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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 7, 2021, file photo, patrons enjoy cold tropical cocktails in the tiny interior of the Tiki-Ti bar as it reopens on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. COVID-19 cases have doubled over the past three weeks, driven by the fast-spreading delta variant, lagging vaccination rates in some states and Fourth of July gatherings. Los Angeles County public health officials have urged people to resume wearing masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status. (AP...

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US COVID cases double in 3 weeks

by Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press, and Josh Funk Associated PressJuly 13, 2021

FILE - In this June 9, 2006, file photo, kids from a day camp get soaked by the the fire department at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas. The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas, offering what some fear could be a preview of the upcoming school year. (Brad Smith/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP, File)

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COVID outbreaks hit summer camps

by Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press, Kantele Franko Associated Press, and Lindsey Tanner Associated PressJuly 12, 2021

A customer exits a corner market while wearing a protective mask in the retail shopping district of the SoHo neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York, Friday, May 14, 2021. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has yet to say whether he will change his state’s mask mandate in light of new federal guidance that eases rules for fully vaccinated people. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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States, business sort out what new CDC mask guidance means

by Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press, and Stephen Groves Associated PressMay 14, 2021

FILE - In this May 5, 2021, file photo, a group of friends, who said they are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, mingle on the beach in the Venice section of Los Angeles. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have tumbled to an average of just over 600 per day — the lowest level in 10 months — with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and hitting zero on some days. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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US virus deaths hit 10-month low

by Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press, and Stephen Groves Associated PressMay 12, 2021

People sit in on a cafe terrace, in the Monastiraki district of Athens, with the ancient Acropolis hill in the background, Monday, May 3, 2021. Cafes and restaurants have reopened in Greece for sit-down service for the first time in nearly six months, as the country began easing coronavirus-related restrictions with a view to opening to the vital tourism industry in the summer. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Restrictions easing in US, Europe

by Heather Hollingsworth Associated PressMay 3, 2021

Employees with the McKesson Corporation scan a box of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while filling an order at their shipping facility in Shepherdsville, Ky., Monday, March 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, Pool)

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Experts warn states over easing virus restrictions

by Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press, and Tammy Webber Associated PressMarch 1, 2021

FILE - In this April 6, 2020, file photo, gravediggers lower the casket of someone who died of coronavirus at the Hebrew Free Burial Association's cemetery in the Staten Island borough of New York. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 has topped 500,000 — a number so staggering that a top health researchers says it is hard to imagine an American who hasn't lost a relative or doesn't know someone who died. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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Topping 500,000, US virus deaths match toll of 3 wars

by Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press, and Tammy Webber Associated PressFebruary 22, 2021

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Woman set to die for cutting baby from woman’s womb

by Heather Hollingsworth Associated PressJanuary 11, 2021

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2020, file photo, a lone pedestrian walks past a public service sign reminding Chicago residents of the return to a stricter COVID-19 protocol along the city's usually busy Magnificent Mile in Chicago. With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency advised Americans on Thursday, Nov. 19, not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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CDC pleads: Don’t travel for Thanksgiving

by Mike Stobbe Associated Press, and Heather Hollingsworth Associated PressNovember 19, 2020

A nurse demonstrating in favor of business closures is surrounded by demonstrators against Gov. Tony Evers’ restrictions on daily life due to the coronavirus pandemic at the Capitol in Madison, Wis., April 24.

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‘So frustrating’: Doctors and nurses battle virus skeptics

by Heather Hollingsworth Associated PressOctober 8, 2020