW

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — The FBI and local investigators are trying to determine a possible link between the ambush-style killing of a Northern California...

June 6, 2020 at 9:23 pm

Deputy killed, 2 other officers shot in California ambush

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California sheriff’s deputy was killed and two law enforcement officers wounded Saturday when they were ambushed with gunfire...

In this undated image provided by Novant Health, a preflight check is done on drone before a delivery from Novant Health Logistics Center in Kannapolis, N.C., to Novant Health Medical Center in Huntersville, N.C. North Carolina is a testing ground for drone programs involving medical supplies, and this week one of the first deliveries of personal protective equipment in the U.S. was dropped at a hospital by drone. The drones carry up to 4 pounds, and have a round-trip range of 100 miles. (Davis Turner/Novant Health via AP) NCHO202 NCHO202

May 31, 2020 at 6:02 am

In pandemic, using drones to drop medical supplies from sky

One of the first personal protective equipment drone drops in the U.S. just took place. Novant Health system, with hundreds of facilities in the Southwest,...

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FILE — Tara Reade at a horse stable in Penn Valley, Calif., on April 11, 2020. Reade complained to her ex-husband during the 1990s that she had been a victim of sexual harassment while working in Joe Biden’s Senate office, court records show, providing the first contemporaneous record supporting her claims that sexual misconduct occurred when she was worked for Biden. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times) XNYT16 XNYT16

May 22, 2020 at 4:50 pm

Biden accuser’s life marred by abuse and financial hardship VIEW

Tara Reade's accusation against Joe Biden has revived difficult questions about how to evaluate allegations of assault in the era of #MeToo. It also has...

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An opened box of protective masks sits on a pallet at Direct Relief’s distribution center in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. An Associated Press investigation has found millions of medical masks, gloves, gowns and other supplies being used in hospitals across the country are counterfeits, putting lives at risk. (Jonathan Ingalls/FRONTLINE/PBS/GRC via AP) WX150 WX150

May 12, 2020 at 10:39 am

Counterfeit masks reaching frontline health workers in US

Millions of counterfeit medical masks, gloves, gowns and other supplies being used in hospitals across the country, putting lives at risk.

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May 4, 2020 at 12:06 am

Donor gives employees at hospital $1 million for bonuses

In Santa Cruz, Calif., the gift was designated entirely for employees — nurses, cleaning staff, lab techs, medical records, even mailroom staff and security guards....