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Sununu predicts winter COVID-19 uptick, saying ‘we are prepared’

HOOKSETT – Gov. Chris Sununu said there are reports in the nation’s south that COVID-19 is seeing an uptick and will likely come here by winter, but the state is in a better position now to respond to it and new variants than ever before. At a press briefing following the Executive ...

Ex-lawmaker’s wife pleads guilty in COVID-19 funds theft

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The wife of a former Connecticut state lawmaker pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with her role in the alleged theft of more than $600,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds from the city of West Haven. Lauren DiMassa, one of several people including her husband ...

Hong Kong leader defends health code plan to combat COVID-19

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday defended the city's plan to implement health codes that would more accurately restrict the movements of inbound travelers and those infected with COVID-19, dismissing concerns that the system could be used as a political or social control ...

White House urges caution on COVID variants, pushes boosters

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of getting booster shots for those who are eligible and wearing masks indoors as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across the ...

EU urges second COVID-19 boosters for people ages 60 to 79

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union said Monday it's "critical" that authorities in the 27-nation bloc consider giving second coronavirus booster shots to people between the ages of 60 and 79 years and other vulnerable people, as a new wave of the pandemic sweeps over the ...

Cooper signs NC budget; COVID-19 emergency to end Aug. 15

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican-backed adjustments to North Carolina's budget were signed into law by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday, ensuring that state workers will get slightly larger pay raises and that construction projects and state reserves will receive billions of dollars more ...