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China looks to consumers to drive economic rebound 03/02/2023 04:17am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s agenda for the annual meeting of the ceremonial legislature: Revive the economy by encouraging consumers to spend more now that severe anti-virus controls have ended, and install a government of loyalists to intensify Communist Party control over the ec Today in History: MARCH 2, Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 03/02/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, March 2, the 61st day of 2023. There are 304 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a game against the New York Knicks, an NBA record that still stands. Philad What Is the BRAT Diet? 03/01/2023 07:00pm • If you or your child has ever experienced a stomach bug or dealt with diarrhea, chances are you've likely heard of the BRAT diet. And as the winter season begets an increase of the flu, respiratory syncytial virus and other illnesses among children and families, many are turning to mom's old cure fo Student loan payments are coming back since the pandemic. Here's how to prepare 03/01/2023 06:22pm • During the coronavirus pandemic, student loan payments were halted as part of the U.S. response. As the country recovers, payments are expected to resume at some point this year. If you have student loans, here's what you need to know. More Local News More Education News More Bus COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins 03/01/2023 04:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19's origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it's still unclear whether the coronavirus that causes the disease leaked from a lab or spread to humans from an animal. This much is known: When it comes to COVID-19 misinformation, any new report on th Cambodia says recent bird flu cases not spread by humans 03/01/2023 10:05am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Recent cases of bird flu discovered in two Cambodian villagers, one of them fatal, show no sign of human-to-human transmission, health officials in the Southeast Asian nation say, allaying fears of a public health crisis. An 11-year-old Cambodian girl from a village in China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory 03/01/2023 05:33am • BEIJING (AP) — For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory. Responding to comments by FBI Director Christopher Wray, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the inv Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak 03/01/2023 05:17am • LONDON (AP) — Britain’s former health minister on Wednesday denied wrongdoing after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. The Daily Telegraph said the exchanges show that then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock ignored scientific ad Asian shares, oil advance on strong China factory data 03/01/2023 12:41am • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were higher Wednesday after reports on key measures of China manufacturing showed a strong recovery after anti-virus controls were lifted late last year. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index jumped 3.3% and Shanghai gained 0.9%. Purchasing managers’ indexes issued by a busin Today in History: MARCH 1, Watergate figures indicted 03/01/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 1, the 60th day of 2023. There are 305 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 1, 1974, seven people, including former Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, former Attorney General John Mitchell and former China's manufacturing accelerates as economy revives 02/28/2023 11:57pm • BEIJING (AP) — China's factory activity accelerated in February as the economy revived following the end of anti-virus controls that kept millions of people at home and disrupted travel and trade, two surveys showed Wednesday. Purchasing managers' indexes issued by a business magazine, Caixin, Final state emergencies winding down 3 years into pandemic 02/28/2023 06:41pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's coronavirus emergency officially ended Tuesday, nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation's first statewide stay-at-home order and just days after the state reached the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths related to the virus. As California's FDA panel narrowly backs Pfizer RSV vaccine for older adults 02/28/2023 05:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed an experimental vaccine from Pfizer that could soon become the first shot to protect older adults against the respiratory illness known as RSV. The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 7-4 on two separate questions of whether China says it's been 'open and transparent' on COVID origins 02/28/2023 01:32pm • BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday pushed back at renewed suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic could have been the result of a lab leak, saying it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the virus’ origins. Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy assessed with “low confidence” Suspected schoolgirl poisoning attacks rattle a shaken Iran 02/28/2023 08:07am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Over the past three months, hundreds of young girls attending different schools in Iran have become overpowered by what are believed to be noxious fumes wafting into their classrooms, with some ending up weakened on hospital beds. Officials in Iran's theocracy i