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Maria Puente, USA TODAY
– Jan 21, 4:53 PM
'Dr. B,' aka first lady Jill Biden, began her official FLOTUS life Thursday evening with a virtual event to honor teachers, among whom she has counted herself for decades. The 20-minute event was a heartfelt paean to the work of educators…
A University of Alaska student intern passing through Haines boarded an Alaska Seaplanes flight last week, despite testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, forcing nine other passengers into quarantine as close contacts. The 21-year-old intern was…
Photo of Miguel Cardona on Dec. 23, 2020 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) By Amanda Menas and Amanda Litvinov During the Biden-Harris administration educators will have new opportunities to advocate for policies at the federal level that will benefit the…
Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas has accrued a resume tailor-made for a Republican politician: He leapt from a small-town Arkansas cattle farm to Harvard University and then Harvard Law School; he left a leading New York firm to join the military after…
A third seafood processing plant has shut down in the Aleutian Islands amid a COVID-19 outbreak, threatening to further derail lucrative winter fisheries in the region. In the Aleutian port town of Unalaska, at least five local boats are stuck at…
