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Tina Nguyen, left, a nurse at at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle's International District, takes a nose swab sample from Mindy Balk, an ICHS employee, during walk- and drive-up testing for COVID-19, Friday, May 15, 2020. As testing supplies for coronavirus have become more abundant, the clinic has been able to offer testing to anyone in the community by appointment if they are experiencing symptoms. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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States, including Vermont, accused of fudging or bungling COVID-19 testing data

by Michelle R. Smith Associated Press, Colleen Long Associated Press, and Jeff Amy Associated PressMay 19, 2020

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Public health officials in some states are accused of bungling coronavirus infection statistics or even using a little sleight of hand to deliberately make things look better than they are.The risk is that politicians, business…

A man is taken into custody at a Koch Foods Inc. plant in Morton, Miss., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Largest U.S. immigration raids in a decade net 680 arrests

by Rogelio V. Solis Associated Press, and Jeff Amy Associated PressAugust 7, 2019

Worker close the floodgate separating St. Bernard Parish from the East Bank of Plaquemines Parish, in Violet, La., in preparation for Hurricane Nate, expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Hurricane Makes Landfall

by Janet McConnaughey Associated Press, Melinda Deslatte Associated Press, and Jeff Amy Associated PressOctober 8, 2017

Emergency officials respond to the site of a military plane crash near Itta Bena, Miss., Monday, July 10, 2017. Leflore County Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Randle told reporters at a late briefing that more than a dozen bodies had been recovered after the KC-130 spiraled into the ground about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Jackson in the Mississippi Delta. (Elijah Baylis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

General: Jet Was at Cruising Altitude Before Problems, Crash

by Jeff Amy Associated PressJuly 13, 2017