Associated Press
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The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus, accounting for around a fifth of all new cases in the U.S.
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Caeleb Dressel joins an elite club of just four other swimmers ever with at least five gold medals at one games.
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Police are working with prosecutors to add a second murder count against the suspected shooter.
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USA Gymnastics says Biles has not decided whether to participate in Tuesday's balance beam final.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the chamber should be able to process the legislation quickly given the bipartisan support.
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The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus, accounting for around a fifth of all new cases in the U.S.
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The oil was released as crews cut away a section of the Golden Ray, which capsized in 2019.
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The NHL will reportedly investigate claims by Evander Kane’s wife that the San Jose hockey player bet on own games and tried to lose for profit.
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According to new documents released in a lawsuit, the Census Bureau lacked information on residents living in 43,000 of the 227,000 occupied group quarters.
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The rules involve requiring more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves.
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Earlier this week, star outfielder Christian Yelich also tested positive for the coronavirus and was showing mild symptoms.
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Multiple states are adopting programs that would require packaging material manufactures to pay for their eventual disposal.
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61-year-old Richard P. Kuklinski was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault of a victim who was 60 years old or older.
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The woman was reported to be unconscious, the man appeared conscious but in shock.
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The Cook County State's Attorney's office has filed a lawsuit with the Illinois Appellate Court in the hopes of blocking the refund.
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53-year-old Dwayne Swiercz was pulled from Lake Michigan and transported to Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
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The president, health officials and state leaders are betting the financial incentive will spur hesitant people to get the shot just as the contagious and potentially more powerful delta variant sweeps through parts of the country — particularly those with low vaccination rates.
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She broke a 33-year-old Olympic record held by none other than Florence Griffith Joyner.
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The controversy is unfolding at a time when many Americans are at their wits’ end with pandemic restrictions and others fear their children will be put at risk by those who don’t take the virus seriously enough.
Caeleb Dressel led right from the start and held off Hungary’s Kristof Milak to win in 49.45 seconds, breaking the mark of 49.50 that he set two years ago at the 2019 world championships.
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Katie Ledecky led all the way in a race she hasn’t lost since 2010. But she was pushed hard by Australian rival Ariarne Titmus, who claimed the silver
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The U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in San Francisco, consolidates allegations made in six whistleblower complaints.
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The Milwaukee Brewers overcame Corbin Burnes’ worst start of the season to beat Touki Toussaint and the Atlanta Braves 9-5.
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Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander already has climbed the mountain during his brief NFL career.
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USA Gymnastics says Simone Biles has withdrawn from vault and uneven bars in event finals at the Olympics.
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Alexis Saborit was charged Friday with second-degree intentional murder in the knife attack on America Thayer, which happened Wednesday afternoon in Shakopee.
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Russia has been the most prominent target of the anti-doping movement after revelations that it launched a massive state-sponsored program to elude testers ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.
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The Justice Department asked for an immediate block on Gov. Greg Abbott’s order issued Wednesday, which allows the Texas Department of Public Safety to “stop any vehicle upon reasonable suspicion” that it transports migrants.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation has accounted for 108 people, including 29 in the tunnel, who were stuck on the highway overnight.
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The statement said employees who aren’t already vaccinated will have 60 days to do so and that those still working from home will need to show proof of vaccination before returning.
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Milwaukee sent minor league catcher Payton Henry to Miami and minor league pitcher Reese Olson to Detroit.
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Antetokounmpo hurt his knee in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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The notes of the Dec. 27 call, released Friday by the Democratic-led House Oversight Committee, underscore the lengths to which Trump went to overturn the results of the election and to elicit the support of law enforcement officials and other government leaders in that effort.
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His representatives had previously only said that he had a “heart related incident” and was stable in an Albuquerque hospital after collapsing while shooting the show’s sixth and final season.
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Prosecutors dropped misdemeanor solicitation charges last year against Robert Kraft and almost two dozen other men.
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Previously, vaccinated people who got infected were thought to have low levels of virus and to be unlikely to pass it to others. But the new data shows that is not the case with the delta variant.
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Mike Lindell has publicly promoted Trump’s false allegations of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election he lost to President Joe Biden.
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Siginaw Grant died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes on Wednesday at a private care facility in Hollywood, California, said Lani Carmichael, Grant’s publicist and longtime friend.
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The space station lost control of its orientation for 47 minutes on Thursday, when Russia’s Nauka science lab accidentally fired its thrusters a few hours after docking.
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A 33-year-old Maryland woman with temporary custody of her young niece and nephew has been charged with child abuse that resulted in their deaths after officers found their severely malnourished bodies stuffed in the trunk of her car, according to charging documents.
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Proof of vaccination will be required by Aug. 30, but people may seek medical or religious exemptions.
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The SEC voted to extend invitations to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday. For now, the schools’ arrival is four years out.
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Six passengers from a Royal Caribbean cruise have tested positive after the ship docked in the Bahamas.
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After Rapinoe scored, she turned to her teammates, folded her arms and grinned in triumph.
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Advocates for tenants said the distribution of the money had been slow and that more time was needed to distribute it and repay landlords.
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A day after a thrilling victory in the women’s all-around, Lee insisted she’s ready to start her college career at Auburn. Really ready.
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The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes also touched down in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Thursday afternoon, sending trees falling and debris flying.
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Maggie Steffens got her 48th career goal in the Olympics.
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South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women’s 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes, 18.95 seconds, breaking the mark of 2:19.11 set by Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen at the 2013 world championships in Barcelona.
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PG&E already struggled through bankruptcy and pleaded guilty to manslaughter for its role in a series of deadly wildfires.