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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators fashioning a pair of colossal bills that would deliver more than $4 trillion for infrastructure, health care, environment and other initiatives insist they will fully pay …
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By ALAN FRAM
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7/24/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Organizations representing long-term care facilities on Friday urged lawmakers working on a bipartisan infrastructure plan to avoid dipping into COVID-relief funds to help pay for …
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By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
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7/24/21
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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Tibet as authorities tighten controls over the Himalayan region’s traditional Buddhist culture, accompanied by an accelerated …
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7/23/21
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The number of NFL players in the COVID-19 vaccination process has reached 80%, with nine teams having 90% or more of their players in that category.
Dr. Allen Sills, the league's medical director, …
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By BARRY WILNER
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7/23/21
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ATLANTA (AP) — At first glance, Herschel Walker has a coveted political profile for a potential Senate candidate in Georgia.
He was a football hero at the University of Georgia before his long …
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By BRIAN SLODYSKO, BILL BARROW and JAKE BLEIBERG
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7/23/21
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — In an era when NFL teams chose general managers from the ranks of former players, coaches and personnel executives, George Young was ahead of his time with the New York …
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By TOM CANAVAN
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7/23/21
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By triggering $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of people and expanding the child tax credit for many families, the pandemic offered a clear takeaway for some officials: That putting tax dollars in …
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By SARA BURNETT
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7/23/21
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A new study suggests that a Sinopharm vaccine offers poor protection from COVID-19 among the elderly, raising questions for dozens of countries that have given the Chinese …
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By HUIZHONG WU and JUSTIN SPIKE
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7/23/21
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's prime minister met with Pfizer's CEO in an unusually high-profile setting Friday to make sure the drugmaker would deliver the COVID-19 vaccine as promised by this fall as the …
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI
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7/23/21
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Chicago Blackhawks executive Stan Bowman pledged Thursday to cooperate with an investigation into allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted two players in 2010.
The team’s president …
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By STEPHEN WHYNO
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7/22/21
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LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — The 23XI Racing team posted a slideshow of the and asked fans to comment on their favorite. The designs were from business plucked straight out of Super Bowl ad space: Wallace …
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By DAN GELSTON
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7/22/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The overwhelming majority of Americans -- about 8 in 10 -- favor plans to increase funding for roads, bridges and ports and for pipes that supply drinking water. But that's about …
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By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT
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7/22/21
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SEATTLE (AP) — Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday the NHL schedule will include a break for the 2022 Winter Olympics even though there is no commitment the league’s players will go to …
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By TIM BOOTH
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7/21/21
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As a $26 billion settlement over the toll of opioids looms, some public health experts are citing the 1998 agreement with tobacco companies as a cautionary tale of runaway government spending and …
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By BEN FINLEY and GEOFF MULVIHILL
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7/21/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating Victoria Kennedy, an attorney and the widow of Sen. Ted Kennedy, to serve as his ambassador to Austria. He's naming a top political fundraiser …
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By AAMER MADHANI
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7/21/21
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LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — As Germany reels from the deadliest inland floods in living memory, one word has been on the lips of leading politicians: “klimawandel,” the German word for climate …
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By FRANK JORDANS and BRAM JANSSEN
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7/21/21
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Detroit, you are on the clock.
The NBA offseason — if you can call it that — is here. The Milwaukee Bucks officially flipped the league calendar to summer on Tuesday night, capturing their …
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By TIM REYNOLDS
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7/21/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden just can't quit Ohio — even if it rejected him in last year's election.
The president travels to Cincinnati on Wednesday to push his economic policies. …
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By JOSH BOAK
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7/21/21
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland City Council on Tuesday approved preliminary terms for a new $12 billion waterfront ballpark project for the Oakland Athletics, but it's unclear if the vote will …
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7/20/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — The world's richest man wanted to say thanks to the people who made his brief trip into space Tuesday possible.
But for some, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' expression of gratitude …
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By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
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7/20/21
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