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Tampa mayor frustrated by maskless fans after Super Bowl
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - So much for the mayor's order requiring masks at Super Bowl parties. Throngs of mostly maskless fans took to the streets and packed sports bars as the clock inside Raymond James Sta...
Syndicated Author Feb 08, 2021

Catholic schools in US hit by unprecedented enrollment drop
NEW YORK (AP) - Enrollment in Roman Catholic schools in the United States dropped 6.4% from the previous academic year amid the pandemic and economic stresses - the largest single-year decline in at l...
Syndicated Author Feb 08, 2021

S&P 500 climbs again, closing out best week since November
Wall Street closed out a winning week Friday as the S&P 500 notched its fifth gain in a row and its biggest weekly increase since November. The benchmark index rose 0.4% and ended the week 4.6% hi...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2021

Super Bowl 55: A Viewer’s Guide to get you through Sunday
Sunday's Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers marks the biggest day of sports broadcasting for networks. Here are some things to know about the CBS coverage as well as Su...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2021

Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies
NEW YORK (AP) - Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film "The Sound of Music" and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in hist...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2021

Intruder at Joint Base Andrews under investigation
Juan HerreraWMAL NewsWASHINGTON – The U.S. Air Force is investigating an adult male intruder who gained unauthorized access to Joint Base Andrews’ flightline and entered a C-40 aircraft ye...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2021

Pentagon will deploy troops to assist COVID-19 vaccine drive
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon will deploy troops to assist getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said Friday.Coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt announced that Defense Se...
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2021

Senate OKs fast-track of COVID aid, Harris casts tie-breaker
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate early Friday approved a measure that would let Democrats muscle President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan through the chamber without Republican support....
Syndicated Author Feb 05, 2021

Dem-led House, drawing a line, kicks Greene off committees
WASHINGTON (AP) - A fiercely divided House tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees Thursday, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she'd earned by spreading hateful and vi...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2021

Biden halts Trump-ordered US troops cuts in Germany
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has formally stopped the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany that was ordered last year by the Trump administration but had never actually begun. Speak...
Syndicated Author Feb 04, 2021
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