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Loss of smell or taste was once a telltale sign of COVID. Not anymore. 08/08/2023 06:00am • ▶ Watch Video: How to protect yourself against COVID, flu and RSV Once a hallmark sign of many COVID-19 cases — sometimes more reliable than even flu-like symptoms at sniffing out people infected by the virus early in the pandemic — was the sudden l CDC says new COVID variant is dominant, including strain some call 'Eris' 08/07/2023 01:14pm • ▶ Watch Video: Doctors warn COVID hospitalizations are rising The EG.5 variant now makes up the largest proportion of new COVID-19 infections nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated, as multiple parts of the country have been reporting their first upticks o Veterans see historic expansion of benefits for toxic exposure as new law nears anniversary 08/06/2023 11:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nicole Leger always thought of the burn pits at military bases in Afghanistan as more like campfires than health hazards. Ordered to dispose of sensitive documents, she would toss the paperwork into the flames while catching up with fellow soldiers, moments of quiet bonding that Veterans see historic expansion of benefits for toxic exposure as new law nears anniversary 08/06/2023 11:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nicole Leger always thought of the burn pits at military bases in Afghanistan as more like campfires than health hazards. Ordered to dispose of sensitive documents, she would toss the paperwork into the flames while catching up with fellow soldiers, moments of quiet bonding that Ukrainians move to North Dakota for oil field jobs to help families facing war back home 08/06/2023 12:35am • DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Maksym Bunchukov remembers hearing rockets explode in Zaporizhzhia as the war in Ukraine began. “It was terrible,” he said. He and his wife sent their adult daughter west to Lviv for safety and joined her later with their pets. Now, about 18 months after the war br Norwegian climber retires after becoming the fastest to climb world's highest 14 peaks in 92 days 08/05/2023 04:17am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Norwegian who just became the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains announced she was retiring from climbing high peaks on Saturday upon her return to Nepal. Kristin Harila along with her Sherpa guide Tenjin were given a hero's welcome at the Ka Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/04/2023 03:23pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Pope presides over solemn Way of the Cross prayer as Portugal government weighs in on LGBTQ+ protest 08/04/2023 03:11pm • LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Pope Francis led an estimated 800,000 people in a meditation on the scourges of violence, poverty and intolerance Friday at World Youth Day, as the Portuguese government weighed in on an incident of intolerance directed at LGBTQ+ pilgrims attending the big Catholic youth fe Pioneering mothers are breaking down barriers to breastfeeding in Olympic sports 08/04/2023 10:52am • PARIS (AP) — When Clarisse Agbégnénou won her sixth world judo title, confirming the reigning Olympic champion as one of the athletes to watch at next year's Paris Games, the French star's smallest but greatest fan was less wild about her mother's newest gold medal than she was about her breast Cyprus allows human COVID-19 medications to be used against deadly virus mutation in cats 08/04/2023 08:02am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ veterinarians association on Friday lauded a government decision to allow its stock of human coronavirus medication to be used on cats to fight a local mutation of a feline virus that has killed thousands of animals on the Mediterranean island but can't be transmit Appeals court allows Biden asylum restrictions to temporarily stay in place as case plays out 08/03/2023 10:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court Thursday allowed a rule restricting asylum at the southern border to temporarily stay in place. The decision is a major win for the Biden administration, which had argued that the rule was integral to its efforts to maintain order along the U.S.-Mexico border. Th 14-year-old medical student conducts cancer research in summer program 08/03/2023 05:07pm • Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WMAR) -- Alena McQuarter is just 14 years old and is already about to have bachelor's degree from Arizona State University. For the past three months, McQuarter has been conducting ovarian cancer research at the University of Maryland School of M Local COVID-19 numbers creep up, get harder to track 08/03/2023 03:50pm • While the severity of COVID-19 is far from what it was during the height of the pandemic, case numbers are starting to increase once again in the D.C. region, according to figures provided by MedStar Health. "It's something we have to keep our eye on," said Amanda Joy, director of advanced practi Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/03/2023 01:34pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Bank of England hints that UK borrowing rates will stay high after its new hike 08/03/2023 09:33am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England raised its main interest rate Thursday to a fresh 15-year high and indicated it would stay high for some time to bring down persistently high inflation — another potential blow for those seeing their rents and mortgages rise during a cost-of-living crisis. The w