Health

PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) — Nurses voted to unionize at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence by a majority of 2-1, union organizers said. The win’s wide margin highlights nurses’ “deep dissatisfaction” with management, said Lynn Blais, president of United Nurses and Allied Professionals. The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that about 220 nurses at Roger Williams … Read more

By ALAN FRAM – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Key Senator Joe Manchin on Wednesday unveiled the broad outlines of a reconfigured social and environmental package that will direct half its resources to cutting federal deficits, a day after President Joe Biden proposed his own more ambitious, but stalled plan to realign. Manchin, DW.Va., whose … Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt plans to award electric vehicle maker Canoo a state-record $15 million to support the company’s planned investment of more than $560 million in new facilities in Oklahoma, reports said the Tulsa World. The newspaper reviewed Oklahoma Department of Commerce contracts that show state money from the governor’s … Read more

By STAN CHOE – AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Oil prices continued to rise on Wednesday, briefly surpassing $110 a barrel as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, but stocks and other markets showed less fear than a day earlier. The S&P 500 was up 1% in morning trade, while Treasury yields jumped to … Read more

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER – Associated Press BERLIN (AP) – The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Wednesday that Germany has agreed to allocate an additional $720 million to provide home care and support services for to provide frail and vulnerable Holocaust survivors. The New York-based Conference on … Read more

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden recounted a flawed Democratic talking point on guns in his first State of the Union address, made his electric vehicle plan sound more progressive than it is and inflated the momentum of his infrastructure package. On several fronts … Read more

CHESTERFIELD — Dierbergs this week lifted mask requirements for store workers, citing new guidance from the federal government. The decision coincided with the end of mask mandates in St. Louis County and Illinois. Schnucks, the other major grocer in the area, did the same for shoppers, employees and clerks in stores across the area, except … Read more

AP KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) – In the dust, rubble and dead lying in Kharkiv’s central Freedom Square, Ukrainians on Tuesday saw what could become of other cities if Russia’s invasion is not countered in time. Shortly after dawn, a Russian military strike hit the center of Ukraine’s second largest city, severely damaging the symbolic Soviet-era … Read more

From The Associated Press Russia’s war against Ukraine is now entering its sixth day, with a kilometer-long convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles approaching the Ukrainian capital and ground fighting intensifying. Russia stepped up shelling on Tuesday in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, shelling civilian targets there. The death toll rose and reports surfaced … Read more

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Traffic jams and outdoor crowds are back in the Philippine capital and 38 other cities and provinces on Tuesday after officials allowed businesses and public transportation, including malls, movie theaters and restaurants, to close as COVID-19 spread operate at full capacity. 19 cases continued to decline with more vaccinations, officials said. … Read more