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Pandemic affecting collection plates, budgets at churches

Written by AP News on January 18, 2022. Posted in Faith.

Biltmore United Methodist Church of Asheville, North Carolina, is for sale.

Already financially strapped because of shrinking membership and a struggling preschool, the congregation was dealt a crushing blow by the coronavirus.

Pause on student loan payments is extended through May 1

Written by AP News on December 22, 2021. Posted in News.

The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed tens of millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic.

Local television station may be among those affected by ransomware attack

Written by AP News on October 19, 2021. Posted in News.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates dozens of TV stations across the U.S., said Monday that some of its servers and work stations were encrypted with ransomware and that data was stolen from its network.

Sources: U.S. to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months

Written by AP News on August 17, 2021. Posted in News.

U.S. health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 booster shots for all Americans eight months after they get their second dose of the vaccine, to ensure longer-lasting protection as the delta variant spreads across the country.

California bans travel to Florida, four other states

Written by AP News on June 29, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

California added five more states, including Florida, to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that discriminate against members of the LGBTQ community, the state attorney general announced Monday.

Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta added Florida, Arkansas, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia to the list that now has 17 states where state employee travel is forbidden except under limited circumstances.

On Florida’s horizon: Dust, brilliant sunsets and allergies

Written by AP News on June 18, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

Sunsets across Florida in the coming days could become even more spectacular, as clouds of dust from the Sahara desert sweep in across the Atlantic coast.

Gaetz staying on Judiciary committee, despite investigation

Written by AP News on March 31, 2021. Posted in News.

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent, outspoken conservative and a close ally of former President Donald Trump who has been under federal investigation for a former relationship, would lose his House seat if convicted of a felony. But there are no rules addressing lawmakers under investigation.

Tyndall drone washes up on Atlantic coast

Written by AP News on March 20, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

A 20-foot-long (6-meter-long) U.S. Air Force drone that had been shot down in target practice was found washed ashore Friday on a Florida beach, authorities said.

CDC changes school guidance, allowing desks to be closer

Written by AP News on March 19, 2021. Posted in News.

Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chorus practice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines.

Attorney famed for tobacco industry settlement dies

Written by AP News on January 13, 2021. Posted in News.

(Associated Press) Florida attorney Fred Levin, who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, died Tuesday, several days after contracting the coronavirus. He was 83.

Levin’s death from complications of COVID-19 was confirmed by Levin Papantonio Rafferty attorney Mark Proctor.

Author: AP News