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Source: James White agrees to 1-year deal to stay with New England Patriots White, 29, has spent the first seven years of his career with the Patriots, who selected him in the fourth round of the 2014 draft out of Wisconsin. A three-time Super Bowl champion ...
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K'Waun Williams will re-sign with the 49ers Williams took a visit with the Chiefs this week and there was word of interest from the Jets, who hired former 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh as their head coach, but no offer was enough to dislodge him from the Niners.
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Lonzo Ball misses second straight game for Pelicans vs. Lakers on Tuesday By not playing on Tuesday, Ball could have played his final game in New Orleans. The Pelicans will not play again until Friday against the Nuggets at home, one day after the trade deadline passes.
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Officer Brian Sicknick Died After the Capitol Riot. New Videos Show How He Was Attacked. New videos obtained by The New York Times show publicly for the first time how the U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after facing off with rioters on Jan. 6 was attacked with chemical spray. The officer, Brian D. Sicknick, who had been guarding the west ...
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Fantasy Basketball Trade Deadline Primer: Who is most likely to be dealt and potential impacts Still, by all accounts, general manager Masai Ujiri will only move the veteran point guard to somewhere he wants to go, given Lowry's standing in the organization. Soon-to-be 35-year-old Lowry has returned third-round value for Fantasy managers this season ...
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In effort to crack down on sticky substance use, MLB will monitor pitchers' spin rates, examine baseballs Baseball is on the verge of policing one of its oldest unwritten rules, fighting technology with technology in an effort to cut down on a perceived rise in pitchers using foreign substances to increase spin rate and dominate hitters. Major League Baseball has ...
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Live Updates: Motive still unclear in Boulder mass shooting Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who is from a Denver suburb, was booked into jail on murder charges Tuesday and was expected to make a first court appearance on Thursday. The victims he is accused ...
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Report: Isaiah Wilson Arrested Weeks Before Being Traded Two months before the Titans traded their 2020 first-round draft pick, police arrested the offensive lineman on multiple charges after a high-speed chase in Barrow County, Ga., which is not far away from the University of Georgia, where Wilson played college ...
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Georgia Bulldogs receiver George Pickens injures ACL, to have surgery "The good news is that the MRI showed it to be an isolated injury with no other structures involved," Georgia coach Kirby Smart said in a statement. "George is a hard worker. I know he will bring the same work ethic to rehab that he shows in practice every day.".
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US won't force NATO allies into 'us or them' choice on China BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States will not force any NATO ally to choose sides between Washington and Beijing, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, although he warned that the West needed to show authoritarian states that ...
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Massachusetts high school cancels football game over players' use of anti-Semitic terms in audibles Duxbury players used words like "rabbi," "dreidel," and "Auschwitz" as audibles when the team was at the line of scrimmage in the March 12 game against Plymouth, according to the report.
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Suez Canal Blocked After Giant Container Ship Gets Stuck By Wednesday morning, more than 100 ships were stuck at each end of the 120-mile canal, which connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean and carries roughly 10 percent of worldwide shipping traffic. Only the Panama Canal looms as large in the global ...
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Gun industry prepares for a surge in demand after back-to-back mass shootings New York (CNN Business) After mass shootings in Boulder and Atlanta that killed 18 people in the span of a single week, lawmakers are once again calling for stricter gun regulation in America. The gun industry is already preparing for a surge of sales.
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Women in 40s, 50s who survive COVID more likely to suffer persistent problems Women in their 40s and 50s appear more at risk of long-term problems following discharge from hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Many suffer months of persistent symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog, two UK studies found on ...
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Oath Keeper discussed 'alliance' of far-right groups leading up to Jan. 6: Prosecutors "Well we are ready for the rioters, this week I organized an alliance between Oath Keepers, Florida 3%ers, and Proud Boys," prosecutors say Kelly Meggs, 52, wrote on his Facebook on Dec. 19. "We have decided to work together and shut this sh*t down.".
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What a tougher NFL personal conduct policy means for Deshaun Watson Under the NFL's since-enhanced policy, there's now a baseline suspension of six games without pay for violations involving assault, battery, domestic violence, dating violence, child abuse or sexual assault. Even though no ...
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Intel will make others' chips in major turnaround effort under new CEO For years, technology leadership and the "Intel Inside" marketing campaign kept the chipmaker at the forefront of personal technology. But in recent years, Intel failed to tap into the mobile market and has suffered several delays to PC processor progress.
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India Sees Spike In Confirmed Coronavirus Cases — And Variants Several virus variants have appeared in thousands of samples collected across Indian states. Some of the samples have contained viruses with two concerning mutations, one first identified in the U.K. and another in South Africa. Yet ...
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Feds: Former Pitt official stole over 13K masks, sold online A federal indictment says the University of Pittsburgh's former emergency management director stole more than 13,600 face masks meant for school employees and students and sold them online in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. By MICHAEL ...
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Sorry, Draymond Green, Hakeem Olajuwon is the best defender of all-time Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Shaquille O'Neal all fell in the playoffs. Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, Vlade Divac, Rik Smits, Robert Parrish and others all got the business in the regular season from Dream.
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GameStop tumbles as Reddit darling mulls share sale (Reuters) - Shares of Reddit-favorite GameStop Corp fell nearly 18% on Wednesday, a day after the videogame retailer said it might cash in on a meteoric rise in its share price to fund its e-commerce expansion. GameStop shares have surged nearly 900% so ...
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Biden Readies for 1st News Conference, White House Tradition "Well, I see we're trying a new experiment this morning," President Dwight Eisenhower told the press corps. "I hope that doesn't prove to be a disturbing influence." It was the first presidential news conference captured for broadcast by television.
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Ingenuity Mars helicopter prepares for the first flight on another planet The first powered, controlled flight on Earth took place near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, when Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the Flyer 120 feet for 12 seconds in December 1903.
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GM forced to cut production of midsize pickups due to chip shortage General Motors will suspend production of its midsize pickup trucks in Missouri due to a global semiconductor chip shortage. It's the latest shutdown as the automaker prioritizes production of its larger, more profitable full-size pickups and SUVs. GM also will ...
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Forearm injury will land Bader on IL to open season Center fielder Harrison Bader, who has struggled offensively all spring, will not be on the Opening Day roster as he rests a right forearm injury. Bader will be placed on the injured list. He is expected to be out at least four weeks, manager Mike Shildt told ...
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'These are people': Protesters gather at Echo Park Lake to stop clearing of homeless encampment The number of tents at the park has swelled in recent months amid mass store and restaurant closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Near the intersection of Glendale Boulevard and Park Avenue, at one corner of the park, a crowd of people was gathering ...
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Dimon, Solomon Join CEOs Urging New York to Reject Tax Hikes Jamie Dimon, David Solomon and scores of other New York business leaders warned Governor Andrew Cuomo that proposed tax hikes would risk the state's economic recovery and worsen the exodus of residents to lower-tax locations. The chief executive ...
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Beaumont hospitals restore visitor restrictions amid rising COVID cases On Wednesday, Beaumont Health announced the reinstatement of health and safety precautions at all hospital locations in an effort to protect patients, staff and communities amid a surge in coronavirus spread. Beginning at 8 a.m. on ...
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Kyle Van Noy: I'll buy Cam Newton dinner after bad blood between Patriots and Dolphins in 2020 After the final whistle blew during New England's season-opening win over the Dolphins last season, there was some serious venom between Cam Newton and the Miami defense. As trash talk was volleyed back and forth and players were separated, ...
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Facebook, Google CEOs Suggest Ways to Reform Key Internet Law WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out steps to reform a key internet law on Wednesday, saying that companies should have immunity from liability only if they follow best practices for removing damaging material from ...
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Kamala Harris and Bill Clinton are holding a talk about women's empowerment — cue the critics Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Bill Clinton are scheduled to discuss empowering women and girls in the U.S. on Friday — and many people on Twitter have some thoughts about that, to put it mildly. A Politico reporter tweeted on Tuesday ...
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EU Moves Toward Stricter Export Controls for COVID Vaccines By RAF CASERT, Associated Press. BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union moved Wednesday toward imposing stricter export controls for coronavirus vaccines, seeking to make sure there are more COVID-19 shots to boost the bloc's flagging vaccine ...
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Icelandic Volcano Could Erupt for Years, Creating 'Perfect Tourist' Attraction COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A volcano in Iceland spewing lava into the sky since it erupted last Friday could continue its spectacular display for years, potentially becoming a new tourist attraction on the island known for its natural wonders. Thousands of ...
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Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer vaccine, cites defective lids The city's government said the suspension was immediate while the matter is investigated by distributor Fosun Pharma and BioNTech, the German company that created the vaccine with American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer. BioNTech and ...
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Ohio postpones tax filing deadline to May 17, matching the IRS revised deadline for federal taxes The decision was expected after the IRS's announcement of its delay a week ago, because state tax forms are tied to adjusted gross income information from the federal forms.
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Equal Pay Day: This is why it's commemorated Black women were paid 63 percent of what non-Hispanic white men were paid in 2019, according to the U.S. Census. In other words, it takes the typical Black woman 19 months to earn what the average white man takes home in 12 months, NBC News reported.
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Cox vetoes effort to address perceived social media censorship — and it's a family matter now SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox put the brakes on an effort by state lawmakers to abate perceived censorship practices by social media companies, citing technical issues, though the proposal was widely thought to be in conflict with federal ...
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Yellen in sharp exchange with Republican senator over IMF plan to expand reserves Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had a sharp exchange Wednesday during a Senate hearing with Sen. John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, over a renewed plan by the International Monetary Fund to issue $650 billion in new reserves, known as Special ...
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Tesla will accept Bitcoin as payment, Elon Musk says. Tesla will hold the digital currency, rather than convert payments to dollars, and handle the crypto transactions internally, Mr. Musk said. "Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as Bitcoin, not converted ...
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New city rules would govern employees getting shots "No worker should have to choose between keeping their job and getting the COVID-19 vaccine," Lightfoot said as she introduced an ordinance to the City Council. A.D. Quig · Tweet · Share; More. Share · Email · Reprints Print. Johnny Milano/Bloomberg.
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Where is Zara Tindall's baby in the line of succession? The Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall has welcomed her third child, a son with husband Mike Tindall. They confirmed their baby is called Lucas Philip, with his middle name a nod both to his great-grandfather ...
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Astronomers at Harvard, Smithsonian Center release images of black hole's magnetic field The images, released Wednesday by the Event Horizon Telescope, show the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy M87 in polarized light. The astronomers behind the project say the images are the first time astronomers have been able to capture ...
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Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence DHAKA, Bangladesh — Shafiqul Islam was studying business at Dhaka College in 1971 when a bloody and brutal war for independence ravaged Bangladesh. After undergoing guerrilla training in India, he returned to fight against Pakistani soldiers. "It was a ...
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Buffalo Bills add depth at defensive end by signing Efe Obada Efe Odaba joined the Carolina Panthers in 2017 as part of the NFL's International Player Pathway Program and he spent only one season on the team's practice squad. This is the same program that Christian Wade went through to join the Buffalo Bills a few ...
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Watch: Rory McIlroy drubbed by Ian Poulter at WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play AUSTIN, Texas — Standing on the 12th tee with a picturesque view of the iconic Pennybacker Bridge, Ian Poulter watched his drive safely hit the fairway, flipped his driver, grinned and let out a giggle. Why wouldn't the typically jovial Poulter be beaming?
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Gov. Edwards to hold news conference on state's coronavirus response Wednesday He also indicated eventually the state would open up vaccine eligibility to all adults. It is unclear when exactly the vaccine eligibility will be expanded to accommodate all of the adults in Louisiana.
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British Police Arrest Man After Suspicious Package at Queen's Edinburgh Residence LONDON (Reuters) - British police said on Wednesday they had arrested a man after a bomb disposal team made a suspicious item safe on the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the queen's official Scottish residence in Edinburgh. Police Scotland ...
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2 NC men accused of drugging, raping woman who died in Miami Beach MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Two North Carolina men visiting Miami Beach have been arrested, accused of drugging and raping a woman who later died in her hotel room, police say. WGHP reported the suspects, 21-year-old Evoire Collier and 24-year-old Dorian ...
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Prince Harry joins the Aspen Institute's fight against misinformation (CNN Business) Voicing concern about an "avalanche of misinformation" in the digital world, Prince Harry is joining the Aspen Institute's new Commission on Information Disorder as a commissioner. Harry, 14 other commissioners and three co-chairs will ...
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Looking ahead to Indiana's eased COVID-19 restrictions: What's changing and what isn't "They retain the authority to make decisions about COVID restrictions for their operations and should be afforded their respect," said Governor Holcomb during his address Tuesday. "When I visit my favorite restaurants or conduct ...
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