Erica Nitschke

Pulitzer winner and Associated Press ‘Boy on the Bus’ Walter Mears dies

by MIKE FEINSILBER and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press March 4, 2022March 4, 2022

A longtime, and many say legendary, Associated Press writer has died.

Florida lawmakers vote to ban most abortions after 15 weeks

by Skyler Swisher Orlando Sentinel March 3, 2022March 4, 2022

The legislation would allow an abortion to be performed after 15 weeks only if two doctors certify a ‘fatal fetal abnormality’ that will ‘result in death upon birth or imminently thereafter.’

Nation & World

House backs bill to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits

by KEVIN FREKING Associated Press March 3, 2022March 4, 2022

The bill would open up Department of Veterans Affairs health care to millions of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service even if they don’t have a service-connected disability.

Nation & World

U.N. report paints dire picture of the Gulf of Mexico’s future

by REBECCA SANTANA and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

From Texas to Florida, the entire U.S. Gulf coast is under serious threat from rising seas as the planet’s polar ice caps melt, the U.N. report says.

Business

Wheat, corn prices surge amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

by DAMIAN J. TROISE Associated Press March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

Inflation is already at a four-decade high in the U.S., partly driven by rising food costs.

Business

Federal Reserve chair: Russia’s war on Ukraine will worsen inflation

by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

Jerome Powell warned that Russia’s invasion has already driven up oil prices.

Nation & World

Breakdown of U.S.-Russia diplomacy runs deep, beyond Ukraine

by MATTHEW LEE and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press March 3, 2022March 4, 2022

Prospects for meaningful diplomacy between the United States and Russia on any number of fronts are grim, with the two countries locked in their worst confrontation since the Soviet-era Cuban missile crisis.

Business

Russia’s war spurs corporate exodus, exposes business risks

by KELVIN CHAN Associated Press March 3, 2022March 3, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown business plans into disarray and forced a growing number of the world’s best known brands to pull out of a country that’s become a global outcast.