Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. The Biden administration announced the change Monday as it looks to lower costs and
BC Ferries warns of staff shortages, service disruptions in the coming months
VICTORIA — BC Ferries says a combination of the fast-spreading Omicron COVID-19 variant, a global shortage of mariners, severe weather and the flu season has the potential to disrupt ferry service over the next few months. The company says in a
Commons committee to schedule emergency probe of collection of mobile data
OTTAWA — The House of Commons ethics committee is expected to hold an emergency meeting later this week to investigate the Public Health Agency's decision to collect data from millions of mobile phones to understand travel patterns during the COVID
Italy targets the unvaccinated with new virus restrictions
ROME (AP) — Italy targeted the unvaccinated with a host of new coronavirus restrictions Monday, with proof of vaccination or recovery from a recent infection required to enter public transport, cafes, hotels, gyms and other popular venues.
Rep. Ed Perlmutter won’t seek reelection, 26th Dem to retire
DENVER (AP) — Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter on Monday announced he won't seek reelection in a competitive district in Denver's western suburbs, making him the 26th Democrat to retire from the House before an election cycle that's expected to be
Budget surplus, pot, virus, climate, top issues in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers will be gathering for their annual 90-day legislative session this week with an enormous budget surplus, while legalizing recreational marijuana, battling COVID-19 and measures to address climate change will be ...
King’s daughter slams twisting of critical race theory
ATLANTA (AP) — Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter used an address Monday to push for federal voting rights legislation and slam the twisting of critical race theory to create what she called “false narratives.”
California governor proposes tax cuts, expanded health care
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With state revenues at an all-time high, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday proposed a budget that would cut taxes while also promising to pay the health care expenses of all of the state's low-income adults
N.L. health minister says COVID-19 infection was a ‘miserable time’
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's health minister says it was no fun to be infected with COVID-19 but that he's feeling much better. John Haggie announced on New Year's Day he had contracted COVID-19 and was experiencing "regular cold
Partisan letters cost long-serving Alaska magistrate his job
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The longest serving magistrate in Alaska is no longer on the bench after writing letters to the editor critical of the Republican party.
