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By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are setting the stage for a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign for younger children, inviting state officials to pre-order doses starting next week. In meetings scheduled in the next three weeks, federal officials plan to discuss making shots made by one manufacturer, Pfizer,

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and its closest partners are stepping up pressure on Iran to return to stalled nuclear negotiations, warning that it will face greater international isolation, new economic penalties and possibly military action if does not. In a series of high-level meetings this week, U.S.,

By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie, admits that she has felt terrified at times. But when the chance to work on “Encanto” came around she had no doubts. Castro Smith says the movie is a chance for

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from the White House, Donald Trump continues to circle the Republican Party. And still circling Trump is Rep. Adam Schiff. The Intelligence Committee chairman who led the first Trump impeachment and probed the former president’s ties to Russian election interference is now turning his attention

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida task force is recommending several changes in the state’s condominium laws to ensure the safety of aging structures in the wake of a building collapse that killed 98 people. The task force formed by the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the

CHICAGO (AP) — A judge in Chicago has denied a last-ditch effort to dismiss a criminal case against actor Jussie Smollett. Smollett is accused of lying to police when he reported that two masked men attacked him in downtown Chicago in January 2019. Smollett’s lawyer argued that his rights were being violated since he had

By STEFANIE DAZIO and LOU KESTEN Associated Press ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Bill Clinton will remain hospitalized overnight as he recovers from a urological infection in a Southern California hospital. A spokesman says Clinton’s in excellent spirits and his health indicators are “trending in the right direction,” but he will remain overnight in order to

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have added two publishers to their list of foreign agents, in what critics say is an ongoing effort to sideline reporting critical of the government. Putting a media organization on the list requires it to identify its stories as produced by a foreign agent, a term that carries strong pejorative

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Democrats are poised to approve new congressional district maps that would give Democratic candidates an advantage in elections over the next decade as the party fights to keep control of the U.S. House in 2022. Democrats who control state government released their proposed maps Friday, and

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor has ruled that a police officer who shot and paralyzed a man in downtown Waterloo, Iowa, in April acted legally because the target appeared to be chasing a deputy with a shotgun. Black Hawk County Attorney Brian  Williams says Waterloo police officer C.J. Nichols did not know that the