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An experimental pill from Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP slashed the risk of getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19 in a study, findings that could eventually yield a simple …
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By Emma Court and Timothy Annett / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/1/21
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for COVID-19 after taking a routine test Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court said. Kavanaugh, 56, who learned of the test results Thursday night, has no symptoms …
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By Greg Stohr / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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10/1/21
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AUSTIN, Texas — Lawyers with the U.S. Justice Department will be in federal court in Austin on Friday seeking an emergency court order to block the enforcement of a Texas law that bans most …
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ATLANTA — It is rarified air that Jimmy Carter has been in for a while now.
On Friday, when Carter turns 97, he further solidifies his standing as the oldest living president in the …
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case involving a La Mesa, California, family's 20-year effort to reclaim a French Impressionist painting looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust and …
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By John Wilkens / The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)
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10/1/21
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WASHINGTON — Facebook Inc.’s head of global safety faced tough questions from lawmakers who accused the company of prioritizing profit and growth over the health of its youngest …
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Anna Edgerton and Rebecca Kern / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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9/30/21
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TAMPA, Fla. — On a June morning more than a quarter-century ago, a troubled teenage boy shot and killed a man during a botched robbery inside a Tampa home. Not long after, Kyle Moran was …
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Dan Sullivan / Tampa Bay Times (TNS)
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9/30/21
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SAN DIEGO — Federal drug officials are warning that the country is being flooded with lethal counterfeit pills — many containing fentanyl and methamphetamine — which is leading to a …
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DETROIT — Fifteen years after Juwan Deering was sentenced to life in prison for a fire that killed five children — a crime he maintains he didn't commit — Deering is …
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Elisha Anderson / Detroit Free Press (TNS)
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9/30/21
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The federal government is looking into reports of “Havana syndrome,” a mysterious illness that has affected more than 200 American personnel around the world in recent years, including …
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Michelle Marchante / Miami Herald (TNS)
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9/30/21
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YouTube will begin removing content questioning any approved medical vaccine, not just those for COVID-19, a departure from the video site’s historically hands-off approach.
The …
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By Mark Bergen and Naomi Nix / Bloomberg News (TNS)
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9/29/21
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WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee launched a new program on Wednesday focused primarily on registering voters of color ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
DNC …
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By Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)
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9/29/21
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WASHINGTON — The nation’s top general testified Tuesday that the American war in Afghanistan ended in “strategic failure,” a grim conclusion that acknowledged a long series of …
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By Chris Megerian / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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9/29/21
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — An Anne Arundel County judge sentenced the man who killed five Capital Gazette employees to the maximum penalty allowable under law Tuesday, bringing an end to the court case …
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By Alex Mann and Lilly Price / The Baltimore Sun (TNS)
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9/29/21
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WASHINGTON — At least 400,000 people in the United States have received COVID-19 booster shots since the extra injections were authorized last week, the Biden administration said Tuesday.
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By Erin B. Logan / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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9/29/21
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ATLANTA — The gunman who killed four people at a Cherokee County spa before allegedly driving to Atlanta and fatally shooting four others pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in Fulton County …
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By Shaddi Abusaid / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)
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9/29/21
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MIAMI — A former boss of a notorious Colombian paramilitary group who was convicted of exporting cocaine to the United States was held liable Monday in a Miami federal court for the fatal …
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By Jay Weaver / Miami Herald (TNS)
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9/29/21
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Over five-plus hours Monday, three earthquakes were confirmed in South Carolina. And the last quake was the strongest.
Thousands of people reported feeling tremors from the 3.3 magnitude …
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By Noah Feit / The State (TNS)
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9/29/21
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Part of a recent Instagram post from Britney Spears initially claimed that "a lot of" the information included in a new documentary about the pop musician "is not true."
That portion of the …
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By Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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9/29/21
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Russian authorities said they’d opened another criminal case against jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny and his allies, this time alleging they created an illegal “extremist …
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By Ilya Arkhipov /Bloomberg News (TNS)
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9/29/21
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