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YouTube suspends Rand Paul after “misleading” video on masks
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - YouTube suspended U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for seven days on Tuesday and removed a video posted by the Kentucky Republican that claimed cloth masks don't prevent infection, saying it v...
Syndicated Author Aug 11, 2021

Space station supplies launched with a pizza delivery for 7
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Northrop Grumman's latest space station delivery includes pizza for seven.The company's Cygnus cargo ship rocketed away from Virginia's eastern shore Tuesday. It should rea...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

In-person gamblers lifting US casino market to its best year
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Gamblers anxious to hit the slot machines and table games in person after a year of coronavirus restrictions are lifting the U.S. casino industry to its best year ever.But t...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

Watchdog to review NSA following Tucker Carlson’s spy claims
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Security Agency's internal watchdog said Tuesday it would investigate allegations that the agency "improperly targeted the communications of a member of the U.S. news me...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

Nearly 900 buildings destroyed by massive California fire
GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) - California's largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands on Tuesday as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flames that have de...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

Prosecutor: Man admitted killing Chicago cop during traffic stop
CHICAGO (AP) - A man charged with killing a Chicago police officer admitted to investigators that he pulled his handgun out of his waistband during a traffic stop and opened fire, a prosecutor told a ...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by force
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won't be recognized internationally after ...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

Liz Cheney’s Trump vote prompts new Wyoming censure effort
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Some local Republican Party officials in Wyoming have announced they will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a party member because of her vote to impeach Donald Trump."In the immor...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

Bills Big win for $1T infrastructure bill: Senate shows it can act
WASHINGTON (AP) - With a robust vote after weeks of fits and starts, the Senate approved a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan on Tuesday, a rare coalition of Democrats and Republicans joining ...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigning over sexual harassment
NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he would resign over a barrage of sexual harassment allegations in a fall from grace a year after he was widely hailed nationally for his detailed daily ...
Syndicated Author Aug 10, 2021
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