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Shanghai easing virus rules, Hong Kong ending entry ban 04/22/2022 08:07am • BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Shanghai promised Friday to ease anti-virus controls on truck drivers that are hampering food supplies and trade, while Hong Kong's government announced the end of a 2-year-old ban on non-residents flying into the city as its outbreak fades. Streets in Shanghai were lar Rangers snap 5-game skid, rally past Mariners for 8-6 win 04/22/2022 02:14am • SEATTLE (AP) — Kole Calhoun lined a two-out RBI double to score Adolis García in ninth, García made a terrific diving catch in the bottom of the inning and the Texas Rangers rallied from an early five-run deficit to beat the Seattle Mariners 8-6 Thursday night. Texas snapped a five-game losing Philadelphia to end mask mandate, days after reinstating it 04/21/2022 11:36pm • Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, abruptly reversing course just days after people in the city had to start wearing masks again amid a sharp increase in infections. The Board of Health voted Thursday to rescind the mandate, according to the Ph Kentucky gov asks input, weighing action on medical cannabis 04/21/2022 07:45pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear revealed plans Thursday for a review of medical marijuana, signaling he's considering whether to take matters into his own hands to legalize medical cannabis in Kentucky. The Democratic governor said he'll seek grassroots input as his legal team explores his California will keep workplace pandemic rules through 2022 04/21/2022 07:16pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California workplace regulators on Thursday extended mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022, acting more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September. The decision again pitted management against Fauci fears judge's mask ruling could set 'dangerous precedent' 04/21/2022 06:54pm • ▶ Watch Video: Dr. Fauci: Mask rules shouldn't be decided by "a judge with no experience in public health" The decision by a federal judge in Florida to block the Biden administration's mask requirement on planes and public transit was "disturbing," Dr. Anthony Fauci told CBS News on T UK patient had COVID-19 for 505 days straight, study shows 04/21/2022 06:00pm • A U.K. patient with a severely weakened immune system had COVID-19 for almost a year and a half, scientists reported, underscoring the importance of protecting vulnerable people from the coronavirus. There’s no way to know for sure whether it was the longest-lasting COVID-19 infection because n Airlines want to bring back passengers banned over masks 04/21/2022 05:12pm • DALLAS (AP) — Remember all those thousands of passengers that airlines banned for not wearing face masks? Now the airlines want them back — or at least, most of them. And leaders of unions that represent flight attendants are reacting with outrage. American, United and Delta all indicated Thurs Surprisingly low Shanghai COVID death count spurs questions 04/21/2022 09:57am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lu Muying died on April 1 in a government quarantine facility in Shanghai, with her family on the phone as doctors tried to resuscitate her. She had tested positive for COVID-19 in late March and was moved there in line with government policy that all coronavirus cases be cen Scholar uses trash as treasure to study life in North Korea 04/21/2022 12:40am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When the waves wash trash onto the beaches of front-line South Korean islands, Kang Dong Wan can often be found hunting for what he calls his “treasure” — rubbish from North Korea that provides a peek into a place that’s shut down to most outsiders. “This can b Justice Dept. to appeal order voiding travel mask mandate 04/21/2022 12:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said. The notice came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Department Justice Dept. to appeal order voiding travel mask mandate 04/20/2022 10:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs, officials said Wednesday. The notice came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Most people in US want masks for travelers: AP-NORC poll 04/20/2022 07:27pm • FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A majority of people in the United States continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation, a poll finds. A ruling by a federal judge has put the government’s transportation mask mandate on hold. The poll by The Associate United Airlines loses $1.4B in 1Q, but expects profit in 2Q 04/20/2022 06:29pm • CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines reported Wednesday that it lost $1.38 billion in the first quarter of 2022 but said it expects to return to profitability in the current three-month period as post-pandemic travel ramps back up. The Chicago-based airline posted revenue of $7.67 billion in the quarte GOP lawmakers vote remotely more often after initial scorn 04/20/2022 02:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 50 Republicans who once joined a lawsuit claiming the House's pandemic-era proxy voting was unconstitutional have themselves voted by proxy this year, remotely without showing up. Across the aisle, Rep. Kai Kahele, a working Hawaiian Airlines pilot as well as a Hawaii c