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Feds say no taxpayer money for safer drug-smoking pipes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says a government grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra…

EXPLAINER: How to get up to $3,600 per child in tax credit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans who've never filed a tax return will need to do so this year to claim what's coming to them under the enhanced child tax credit. Previously, only people who earned enough money to owe…

Working conditions for Border Patrol getting more attention

WASHINGTON (AP) — A strained Border Patrol is getting increased attention from the Biden administration. Tense meetings have taken place between senior officials and the rank-and-file as the agency deals with the largest influx of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border…

Workers clean Apollo 16 spaceship ahead of 50th anniversary

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The Apollo 16 spacecraft is dusty and home to a few cobwebs decades after it carried three astronauts to the moon. But workers at a space museum are getting the capsule ready for events marking the…

Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know about the fears of war

MOSCOW (AP) — Britain’s top diplomat has arrived in Moscow to try to defuse tensions raised by Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warns that an invasion would mean “massive consequences for all involved.” Truss said Britain…

Lucky dog: Colorado deputy rescues pup from burning SUV

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy is being praised for smashing the windows of a burning SUV and rescuing a frightened dog in a neighborhood south of Denver. Douglas County Deputy Michael Gregorek’s body camera video from Jan.…

House OKs bill easing budget strains on Postal Service

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a bipartisan bill that would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt. The measure would require the service to continue delivering mail six days per week.…

AmEx to offer debit card that will accrue rewards points

NEW YORK (AP) — American Express has launched a checking account that comes with a debit card that will allow its customers to accrue its popular Membership Rewards points the same way they do on its credit and charge cards.…

White House: File your taxes to get full child tax credit

(AP) -- The Biden administration is kicking off an outreach campaign to get millions of families to file their taxes so they can receive the second half of payments from the expanded child tax credit. Vice President Kamala Harris, Treasury…

Frontier bids $2.9 billion for rival budget airline Spirit

(AP) -- Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines are proposing to combine in a $2.9 billion deal. If it goes through, the combination would create a larger discount airline to compete against the nation’s dominant carriers and, the two airlines say,…