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Blue Jays beat Yankees 3-2 in 10th inning as fans return NEW YORK (AP) — Randal Grichuk led off the 10th with an RBI double, and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of the second year of starting extra innings with a runner on second to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Thursday in the major league opener.
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Fantasy basketball: Jae'Sean Tate, Kelly Olynyk among Rockets on the rise So, we're post-deadline. Post-buyouts. The rosters have been reshuffled for the duration. Aside from upcoming, unfortunate injuries, we are done with radical shifts in player movement. Real-life NBA rosters are kinda... sorta... locked. Now it's time to ponder ...
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Leveraged Blowout: How Hwang's Archegos Blindsided Global Banks Shares of the "old media" company shot up almost 300% in weeks, and small investors were abuzz with theories: It's undervalued, like GameStop! It's a takeover target! Inside Wall Street's top trading firms, however, some executives had an idea of what ...
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OPEC, Allies Agree to Boost Output, Betting on Demand Rebound OPEC and an alliance of other top oil producers agreed to boost their collective production by more than two million barrels a day over coming months, betting on resurgent demand as they and the rest of the world assess the economic consequences of the ...
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Cody Bellinger's home run became an RBI single in Dodgers' bizarre blunder Really. It happened in the third inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers' game against the Colorado Rockies with Cody Bellinger at the plate and Justin Turner on first base . Bellinger hit a deep fly ball ...
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Photos: Cardinals open 2021 season on the road against Reds St. Louis Cardinals pitchers Kodi Whitley (38) Giovanny Gallegos (65) and Jake Woodford (40) walk through the outfield during warm-ups before the start of an opening day Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals at ...
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Wall Street Hits Another Record, Lifted by Tech Rally and Economic Optimism A rally in big technology stocks, a tailwind of optimism from the Biden administration's latest spending plan and a jump in oil prices combined on Thursday to lift Wall Street to another record, this one punctuated by the S&P 500 index's close above 4,000 for ...
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Shooting At California Office Building Leaves 4 Dead, Including 9-Year-Old Boy The suspect in the Orange, Calif., shooting that killed three adults and one child on Wednesday night is believed to have had a personal and professional relationship with the victims, according to authorities. Orange Police Department officials said at a ...
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Joe Biden wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure and jobs. These 4 charts show where the money would go. His far-reaching American Jobs Plan includes spending to repair aging roads and bridges, jump-start transit projects and rebuild school buildings and hospitals. It would also expand electric vehicles, replace all lead pipes and overhaul the nation's water ...
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Johnson & Johnson Says Contractor Botched Part Of Vaccine Production Johnson & Johnson is reporting a setback in its effort to produce tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses, saying a contract production plant in Baltimore produced an ingredient that failed quality control tests. The material was made by Emergent ...
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Former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody arrested on new charges from deadly arrest with Live PD cameras ... Chody, 50, was booked and released Thursday after posting $15,000 bail. KXAN camera crews were there when Chody — now sporting a beard — both walked into the courthouse and again when he walked out a short time later.
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The Latest: US Approves 2 More Coronavirus Home Tests The Food and Drug Administration decision this week is expected to vastly expand the availability of cheap home tests that many experts have recommended for months. The FDA says tests made by Abbott and Quidel can now be sold without a prescription.
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Chris Beard named Men's Basketball head coach AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas Longhorn who led the Texas Tech program to the 2019 NCAA Championship Game and the 2018 Elite Eight, Chris Beard has been named the 25th head basketball coach at The University of Texas, Vice President/Director of ...
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Fancier Homes Mean Higher Insurance Premiums Under New Flood System The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday unveiled the details of an overhaul to its beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program, the initiative's first major update in 50 years. Most homeowners in the program will have lower or stable ...
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Jazz players describe fearing "this might be really the end" with troubled flight "For a good 10 or 15 minutes, I think all of us on that flight were questioning if we were going to be here today," Jazz point guard Mike Conley said… "That's how serious it was for us. I can't speak for everybody, but I know that guys were trying to text family just in ...
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UK Government Report Draws Criticism Over 'Historic Denial' Of Race Issues On Wednesday, the day the report was released, Samuel Kasumu, the government's most senior adviser who focuses on race, told colleagues he would be stepping down. No. 10 Downing Street insisted the timing was coincidental.
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Kim Jong Un's Long Game Starts With Short-Range Missiles North Korea in recent weeks also engaged in increased activity at facilities suspected of making plutonium and uranium, key materials for nuclear weapons, according to satellite imagery analyzed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank ...
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Clay Holmes, Wil Crowe stay as Pirates finalize roster for opening day CHICAGO — A few hours before they opened the 2021 season on Thursday, the Pirates finally figured out exactly how their bullpen will look, at least in terms of the nine guys who could pitch later in games. The whole thing is not permanent, however.
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Ontario Locks Down With Virus 'Killing Faster and Younger' The order imposes restrictions on businesses and residents across the Canadian province of 14.7 million people, beginning April 3. Restaurants won't be allowed to serve customers except for takeout and delivery orders; indoor public events are banned, with a ...
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Why vaccine passports may be inevitable in next phase of COVID-19 But how to do that, considering the need to protect personal privacy and avoid exacerbating existing inequities, has become an increasing area of debate as more vaccines become available to the public, experts said. As ...
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Justice Department wants two Proud Boys locked back up while they await trial The DOJ says Joseph Biggs and Ethan Nordean, aka "Rufio Panman," pose a danger to society if they remain out on bond.
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Groups urge pressure on Mexico to save tiny vaquita porpoise Environmental groups are asking the U.S. government and international organizations to pressure Mexico to do more to save the vaquita marina porpoise, the world's most endangered marine mammal. ByThe Associated Press. April 1, 2021, 1:31 PM.
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ESPN's Todd McShay Projects Colts to Select Michigan Edge Kwity Paye in Recent 2021 NFL Mock Draft The Colts lost Denico Autry to the division-rival Titans, and Justin Houston remains unsigned. That means DeForest Buckner is the only player with at least five sacks in 2020 set to return for 2021. Indy's defensive strength is a big part of its identity, and Paye has ...
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Italy Russia arrest: Wife of navy 'spy' reveals dire finances The wife of an Italian navy captain accused of spying for Russia has said that he was in serious financial difficulties. Walter Biot himself has refused to answer questions from an investigating judge, but his wife spoke to the media on his behalf. "He was just ...
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Chip maker TSMC to invest $100 billion to grow manufacturing capacity TAIPEI, Taiwan — Major Taiwan computer chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the next three years in expanding its manufacturing capacity and supporting research and development, the company said ...
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Merkel: 'A quiet Easter' needed to counter rising infections German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on citizens to help ease the strain on nurses and doctors caring for the rising number of COVID-19 patients by respecting pandemic rules over Easter. By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press. April 1, 2021, 9:11 ...
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Virginia Supreme Court sides with Charlottesville over Confederate statues Elation and surprise – that's the reaction from those who have been fighting to have the statues of Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson moved over the last five years. The court's unanimous decision clears the way for the Civil War generals to be taken off ...
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J&J Vaccine May Be On Hold As California Expands Eligibility Word of the company's manufacturing glitch comes just as California expands vaccinations to people 50 and older. Public health officials across California may have to rethink their COVID vaccine distribution plans after learning Wednesday that some ...
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Twins' Luis Arraez: Leading off on Opening Day Arraez has spent the majority of his career in the infield, but he's no stranger to the outfield, having started 18 games in left in 2019. Per Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic, he's expected to fill the leadoff spot regularly this season, pushing Max Kepler (who's batting ...
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Ohio sees weeks-long drop in new unemployment benefits filings, claims flagged for fraud COLUMBUS, Ohio—New unemployment claims in Ohio, as well as claims flagged for fraud, have each dropped significantly in the past few weeks, according to newly released data. The drops come amid some signs of a gradually reviving economy – as well ...
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Soon Siri won't default to a female voice anymore — here's why that's a big deal Female-sounding AI assistants like those from Apple, Amazon and Google perpetuate sexist stereotypes, the UN says. Virtual AI assistants like Apple's Siri often default to a female voice. josh edelson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. Email icon ...
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'Law & Order' brings back NYPD detective Elliot Stabler in new series, crossover episode LOS ANGELES — The latest member of the "Law & Order" franchise has a familiar face playing a familiar character, but producer Dick Wolf says he's switching up the storytelling. NBC's "Law & Order: Organized Crime" stars Christopher Meloni as New York ...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Proposes Making Fauci's Salary $0 And Requiring Businesses To Serve The Unvaccinated Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday introduced long-shot bills to lower the salary of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease official, to $0 and bar businesses from refusing service to people who are unvaccinated, the latest stunt ...
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Court challenge to 'expulsion' order looms over border policy A lawsuit the administration also has inherited, however, threatens to bar the government from applying that directive, known as Title 42, to migrant families — which could undermine the administration's border strategy and spur a new detention challenge.
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Covid biggest NHS challenge since World War Two, says NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens says the demands of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic led the NHS to change rapidly and find new ways of working. "People have said this was the biggest health challenge ...
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State senators hearing testimony on two bills to legalize recreational pot use Lawmakers this session have two major bills before them, one put forth by Gov. Dan McKee, the other by Senate leaders. Both pieces of legislation include provisions that acknowledge how past criminalization of the drug disproportionately impacted ...
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No, this year's tax deadline is NOT April 18 A 2018 Facebook post that misstates the IRS tax filing deadline is recirculating again, causing some people to be concerned. The usual tax deadline is April 15, but this year, the IRS has extended it ...
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Family of slain St. Petersburg mother pleads for information after shooting K'Mia Simmons, a 21-year-old mother of two, was killed while her youngest sat in her lap. Her family hopes someone will come forward and help solve her murder.
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Black ministers to air Easter video message urging faithful to get vaccinated Bishop Simon Gordon, who heads Triedstone Full Gospel Baptist Church in the East Beverly neighborhood, said he boiled down his message to congregants to an easy choice. "It's either a vaccine or a ventilator, ...
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Imprisoned Palestinian Leader's Entry Shakes Up Planned Vote A mural of Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti, center, and Yasser Arafat, right, on a section of Israel's separation wall near the Israeli Qalandiya checkpoint on March 31. Photographer: Ahmad Gharabli ...
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Celtics host the Rockets in non-conference action Houston Rockets (13-34, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (23-25, eighth in the Eastern Conference). Boston; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDT. BOTTOM LINE: Houston faces Boston for a non-conference matchup. The Celtics have gone 13-9 in home ...
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Brutal NYC attack renews Asian American volunteers' efforts NEW YORK — Fed up with the incessant attacks on Asian Americans, Stan Lee recently started voluntarily patrolling San Francisco's Chinatown. So when the 53-year-old fire lieutenant saw a video of a New York City woman getting brutally beaten, he didn't ...
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How to watch the new season of 'Top Chef' on Bravo Tonight, the 15 contestants learn that for their first Quickfire Challenge they will have to work in teams to create a cohesive, delicious dish that incorporates all the unusual ingredients they chose, from gruyere cheese to Mexican chocolate to caul fat.
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China Takes Aim at 'Illegal' Club for Foreign Correspondents While Beijing has long described the FCCC as illegal, the rebuke as a whole was harsher than in the past. China's criticism of reporters from abroad has become more pointed under the rule of President Xi Jinping, especially as China hits back at Western ...
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Dean Spanos' sister attempting to force sale of Chargers As it turns out, Dea Spanos Berberian, one of Dean's younger sisters, is reportedly attempting to force her three siblings to sell their remaining stake in the Los Angeles Chargers to put an end on the mounting debt that "has imperiled the family's finances.".
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DC-area forecast: Rain ends and skies clear but it's blustery and cold 2/10: There's no point in lying, gusty winds have blossoms flying. We are not fooling, incoming strong cooling. Express forecast. Today: Showers end ...
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Supreme Court gives Georgia win in water war with Florida WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Florida's water lawsuit against Georgia on Thursday, ending the long-running legal fight between the two states. The court rejected Florida's claim that Georgia uses too much of the water that ...
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What do MLB writers think of San Francisco Giants, Oakland A's? We compiled their predictions. It's Opening Day! Hope springs anew! Every MLB club is undefeated, at least for a few more hours. In the Bay Area, the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants enter the 2021 season with fairly different outlooks. The A's are coming off a successful 2020 ...
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Watch: Maine speeds up COVID vaccine timeline for all residents 16 and older AUGUSTA, Maine — Mainers younger than 50 will be eligible to book COVID-19 vaccination appointments sooner than previously planned, under a new timeline announced Thursday by state officials. Eligibility will expand to include everyone 16 and older ...
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April Fools Day 2021: History, best ideas for pranks and jokes on April 1 People began playing tricks on the "fools" and the April 1 tradition began. By the 1700s, English pranksters popularized the tradition by playing tricks on others and, before long, it was referred to as "All Fools' Day.".
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