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Centuries-old reprints, letter on display in Annapolis 09/10/2021 04:07pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Walking into the Annapolis State House recently became a bit like time travel as several national founding documents from the 18th and 19th centuries were unveiled Thursday night as part of a Founding Freedoms exhibit. Early and immediate newspaper printings of the Declara N. Macedonia: Minister quits over deadly COVID hospital fire 09/10/2021 02:28pm • SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia's health minister resigned late Friday, nearly two days after a fire tore through a COVID-19 field hospital killing 12 patients and two visiting relatives. Venko Filipce made the announcement shortly after his deputy minister and two senior hospital a EU approves funds to Italy's ITA, lifts Alitalia burden 09/10/2021 08:54am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s competition watchdog on Friday cleared an injection of Italian government funds into new national flag carrier ITA, and said the company would not be held accountable for illegal state aid given to its predecessor Alitalia. Just a month before ITA takes to th Key parts of Biden's plan to confront delta variant surge 09/10/2021 01:03am • President Joe Biden has unveiled a new “action plan" plan to confront the COVID-19 surge that’s being driven by the spread of the delta variant. It mandates vaccines for federal workers and contractors and certain health care workers, requires employees at companies with 100 or more workers to Former Kansas legislator charged with COVID relief fraud 09/09/2021 05:56pm • WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted former Kansas state Rep. Michael Capps on 19 counts alleging that he tried to defraud federal, state and county government organizations out of more than $450,000 in coronavirus relief funding. The U.S. Attorney's office in Kansas said Key parts of Biden's plan to confront delta variant surge 09/09/2021 04:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has unveiled a new “action plan" plan to confront the COVID-19 surge that’s being driven by the spread of the delta variant. It mandates vaccines for federal workers and contractors and certain health care workers, requires employees at companies with 100 Russian, Belarusian leaders advance countries' integration 09/09/2021 04:23pm • MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Russia and Belarus said Thursday they have made significant progress on integrating their countries’ economies, including forming common energy and financial markets. The moves would bolster Belarus as it faces Western sanctions imposed in response to political re Farmers restore native grasslands as groundwater disappears 09/09/2021 03:47pm • MULESHOE, Texas (AP) — Tim Black‘s cell phone dings, signaling the time to reverse sprinklers spitting water across a pie-shaped section of grass that will provide pasture for his cattle. It's important not to waste a drop. His family's future depends on it. For decades, the Texas Panhandle was US average mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.88% 09/09/2021 03:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates were marginally higher this week as the recovering economy appeared stalled against the backdrop of a wave of new delta variant coronavirus cases. They remained under 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for a 30-yea Feds, North Dakota to negotiate pipeline policing costs 09/09/2021 03:03pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal and state lawyers will meet in North Dakota next week to negotiate a settlement for money that the state claims it spent on policing protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. North Dakota filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2019, seeking N. Macedonia: Blaze at COVID-19 field hospital kills 14 09/09/2021 02:22pm • SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s government declared three days of mourning Thursday following a deadly overnight fire in a COVID-19 field hospital that killed 14 people and injured a dozen. The blaze broke out late Wednesday in the western city of Tetovo, where the unit had bee Farmers restore native grasslands as groundwater disappears 09/09/2021 12:55pm • MULESHOE, Texas (AP) — For decades, the Texas Panhandle was green with cotton, corn and wheat. Wells drew a thousand gallons (3,785 liters) a minute from the seemingly bottomless Ogallala aquifer, allowing farmers to thrive despite frequent dry spells and summer heat. But groundwater that sustaine After Ida, small businesses face uncertainty on many fronts 09/09/2021 12:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A week or more after Ida, business owners from Louisiana to Connecticut are still adding up the financial losses and assessing the physical and emotional toll, grappling to find a way forward. Many say it’s difficult to figure out the future when they’re unsure of the answer Europe's central bank eases support, but it's not a taper 09/09/2021 11:13am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank will dial back some of its massive emergency pandemic support for the economy amid signs of increasing business activity and consumer readiness to spend as the 19 countries that use the euro rebound from the coronavirus recession. Bank head Chris Lebanon to start paying cash aid to poor families next month 09/09/2021 10:19am • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s government said Thursday it will start paying cash assistance next month to hundreds of thousands of poor families - in U.S. dollars - as the small nation sinks deeper into its economic crisis. Some 500,000 families will start receiving $20 a month for every family member