Government business and finance

The National Park Service says it has awarded the largest single grant in the history of its American Battlefield Protection Program to help preserve one of the lesser-known Civil War…
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The U.S. government will pay drugmaker Pfizer $5.29 billion for 10 million treatment courses of its potential COVID-19 treatment if regulators approve itBy The Associated PressNovember…
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WASHINGTON -- To enforce President Joe Biden’s forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is going to need a lot of help. Its Occupational Safety and Health Administration…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has scheduled his first public event in nearly two weeksBy ADAM BEAM Associated PressNovember 9, 2021, 6:23 PM• 4 min readShare to FacebookShare to…
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The state of Florida’s ban on coronavirus mask mandates in schools will stay in effectBy ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated PressNovember 5, 2021, 7:53 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to…
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While people are now able to travel freely in Australia’s more populated east, COVID-19-free Western Australia will maintain its tight restrictions into next yearBy ROD McGUIRK…
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Last call could come three hours earlier in Miami Beach, where voters fed up with nighttime violence chose yes to rolling back the 5 a.m. closing time for alcohol salesByThe Associated…
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PHOENIX -- The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a lower court judgment that found the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including…
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The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to block a $2.2 billion book publishing deal that would have reshaped the industry, saying consolidation would hurt authors and readersBy TALI…
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban-appointed supervisor of a small district hospital outside the Afghan capital has big plans for the place — to the dismay of the doctors who work…
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