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Batteries of cannons in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and other cities were set to fire 41 rounds at one-minute intervals starting at midday.
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The decision in Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, comes at a time of national reckoning on race and discussions at the local, state and federal levels over reparations.
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Major League Baseball yanked this summer’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta to shows its displeasure with the new statute.
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The volcano, which last had a sizable eruption in 1979, kept rumbling and experts warned that explosions could continue for days or weeks.
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TV reports showed people running in panic from malls and buildings in several cities.
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He faces charges including using an explosive to destroy property and mailing threatening communications.
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The timeline adds another layer of understanding about the state of fear and panic while the insurrection played out.
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Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, overwhelmingly voted against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in much-anticipated election results announced Friday.
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Marc Mukasey and Isabelle Kirshner will lead the Florida Republican’s legal team, a spokesperson for Rep. Matt Gaetz said in a statement Friday.
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After months of aggressive campaigning from both sides, 1,798 warehouse workers ultimately rejected the union while 738 voted in favor of it, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which is overseeing the process.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 1:08 PM AKDT
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Pfizer asks Food and Drug Administration to expand the use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 12 to 15.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 1:06 PM AKDT
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A Florida woman whose image went viral when she coughed on a customer at a Pier 1 store last year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 12:27 PM AKDT
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The black-and-white POW/MIA flag returned atop the chief executive’s residence, just below the American flag, on Friday.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 12:10 PM AKDT
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Soon it was up to her knees and left her unable to move.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 12:01 PM AKDT
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The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest,” according to the hospital in White Plains, New York, where he died. He was rushed there from his home April 2.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 11:32 AM AKDT
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In launching the review, Biden fulfilled a campaign promise that came amid pressure from activists and Democrats to reshape the Supreme Court after its composition moved sharply to the right during President Donald Trump's term.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 10:18 AM AKDT
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Nations around the world are setting new records for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections, and the disease is surging even in some countries that have kept the virus in check.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 8:47 AM AKDT
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The law signed by the Democratic governor is not the total statewide ban many demonstrators and some Democratic lawmakers had sought, but it drew bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled legislature.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 8:15 AM AKDT
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Noted archeologist Zahi Hawass says that an Egyptian mission discovered the mortuary city, called the ‘Lost Golden City,’ in the southern province of Luxor.
Updated: Apr. 9, 2021 at 7:01 AM AKDT
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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that on average, one in four people in rich countries has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, compared to only one in 500 people in low-income countries.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 3:31 PM AKDT
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Anne Beatts was among a team of gifted writers that included Rosie Shuster, Alan Zweibel, Marilyn Suzanne Miller and such cast members as Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase who helped make “Saturday Night Live” a cultural phenomenon.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 3:25 PM AKDT
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Labor organizers hope a win in Alabama will inspire thousands of workers nationwide — and not just at Amazon — to consider unionizing.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 12:47 PM AKDT
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the no-sail order is outdated and hurts the state as the industry generates billions for the economy and employs tens of thousands of Floridians.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 12:46 PM AKDT
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Verizon is recalling 2.5 million mobile hotspots after some reports of overheating and two reports of minor burns.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 11:05 AM AKDT
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The U.S. economy, boosted by quickening vaccinations and signs of rapid hiring, is headed toward a strong recovery, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 10:43 AM AKDT
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Without coming right out and saying it, President Joe Biden seems ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Orderly withdrawals take time, and Biden is running out of it.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 9:12 AM AKDT
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A patchwork of advice was emerging from governments across Europe and farther afield, a day after the European Union’s drug regulator said there was a “possible link” between the AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare clotting disorder while reiterating the vaccine is safe and effective.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 9:05 AM AKDT
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The U.S. says nearly 19,000 kids were picked up traveling alone across the Mexican border in March, the largest monthly number ever tallied.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 8:19 AM AKDT
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Firefighters say an explosion and fire at a paint manufacturer’s plant in Columbus, Ohio, left one worker dead and eight people injured.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 7:14 AM AKDT
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Kyoto University Hospital said it was the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a person with COVID-19 lung damage.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 6:37 AM AKDT
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Virginia has become the first Southern state to legalize marijuana.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 6:21 AM AKDT
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Player and Nicklaus each took a swing, as is tradition, knocking drives onto the first fairway. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Player’s first Masters win, the first by an international player, and the 35th anniversary of Nicklaus’ sixth and final victory.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 7:11 PM AKDT
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It is the first time state officials announced they are investigating such allegations at one of the emergency facilities the U.S. government has quickly set up in Texas amid a sharp increase in crossings of unaccompanied youths.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 5:10 PM AKDT
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday it was “self-defeating” for then-President Donald Trump to assume that cutting the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35% in 2017 would make the economy more competitive and unleash growth. Yellen said that competing on tax rates came at the expense of investing in workers.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 4:12 PM AKDT
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President Joe Biden will unveil a series of executive actions aimed at addressing gun violence on Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 2:44 PM AKDT
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Dallas County Criminal Court Judge Audrey Moorehead ordered the release of Bryan Riser, a 13-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 2:43 PM AKDT
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The EU’s drug regulator says it has found a “possible link” between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and a rare clotting disorder but said that the benefits of the shot still outweigh the risks.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 2:17 PM AKDT
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The sheriff “will discuss the findings of the recent traffic collision involving Mr. Tiger Woods, to include the causal factors and collision report” during a news conference Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 1:57 PM AKDT
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The Mike Pence autobiography is scheduled to come out in 2023.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 1:10 PM AKDT
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Authorities haven’t disclosed a possible motive for the shooting, which took place at a warehouse rented by the Naval Medical Research Center, Biological Defense Research Directorate.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 1:07 PM AKDT
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being investigated after a series of women accused him of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 12:59 PM AKDT
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Jill Biden is bringing a new focus to an old cause: supporting America’s military families.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 12:36 PM AKDT
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Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom organization could serve as a springboard for his own presidential campaign.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 10:03 AM AKDT
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The confounding results of two long-running experiments — if proven right — reveal major problems with the rulebook physicists use to describe and understand how the universe works at the subatomic level.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 7:34 AM AKDT
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Walensky says new outbreaks have been tied to youth sports and day care centers.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 7:13 AM AKDT
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Nationwide, less than 20% of state and federal prisoners have been vaccinated, according to data collected by The Marshall Project and The Associated Press.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 6:54 AM AKDT
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The February goods deficit of $87.1 billion was also the highest on record.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 6:43 AM AKDT
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Doctors say this drastic operation could potentially help other people including COVID-19 patients left with serious windpipe damage from breathing machines.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 4:50 AM AKDT
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The worry about Taiwan comes as China wields new strength from years of military buildup.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 3:54 AM AKDT
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China’s government warned Washington on Wednesday not to boycott next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing after the Biden administration said it was talking with allies about a joint approach to complaints of human rights abuses.