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Packers will know 2021 NFL schedule on Wednesday, May 12 Aldon Smith has turned himself in to authorities in Louisiana after an arrest warrant had been issued for the Seattle Seahawks defensive end. The St. Bernard Parish sheriff's department said Smith was booked on a second degree battery charge Tuesday night.
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Player Impact Program: Seven thoughts as PGA Tour creates bonus pool for top stars in golf So often the very best and most humorous parts of golf are hidden from the broader public eye. Ken Duke's third round in front of no fans at the Players Championship (he started on the back nine) five years ago comes to mind. Then there's the entire 2019 ...
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Tesla owners warned of 'full self-driving' risks even before fatal crash Washington, DC (CNN Business) Tesla's "full self-driving" feature has attempted to drive under a railroad crossing arm while a speeding train passes. It's nearly driven head on into a concrete wall of a parking garage, attempted ill-advised left turns, clipped at ...
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A 'Relic' And 'Burden': Manhattan District Attorney To Stop Prosecuting Prostitution Manhattan's district attorney announced on Wednesday that his office will no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massage, under a new policy that is believed to be the first of its kind in New York. Cyrus Vance Jr. also appeared virtually in Manhattan ...
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Senate Democrats, joined by Lisa Murkowski, confirm Vanita Gupta for a top Justice Dept. job. The Senate voted to confirm Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general on Wednesday, making her the first civil rights lawyer or woman of color to serve as the Justice Department's No. 3 official. Ms. Gupta will oversee the department's vast civil division, ...
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Jay Dardenne, Jim Henderson among applicants in LSU president search; see full list The LSU sexual misconduct scandal impacted those who were willing to apply. In fact, the LSU Presidential Search Committee had debated whether to postpone the search in hopes of attracting academic administrators unwilling wade into the issues ...
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Biden Aims for Momentum as US Returns to Climate Fight President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperate-for-help and the avid-for-money for a two-day summit aimed at rallying the world's worst polluters to do more to slow climate change. By Associated Press. |. April 21, 2021.
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Pacers vs. Thunder odds, line, spread: 2021 NBA picks, April 21 predictions from proven computer model The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times, and it has returned over $9,200 in profit on its top-rated NBA picks over the past two-plus seasons. The model is up over $1,200 ...
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Soccer teams are owned by the rich. But as Super League shows, fans carry the game's soul. In their ill-fated effort to create the European Super League, an elite breakaway competition that threatened to plunge the sport into crisis, owners of the biggest clubs were no match for the supporters of their teams and fans across the continent.
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Biden asks US employers to give workers paid time off to get vaccinated. "No working American should lose a single dollar from their paycheck because they chose to fill their patriotic duty to get vaccinated," Mr. Biden said. White House officials also said the administration would offer ...
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Jaguars coach Urban Meyer on Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict: 'I think the jury got it right' Before Jaguars coach Urban Meyer could get into a deep conversation about next week's NFL Draft, he expressed his reaction to Tuesday's Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict in Minneapolis. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty on all ...
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The Lyrid meteor shower of 2021 peaks tonight! Here's how to see it. One of springtime's most prominent "shooting star" groups peaks overnight tonight (April 21-22). The famous Lyrid meteor shower will become visible in the Northern Hemisphere beginning at about 10:30 p.m. local time and continuing overnight, weather ...
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New data reassuring for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy The preliminary results are based on reports from over 35,000 U.S. women who received either the Moderna or Pfizer shots while pregnant. Their rates of miscarriage, premature births and other complications were comparable to those observed in published ...
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Lakers stay afloat in West without LeBron James and Anthony Davis L.A.'s role players and veterans filled in nicely to keep the Lakers from faltering too much in the West chase. Shaun Powell. Archive.
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Derek Chauvin verdict: Cities around the country prepared for unrest, then the verdict triggered relief Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, the explosive case that triggered worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S..
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Hilary Duff to star in 'How I Met Your Mother' sequel — here are the details Based on the lives of series creators Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, "How I Met Your Mother" premiered in 2005 and ran for nine seasons on CBS until 2014. It starred Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan.
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Draghi Wields Six-Point Shopping List for EU to Reinvent Italy Prime Minister Mario Draghi's plan to reengineer Italy's economy with European Union money after the pandemic aims to achieve a maximum impact on growth with as many as 16 categories of spending, according to a draft of the document. With just days to ...
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ESPN's Mel Kiper: Patriots should 'be aggressive,' trade up in draft for quarterback Kiper says the Patriots must draft a top quarterback to keep pace with the rest of the AFC East. Mac Jones Patriots Mac Jones celebrates after a touchdown by wide receiver DeVonta ...
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Minnesota leaders urge caution amid signs of COVID-19 peak Declines in COVID-19 hospitalizations and Minnesota's reported test positivity rate offered hope Wednesday that a third pandemic wave in the state is peaking. Both key benchmarks of pandemic activity had been steadily increasing since early March, with the ...
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James Harden Out Indefinitely From Hamstring Rehab Setback The Nets are considered this year's title favorites, but now history is against them. Per ESPN Stats & Information research, no champion has had its top three scorers miss at least ten games in the same season. Durant, Harden and Kyrie Irving have all missed at ...
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Records: Florida school superintendent lied to jury investigating Parkland massacre Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie and General Counsel Barbara Myrick were arrested Wednesday as part of a statewide grand jury probe into the district. Runcie was arrested on a charge of perjury in an official proceeding, ...
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J&J Pause Did Not Upend Vaccine Confidence: Poll For example, 60% of Trump voters and 72% of Biden voters agreed with this statement: "The bottom line is COVID-19 vaccines save lives, and Americans should continue to get vaccinated as soon as possible.".
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Stolen MacBook Pro schematics confirm HDMI, SD card, and MagSafe Bloomberg reports that Quanta Computer Inc, a key supplier for Apple's MacBooks, was hit with a $50 million ransomware attack by a well-known dark web hacking group REvil. After refusing to pay the exorbitant ...
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Earth Day TV: Programs on the environment, climate change and nature Thursday, April 22 is Earth Day — a time to demonstrate our support for, and appreciation of, our environment. In its own way, television is heeding the call to action with an array of programs dedicated to climate change, wildlife and other issues. Here's a ...
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Parker Hannifin Corp. stock outperforms market on strong trading day Shares of Parker Hannifin Corp. PH, +1.74% rose 1.74% to $317.60 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.93% rising 0.93% to 4,173.42 and the Dow Jones Industrial ...
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Canada judge rules to delay Huawei CFO's extradition hearings A Canada judge has agreed to delay Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's U.S. extradition hearings for three months, according to a ruling read in court on Wednesday, handing her defense team a win. Meng, 49, was arrested at Vancouver ...
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Should NJ cops have seized teens' bicycles? Experts weigh in on controversy. "He understood that some of them had an attitude-- understandably so, these are teens, they're in adolescence-- and of course understanding some of the tension between their communities and policing," Williams told NJ Advance Media.
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US ambassador visits Belarus opposition leader on eve of Putin-Lukashenko meeting VILNIUS (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Belarus met exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Wednesday in a show of support on the eve of a planned meeting between President Alexander Lukashenko and his Russian sponsor Vladimir ...
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Texas House approves bill allowing election judges to carry a gun in most polling places Republican state Rep. Jared Patterson says he filed the bill in response to a constituent request. He wanted to codify a state attorney general's opinion from 2018 that recognized that district court judges can carry firearms to polling ...
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Ohio Governor: COVID-19 is more dangerous than ever COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSAZ) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine says he's urging residents to get their COVID-19 vaccine. He held a press conference Wednesday afternoon. Within the last 24 hours, there have been 1,789 cases, 138 hospitalizations and 12 ICU ...
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2 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Wawa in Upper Macungie Township Investigators said just before 5 a.m. the driver of a white Toyota Carolla fired one time at another vehicle driven by a woman on Route 22 near Cedar Crest Boulevard. The woman was not injured and did not even realize her car had been hit until she pulled into ...
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More Than 250 Russians in London Demand Navalny's Freedom LONDON (Reuters) - More than 250 people demanded Russian President Vladimir Putin free jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, chanting "Freedom to Navalny" outside the Russian embassy in London on Wednesday. Navalny has become the leader of the ...
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LeVar Burton added as 'Jeopardy!' guest host amid campaign to assume role full-time A rotation of guest hosts have stepped in to host the show following the passing of longtime host Alex Trebek, as producers search for the next permanent host. Burton joins sportscaster Joe Buck, CNBC's David Faber ...
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Seoul court rejects sexual slavery claim against Tokyo SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court on Wednesday rejected a claim by victims of Japanese wartime sexual slavery and their relatives who sought compensation from Japan's government. The Seoul Central District Court based its decision on ...
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Wall St. fears Netflix fatigue as subscriber growth slumps (Corrects headline to say subscriber growth slumps, not losses mount). (Reuters) - Wall Street cast doubt on Wednesday on Netflix Inc's ability to bounce back strongly from a first-quarter slowdown in subscriber growth that pointed to fatigue among viewers ...
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US-backed Afghan peace meeting postponed as Taliban balk KABUL, Afghanistan — An upcoming international peace conference that was meant to move Afghanistan's warring sides to a power-sharing deal and ensure an orderly U.S. exit from the country has been postponed, its sponsors announced Wednesday.
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First counterfeit Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines surface in Poland and Mexico The vials, recovered in Mexico and Poland, contained water and anti-wrinkle treatments, the pharma told The Wall Street Journal. At a clinic in Mexico, where 80 people paid $1,000 per dose, ...
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Fear-inducing Tyrannosaurus rex walked surprisingly slowly, new study finds Earlier estimates had not taken fully into account the role of the T. rex's tail. Wednesday, April 21st 2021, 10:36 AM EDT. By CNN Newswire.
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Deputy shoots, kills man while working Elizabeth City search warrant ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that one of its law enforcement officers had shot and killed a man while trying to conduct a search warrant. A release from the sheriff's office said the shooting happened in the ...
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49ers adding running back, pass rusher a week before NFL Draft Established starters are in place at running back and defensive line but the 49ers made shrewd moves Wednesday for depth at those critical positions. Shortly after the 49ers announced the signing of former New York Giants running back Wayne Gallman, ...
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Arizona Governor Rescinds School Mask Mandate April 21, 2021 -- Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has lifted a statewide requirement that students and school employees wear face coverings on campus. However, the state will allow individual school districts to decide whether they want to continue with COVID ...
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Apple unveils new iMacs, iPad Pro, AirTags, and more at 'Spring Loaded' event Apple usually holds its first product launch event of the year in March, but this year they held it a month later. Despite the hold-up, the tech company still managed to impress fans with some impressive and colorful upgrades. Purple iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 ...
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Indonesia searching for missing submarine with 53 on board, call on Australia and Singapore for help Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Australia was ready to help in the search. The German-made submarine, KRI Nanggala-402, was conducting a torpedo drill in waters north of the island of Bali ...
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New York state legislature passes bill that would automatically restore voting rights to people on parole The bill is intended to improve upon a 2018 executive order granting voting pardons to the 35,000 New Yorkers on parole, according to Assembly member Daniel O'Donnell, a co-sponsor of the bill. Currently, parolees must wait a period of four to six weeks to ...
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) — April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Shenandoah Valley Social Services is raising awareness by planting pinwheel gardens. The pinwheels serve as a reminder that abuse can take form in many ways. It can be ...
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Jonah Goldberg: Mad queen Marjorie Taylor Greene abdicates her throne Marjorie Taylor Greene was readying her assault, like that legendary Anglo-Saxon warrior Canute the Great at Assandun. The QAnon-friendly first-term Georgia congresswoman, who was banned from any committee assignments shortly after she was sworn ...
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Grundy Center standoff suspect accused of killing Sergeant Jim Smith transported to jail GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa (KWWL) -- Michael Lang, the 41-year-old man charged in the death of Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Jim Smith, was booked into jail on Wednesday after being released from the hospital. Lang is charged with First-Degree Murder, ...
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Syrian President Assad to Run for Re-Election in May - State Media Parliament announced the election on Sunday. Washington and the Syrian opposition have denounced it as a farce designed to cement Assad's authoritarian rule. Assad's family and his Baath party ...
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Fort Bragg officials identify paratrooper killed in accident during training jump FORT BRAGG — The name of a Fort Bragg soldier who died during a training operation Monday on post was released by officials Wednesday. Spc. Abigail Jenks, 21, of Gansevoort, New York, was part of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne ...
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Tennessee goes purple for National Crime Victims' Rights week On Wednesday, Members of HOPE visited Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen's office to pin purple ribbons on the members and local law enforcement. The organizations said people ...
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