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The Dixie Chicks officially change their name to The Chicks
KRISTIN M. HALL
AP Entertainment Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word Dixie from their name, now...
Audit: US sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people
MARCY GORDON
AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 1.1 million coronavirus relief payments totaling some $1.4 billion went to dead people, a government watchdog...
‘It’s gone’: What the loss of summer camp means for kids
SOPHIA ROSENBAUM
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn't just the leadership opportunities or seeing his best friends or even escaping months stuck at...
Expansion of California privacy law qualifies for ballot
KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California voters will decide a ballot measure this November that would give them more power over how companies...
Disney changing Splash Mountain, ride tied to Jim Crow film
MIKE SCHNEIDER
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Amid calls to change the Splash Mountain theme park ride over its ties to "Song of the...
Southern California’s 909 to get overlay of new area code
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Southern California residents and businesses in the 909 area code need to get ready for the overlay of an 840...
US job market’s modest improvement may be stalling
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of laid-off workers seeking U.S. unemployment aid barely fell last week, and the reopening of...
Justices boost Trump administration’s power in asylum cases
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday strengthened the Trump administration's ability to deport people seeking asylum without allowing them...
DeVos issues rule steering more virus aid to private schools
COLLIN BINKLEY
AP Education Writer
The Trump administration on Thursday moved forward with a policy ordering public schools across the U.S. to share coronavirus relief...
US health officials estimate 20M Americans have had virus
ZEKE MILLER and MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials estimate that 20 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus since it...