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West Virginia man admits COVID-19 loan fraud scheme

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has admitted accepting more than $41,000 in paycheck protection loans under a federal COVID-19 assistance program for a business that did not exist. Malik Breckenridge, 26, of Charleston, pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud in federal ...

US court sides with NY in fight over school vaccine rules

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Friday against a group of New York parents who sued after the state made it more difficult for children to get a medical exemption from school immunization requirements, which were tightened after a major measles outbreak in 2019. The 2nd U.S. ...

NKorea claims no new fever cases amid doubts over COVID data

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday reported no new fever cases for the first time since it abruptly admitted to its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak and placed its 26 million people under more draconian restrictions in May. There have been widespread outside doubts about the ...

Bay Area transit agency again requires masking

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The commuter train system servicing the San Francisco Bay Area is again requiring masks for travelers and employees, the agency said. The Bay Area Rapid Transit's board of directors voted Thursday to immediately reinstate the mask mandate on all trains and in stations ...

Weekly Report: Seven new COVID-19 deaths

CONCORD – On Thursday, July 28, 2022, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced 1,807 new positive COVID-19 test results between Thursday, July 21 and Wednesday, July 27. For the previous week, DHHS announced 7 additional deaths related to COVID-19. We offer ...

NC woman pleads guilty to selling unapproved COVID-19 remedy

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A North Carolina woman has pleaded guilty to charges that she sold unapproved drugs on her website that claimed to be remedies and treatments for COVID-19, the U.S. Department of Justice said. U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young said in a news release that Diana Daffin, 69, of ...