After big county fair, virus hits hard in rural Mississippi
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A rural county in Mississippi is being overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases, two weeks…
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US warns 9/11 anniversary could inspire extremist attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest terrorism alert bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security warns that the upcoming 20th anniversary of the…
Continue Reading New Oregon law suspends graduation testing requirement
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A new Oregon law that suspends a requirement for a basic-skills test in math, reading and writing to graduate high school is…
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With DeRozan and Ball, Bulls eye jump in Eastern Conference
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan sees big potential for the Chicago Bulls. They are counting on the high-scoring…
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With DeRozan and Ball, Bulls eye jump in Eastern Conference
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan sees big potential for the Chicago Bulls. They are counting on the high-scoring…
Continue Reading Valencia overcomes early red card to win in La Liga opener
MADRID (AP) — Valencia overcame a red card in the third minute to defeat Getafe 1-0 in the opening match of the Spanish league. Valencia lost…
Continue Reading Valencia overcomes early red card to win in La Liga opener
MADRID (AP) — Valencia overcame a red card in the third minute to defeat Getafe 1-0 in the opening match of the Spanish league. Valencia lost…
Continue Reading Ariya Jutanugarn takes lead at windy Women’s Scottish Open
FIFE, Scotland (AP) — Ariya Jutanugarn had five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine and shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the…
Continue Reading Ariya Jutanugarn takes lead at windy Women’s Scottish Open
FIFE, Scotland (AP) — Ariya Jutanugarn had five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine and shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the…
Continue ReadingAugust child tax credit payments reach roughly 61 million kids
By Tami Luhby, CNN The August child tax credit payment is in the mail — or headed directly to your bank account. The Internal Revenue Service…
Continue Reading Indianapolis in action: IndyCar, NASCAR tripleheader weekend
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be the busiest track in motorsports this weekend.…
Continue Reading Indianapolis in action: IndyCar, NASCAR tripleheader weekend
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be the busiest track in motorsports this weekend.…
Continue Reading Newcomer Brentford opens Premier League by beating Arsenal
BRENTFORD, England (AP) — Brentford started its first topflight campaign since 1947 by stunning Arsenal 2-0 in the opening game of the Premier…
Continue Reading Newcomer Brentford opens Premier League by beating Arsenal
BRENTFORD, England (AP) — Brentford started its first topflight campaign since 1947 by stunning Arsenal 2-0 in the opening game of the Premier…
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Southern California police fatally shoot man after stabbing
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Southern California police fatally shot a man Friday morning following a disturbance in a Bakersfield apartment where a…
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Mexico says 5.2 million dropped out of school in pandemic
Mexico’s president is on a drive to convince people to send their kids back to school in September, and the government has released some frightening…
Continue ReadingVictims identified after five killed in rare mass shooting in England
By Lauren Kent, Rob Picheta and Niamh Kennedy, CNN At least five people have been killed and a suspect found dead after Britain’s worst mass…
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Cameroonian tech entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong says charges have been dropped
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Cameroonian tech entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong, who was arrested earlier this week, says that the charges against her have…
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A California teacher is hospitalized after he’s allegedly attacked by a parent over face masks on the first day of school
By Lauren M. Johnson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN An elementary school teacher in Northern California was hospitalized after being attacked by a parent…
Continue Reading MyPillow CEO says aggressive poke led to attack claim
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says he was aggressively poked by someone seeking a selfie in Sioux Falls, South…
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