EXPLAINER: What’s happening with Afghanistan evacuations?
By BEN FOX and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 82,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the Taliban…
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Disney World reaches deal to mandate vaccine with unionized workers
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney World will require vaccinations for many of its employees at the Florida-based resort after the company made a…
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2nd hiker dies within days in Death Valley National Park
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Death Valley National Park rangers are reminding visitors to limit stressful activities during summer…
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Atlético signs Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha from Hertha
MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid has signed young Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha from Hertha Berlin. The defending Spanish league champion says the…
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Atlético signs Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha from Hertha
MADRID (AP) — Atlético Madrid has signed young Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha from Hertha Berlin. The defending Spanish league champion says the…
Continue Reading Only vaccinated personnel in locker rooms on NFL game days
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has mandated that only fully vaccinated personnel — with a maximum of 50 people — will have access…
Continue Reading Only vaccinated personnel in locker rooms on NFL game days
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The NFL has mandated that only fully vaccinated personnel — with a maximum of 50 people — will have access…
Continue Reading Jersey Shore landmark Lucy the Elephant to get new skin
MARGATE, N.J. (AP) — The beach-side landmark, Lucy the Elephant, is having all of its metal skin replaced because more than 50% of the exterior has…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Father shot and killed by security guard over argument about parking
By Charly Edsitty Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — A security guard shot and killed a man after an…
Continue Reading Experts on WHO team say search for COVID origins has stalled
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The international scientists dispatched to China by the World Health Organization to look for the…
Continue Reading New NY governor adds 12,000 deaths to publicized COVID tally
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s new governor is acknowledging that the state has had nearly 12,000 more…
Continue Reading77-year-old woman dies of COVID after testing positive on Carnival cruise
By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — At least one person who sailed on a…
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On-the-run California murder suspect arrested in Arizona
The U.S. Marshals service-led WANTED Violent Offender Task Force (WANTED) arrested an Oakland, California murder suspect Monday…
Continue Reading Bills sign Steven Sims to boost depleted receiver position
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have signed receiver Steven Sims to address an injury- and coronavirus-depleted position. Sims spent…
Continue Reading Bills sign Steven Sims to boost depleted receiver position
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have signed receiver Steven Sims to address an injury- and coronavirus-depleted position. Sims spent…
Continue ReadingAngry woman targets wrong home looking for stolen cash
By Briana Conner Click here for updates on this story HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — An unwelcomed visitor was captured…
Continue Reading Spain tightens fertilizer rules after dead fish clog lagoon
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities are expanding a ban on harmful fertilizers around a saltwater lagoon on the country’s Mediterranean coast,…
Continue Reading Feds report most rental assistance has still not gone out
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Only 11% of the tens of billions of dollars in federal rent assistance meant to help tenants around…
Continue ReadingClimate measures in reconciliation, infrastructure bills will mostly meet Biden’s emissions goals, Schumer says
By Ella Nilsen, CNN An analysis from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office estimates that combined, the bipartisan infrastructure bill…
Continue Reading Delta will hike insurance premiums and limit sick pay for unvaccinated employees
By Pete Muntean and Chris Isidore, CNN Business Delta Air Lines is raising health care costs for employees who insist on staying unvaccinated. The…
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