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California has re-opened enrollment for its state health insurance exchange. People can now purchase health insurance plans from Covered California through the end of the year. Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee said Monday the goal is to get more people to buy health insurance. New federal subsidies are available that could lower monthly premiums for some people by $1,000 or more in some cases. To get the subsidies, people must be legal U.S. residents who can't get affordable health insurance from their job and meet certain income requirements. Most people who can't get coverage through their employer would be eligible for assistance. 

Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch reflected on the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal that cost him his job as the team’s manager in his return to Houston on Monday, saying it put a “cloud over the sport.” Hinch was suspended by Major League Commissioner Rob Manfred for a year and subsequently fired by owner Jim Crane for his role in the scheme that violated rules by using a television camera to steal catchers’ signs during Houston’s run to the 2017 World Series title and again in the 2018 season.

Quarantine requirements are making the trade deadline drastically different for teams around the NHL. The Bruins expect to plug Taylor Hall, Curtis Lazar and Mike Reilly into their lineup immediately. The Avalanche could give goalie Philipp Grubauer a full night off because Devan Dubynk drove from San Jose to meet the team in Anaheim. The Toronto Maple Leafs won't have Nick Foligno on the ice for at least five games because of Canada's mandatory seven-day quarantine. That could make a difference down the road as teams try to develop chemistry for the playoffs.

TORONTO (AP) — All schools in Canada’s most populous province will be shut down and move to online learning because of a record number of coronavirus infections fueled by more contagious variants, Ontario's premier announced Monday. Premier Doug Ford said…

A lawyer for convicted movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is challenging Weinstein’s extradition to California to face an indictment alleging he sexually assaulted five women. At a hearing Monday, Weinstein's lawyer cited a paperwork technicality after his requests for a “humanitarian” delay for Weinstein’s medical needs were rejected. The 69-year-old Weinstein appeared via video from prison before an Erie County Court judge in Buffalo. Los Angeles prosecutors allege Weinstein assaulted five women from 2004 to 2013. A newly revealed indictment contains the same allegations Weinstein was previously charged with, according to a person with direct knowledge who spoke on condition of anonymity because the indictment is sealed.  

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at the grand opening of a Times Square COVID-19 vaccination site intended to jump-start the city’s entertainment industry. Miranda said getting vaccinated will help the theater community feel safe. Broadway theaters have been shuttered since the coronavirus pandemic struck in March of last year. De Blasio has said he hopes dedicated vaccination sites will help the industry reopen by September. The new Times Square vaccine site will be open to workers in theater, film and TV. The site will be run by Susan Sampliner, the company manager for the musical “Wicked.” 

Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal have been thrown into uncertainty following an attack on Iran's underground Natanz nuclear facility. Although neither Iran or the U.S. say the incident will crater the negotiations, the destruction of a significant amount of Iran's uranium enrichment capability casts a major shadow over the discussions in Vienna. Those talks are set to resume on Tuesday with the aim of bringing both Iran and the U.S. back into compliance with the deal. Iran has blamed Israel for the destruction at Natanz, and Israeli media have cited intelligence sources as claiming responsibility. The Biden administration says it had nothing to do with the incident. 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The woman arrested on suspicion of killing her three young children at her Los Angeles apartment had been involved in a custody dispute with their father, according to a newspaper report Sunday. Liliana Carrillo, 30, was…

BERLIN (AP) — Nearly a year after President Donald Trump ordered thousands of troops to leave Germany, capping a series of setbacks for U.S. relations with major allies, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday began an inaugural tour of Europe…

A historic drought in a massive agricultural region straddling Northern California and southern Oregon could mean steep cuts to the water provided to hundreds of farmers to sustain endangered fish species. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation oversees water allocations in the Klamath Project. It's expected to announce this week how much water farmers will get this season, if any, after delaying the decision a month amid severe drought. The Klamath and Yurok tribes have treaties guaranteeing the protection of their fisheries. They want water for federally listed fish species, the sucker fish and coho salmon. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used a virtual meeting with corporate leaders about a global shortage of semiconductors to push Monday for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, telling them that the U.S. should be the world’s computer chip leader.…

Distance runner Maggie Montoya called her mom and dad to say she loved them from a locked room as she waited out the Boulder shooting ordeal. The Olympic hopeful was working in the pharmacy at the King Soopers supermarket in Colorado on March 22 when 10 people were killed in the mass shooting. Montoya was escorted to safety by the SWAT team after the shooter was arrested. The next day, Montoya was picked up by her dad and taken home to Arkansas. It was a chance to be with family and remember those who lost their lives. It was a way to escape on long runs with her boyfriend as she trains for the 10,000 meters at the Olympic Trials in June. It was a way to forget that harrowing hour she spent taking shelter behind a metal door.