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Amazon to stream Academy of Country Music Awards in 2022
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Academy of Country Music Awards is making the streaming switch, moving from a TV network to Amazon Prime Video and marking the first time the streaming service will e...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

US struggling to speed up Kabul airlifts amid hurdles, glitches
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States struggled Thursday to pick up the pace of American and Afghan evacuations at Kabul airport, constrained by obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to paper...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

Federal regulators sharpen antitrust attack against Facebook with filing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators have sharpened their antitrust attack against Facebook, alleging in a revised complaint Thursday that the social network giant pursued a laser-focused strategy to ...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

Colorado U.S. Sen. Hickenlooper tests positive for COVID-19
DENVER (AP) - Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper announced Thursday that he has tested positive for a "breakthrough" case of COVID-19. The first-term Democrat issued a statement saying he tested pos...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

2 dead, 20 missing in North Carolina county flooded by Fred
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Authorities combing areas of North Carolina flooded by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred said Thursday that two people have been found dead and about 20 were unaccounted for. Me...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

In unfriendly skies, unruly passenger fines top $1 million
Rowdy airline passengers have now racked up a record $1 million in potential fines this year, a toll of the tumult in the sky as travelers have returned after most were grounded by the pandemic in 202...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

US to erase student debt for those with severe disabilities
The Biden administration announced Thursday it will automatically erase student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities that leave them unable to earn significant incomes. T...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

Man surrenders after claiming to have bomb near US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - A North Carolina man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hourslong standoff Thursday that prompted a massive po...
Syndicated Author Aug 19, 2021

Chief in charge of intel before Capitol riot returns to post
WASHINGTON (AP) - Yogananda Pittman, the Capitol Police official who led intelligence operations for the agency when thousands of Donald Trump loyalists descended on the building last January, is back...
Syndicated Author Aug 18, 2021

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected
U.S. Census Bureau computer servers uninvolved with the 2020 census were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but hackers' attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, accord...
Syndicated Author Aug 18, 2021
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