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NFL owners approve Daniel Snyder's buyout of Washington Football Team minority owners, source says The NFL also approved a $450 million debt waiver as well as the $875 million sale. Snyder bought out his three longtime minority investors, Fred Smith, Dwight Schar and Robert Rothman, who have been with Snyder since 2003.
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Washington Nationals player tests positive for COVID-19; 4 teammates and 1 staff member also quarantined The Washington Nationals will be down five players and a staff member for Opening Day after a player tested positive for COVID-19, general manager Mike Rizzo said Wednesday. "We are following MLB protocols and CDC protocols and working closely with ...
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Umpire Angel Hernandez loses race discrimination lawsuit against MLB NEW YORK -- Umpire Angel Hernandez lost his lawsuit against Major League Baseball alleging racial discrimination. The Cuba-born Hernandez sued in 2017 in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, with the case later moved to New York. Hired as a big league ...
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Detectives find cause of Tiger Woods crash but won't reveal it, citing privacy concerns Woods suffered serious injuries in the Feb. 23 crash when he struck a raised median around 7 a.m. in Rolling Hills Estates, just outside Los Angeles. The Genesis SUV he was driving crossed through two oncoming lanes and uprooted a tree on a downhill ...
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Yankees' Gerrit Cole has answered every question. Now it's time to play ball On Wednesday, the Bombers' Opening Day starter was done analyzing, he was just ready to go. When asked about starting the season against the Blue Jays, one of their expected toughest challengers in the division this season, Cole just shrugged.
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Emmy-winning set designer-turned-hoarder, missing 8 months, found dead inside Queens home under pile of debris The body of Emmy-winning set designer Evelyn Sakash was finally discovered by her sister Tuesday afternoon and investigators believe she died in an avalanche of garbage and debris inside her filthy College Point kitchen around the time she disappeared in ...
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Biden to unveil spending plan worth trillions US President Joe Biden is set to unveil the details of a spending plan aimed at re-igniting America's economic growth. The plan aims to upgrade its crumbling infrastructure and tackle climate change. The $2.3tn (£1.7tn) proposal, which he will outline in a ...
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Reversing Trump, Pentagon Releases New Transgender Policies WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Wednesday swept away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical care and assistance with gender transition.
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US on track to encounter record 2 million migrants on the southern border, government estimates show Migrants, who were caught trying to come into the United States, are led by a US Customs and Border Protection agent, second from left, at the McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge while being deported to Reynosa, Mexico, on Thursday, March 18, 2021, in ...
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Live: Prosecutors play Derek Chauvin's never-before-seen body cam video of Floyd arrest Court resumed Wednesday in the Derek Chauvin trial, where multiple videos that had not yet been viewed publicly were shown to the jury. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, is charged with second ...
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Taxpayers who already filed returns will automatically get stimulus break on unemployment benefits, IRS says (CNN) Americans who lost their jobs last year and have already filed their tax returns will have one less headache to deal with. The Internal Revenue Service will automatically recalculate their returns to account for the new stimulus tax break on the first ...
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Upbeat Official Report on Race in Britain Draws a Swift Backlash The government report, while acknowledging enduring racism, said Britain provided a model for other white-majority countries on issues of race. Critics accused it of ignoring racial injustice in the country.
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COP26: Government has 'no plans' to delay climate summit The UN meeting in Glasgow was due to take place in 2020, but was rescheduled for November this year. Sky News reported that concerns over the worsening Covid pandemic in parts of the ...
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Yes, Matt Gaetz was the only no vote on 2017 human trafficking bill The New York Times reported that the Justice Department is investigating whether U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., violated human trafficking laws. Gaetz said the allegations about him are false.
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Italy Pushes Back as Health Care Workers Shun Covid Vaccines Prime Minister Mario Draghi issued a decree requiring that workers in health care facilities be vaccinated, a move that will test the legal limits of his government's efforts to stem coronavirus outbreaks.
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Lake Forest School District 67 sticking with current hybrid plan, won't increase time at school Board members voted 4-3 at the March 16 meeting to continue to offer either hybrid or all-remote learning options for families and not expand to a full-day model – which would have started as students returned from spring break.
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Trump 'moving forward' with plan to start his own social media platform Former President Donald Trump is reportedly closer to starting his own social media platform after being permanently banned from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube following the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. "We're moving ...
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Italy Expels 2 Russian Embassy Officials, Arrests Navy Captain On Spying Charges Three decades after the end of the Cold War, it appears the Italian capital Rome is reviving its role as "Open City" – a crossroads of international espionage and intrigue. Italy today ordered the expulsion of two Russian embassy officials following the arrest of ...
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Bills sign two free agent linebackers: Tyrell Adams and Marquel Lee Tyrell Adams' first chance to play for the Buffalo Bills occurred during head coach Sean McDermott's inaugural season with the team in 2017. However, Adams failed a physical and was released. Wednesday, a second opportunity arose as Adams signed a ...
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Tom Brady has funny reaction to Bruce Arians' new Super Bowl tattoo Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians stayed true to his word. Arians said early in the 2020 NFL season that if the Bucs won the Super Bowl, he would get a tattoo. The Buccaneers advanced ...
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Germany beaten by North Macedonia to end WCup qualifying run Pandev opened the scoring when Germany's defense completely lost track of the veteran Genoa forward. However, Ilkay Gundogan equalized from the penalty spot in the 63rd after Leroy Sane was brought down by Ezgjan Alioski. North ...
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Some Kentucky school leaders uncertain whether full-day kindergarten money will last The funding provision for some of Kentucky's youngest learners was later removed by the Senate in the version of HB 563 that passed the legislature. Lawmakers added $140 million in the upcoming one-year budget for all- ...
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Prince Harry's Long War: In The Ongoing Battle Over His Exit From Royal Life, A Quest For Identity We'll have to wait a few months to see what the Commission on Information Disorder actually defines as disorder, but until that happens, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will continue as combatants in their very own private war against what they regard as ...
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Review: In 'Made for Love,' She Can't Get Him Out of Her Head Hazel Green (Milioti) received this unwanted hardware upgrade from her husband, Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen), who runs a world-dominating tech company. (Feel free to play around with the first vowel sound in "Gogol.") ...
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Micron stock rises as results, outlook top Street expectations Revenue rose to $6.24 billion from $4.8 billion in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast adjusted earnings of 95 cents a share on revenue of $6.19 billion. Micron said DRAM sales made ...
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James Taylor's New Orleans concert, already rescheduled once, is postponed yet again Taylor's tour with special guest Jackson Browne was initially scheduled to stop at the Smoothie King Center in May 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic shut down the concert industry, the tour was pushed back to what, at the time, seemed like a safe distance: ...
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This billboard's political signage back as Trump trolled with pro-transgender message A billboard along the motorcade route of former President Donald Trump that grabbed national headlines when fans and foes used it to try to get Trump's attention while he was president is now being used to troll Trump about his administration's transgender ...
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House crossover day work includes bills dealing with taxes, criminal code, swimming pools House members voted on dozens of measures Wednesday. (WV Legislative Photography, Photo by Perry Bennett). CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates passed nearly three dozen bills Wednesday sending the measures to the state Senate to ...
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Kamala Harris heads to Chicago Tuesday to focus on vaccine equity Harris' visit to Chicago will be her first time in the city since she was sworn in as vice president. On Wednesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a pilot program to "reduce COVID-19 ...
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NFL.com's analytics-based win-now mock draft has Patriots pick a wide receiver If the goal is to win now, adding a player like Waddle over the top quarterback still available in this particular mock — fellow Alabama prospect Mac Jones — does make sense. Despite his pro-readiness Jones ...
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Months after the November election, Rita Hart concedes to Mariannette Miller-Meeks Despite our best efforts to have every vote counted, the reality is that the toxic campaign of political disinformation to attack this constitutional review of the closest congressional contest in 100 years has effectively silenced the voices of Iowans.
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New York becomes second-largest state to legalize marijuana (Bloomberg)—New York is set to become the nation's second-largest legal marijuana market after Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday signed legislation allowing the licensing of dispensaries. Cannabis storefronts will be allowed to ...
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S&P 500 climbs, closing out its 4th straight quarterly gain Wall Street closed out March with a mostly higher finish for U.S. stock indexes and the market's fourth straight quarterly gain. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Wednesday, bringing its gain for the first three months of the year to 5.8%, despite a loss for January.
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Report: Pandemic Dealing Setbacks to Gender Parity in Jobs GENEVA (AP) — The think tank behind the annual gathering of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, says the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting gender parity in the workplace, but time will tell whether the damage to women's roles in the economy proves ...
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Opening Day 2021: Cubs sign Tony Wolters, finalizing roster The Cubs have been in the market for a backup catcher since it became clear Austin Romine (right knee sprain) would not return for the start of the season. Wolters opted out of his minor-league contract with the Pirates on Tuesday.
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McConnell slams Biden's 'Trojan horse' infrastructure plan, says it's 'more borrowed money' Speaking in Erlanger, Kentucky, on Wednesday, the GOP Leader raised concerns about the level of the national debt and reversing the corporate tax cut that Republicans passed in 2017. "It's like a Trojan horse ...
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LULAC marks Cesar Chavez's birthday during the pandemic The statements from Domingo Garcia and Sindy Benavides of LULAC: "We often hear that time has a way of healing even hurt and pain but on this day, there is yet no healing from the ...
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Chip shortage hits again: Ford to close Dearborn Truck for two weeks Detroit — Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn F-150 plant will shut down for two weeks starting April 5 as a result of the global semiconductor shortage that has bedeviled the auto industry for months. The automaker confirmed Wednesday afternoon that the Dearborn ...
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BBC Journalist Leaves China Citing Threats, Obstruction BEIJING (Reuters) -The British Broadcasting Corp said on Wednesday one of its journalists in China had relocated to Taiwan, a move that comes amid criticism from Beijing of its reports on alleged human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang ...
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Celtics vs Mavericks 3/31/2021 Celtics betting trends · In their last game, the Celtics got a team-high 34 points from Jayson Tatum in a 115-109 loss to the Pelicans on Monday. · Boston is under .500 against the spread this season with a record of 22-24 · Boston and its opponents have ...
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Gov. Ron DeSantis seeks $1000 payments for in-person teachers, principals PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is requesting the Florida legislature approve $216 million to provide $1,000 bonuses for principals and classroom teachers. DeSantis made the announcement at Palm Harbor University High School in Pinellas ...
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Michigan man accused of beating Black teen with bike lock pleads guilty to federal hate crime He was originally indicted on two counts of the federal charge for attacking two Black teens at a state park in Monroe County, fracturing one teen's skull with a bike lock. The second count was dismissed as part of his guilty plea.
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'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' star arrested on federal fraud charge The indictment, which you can read below, says from 2012 to March 2021, Shah and Smith, along with others, carried out a wide-ranging telemarketing scheme that defrauded hundreds of victims across the U.S. ...
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Treasure hunter digs himself into a federal sentence at Yellowstone National Park Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced Rodrick Dow Craythorn, 52, of Syracuse, Utah, to six months in prison plus six months of home detention, to be followed by two years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $31,566 in ...
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Wizards' Russell Westbrook, wife Nina respond to critical comments from ESPN's Stephen A. Smith So, how did ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith react to the performance? "I don't give a damn about any of it," Smith said Tuesday in ...
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Hungarian journalists demand access to COVID wards BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — More than two dozen Hungarian media outlets on Wednesday sent an open letter to the government demanding greater transparency and access to hospitals for journalists covering the COVID-19 pandemic. Only Hungary's state ...
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Severe storms and possible tornadoes in forecast for Midlands Thunderstorms are forecast to roll through the Midlands Wednesday, and could cause tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service office in Columbia. Damaging winds and large hail are the greatest threats posed by the storms, officials said in a ...
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Justise Winslow out, Grayson Allen questionable for Memphis Grizzlies-Utah Jazz Wednesday Winslow will miss a second consecutive game after playing the Jazz on Saturday. It was the second night of a back-to-back, something that coach Taylor Jenkins said would become normal going forward.
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Does a vaccine passport violate HIPAA? Experts weigh in HIPAA protects a patient's personal health information, leaving many concerned that a vaccine passport would violate those protections. HIPAA is used to protect sensitive medical information but only applies to how physicians, hospitals and health insurers ...
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NASCAR Crash Course: The death of dirt racing at Bristol was greatly exaggerated A whopping 30,000 tons of dirt got trucked into Bristol Motor Speedway in 2021 for NASCAR's grand experiment to transform the facility for its first Cup Series dirt track race in 50 years. But as Sunday, March 28 dawned, there was a last-minute push to shovel ...
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