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Search of collapsed condo shifts from rescue to recovery
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Emergency workers who have spent 14 days pulling apart the rubble of a collapsed condo building near Miami said Wednesday they were switching from rescue to recovery mode, signal...
Syndicated Author Jul 07, 2021

Judge: Air Force mostly at fault in 2017 Texas church attack
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Air Force is mostly responsible for a former serviceman killing more than two dozen people at a Texas church in 2017 because it failed to s...
Syndicated Author Jul 07, 2021

No relay: Banned sprinter Richardson left off Olympic team
Banned sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson was not on the Olympic roster released Tuesday by USA Track and Field, a decision that means the American champion's positive test for marijuana will cost her a ch...
Syndicated Author Jul 06, 2021

Statue of Former VA Gov Harry F. Byrd Sr. to be removed Wednesday
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Work is expected to begin Wednesday morning to remove a statue of Harry F. Byrd Sr., a former Virginia governor, U.S. senator and staunch segregationist, from the state's Capitol ...
Syndicated Author Jul 06, 2021

Additional victim found in condo rubble; death toll rises to 28
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava says another victim has been found in the rubble of a collapsed condo building in Florida, bringing the death toll in the tragedy to ...
Syndicated Author Jul 05, 2021

Tokyo Games still weigh limits on fans — if any fans at all
TOKYO (AP) - The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee signaled on Monday that it will change its ticket policy this week for any local fans hoping to attend. This comes with the pandemic-delayed Olympic...
Syndicated Author Jul 05, 2021

Amazon begins new chapter as Bezos hands over CEO role
NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO on Monday, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges of a world fighting to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.Andy...
Syndicated Author Jul 05, 2021

US left Afghan airfield at night, didn’t tell new commander
BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base's new Afghan comm...
Syndicated Author Jul 05, 2021

Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast
HAVANA (AP) - Tropical Storm Elsa swept along Cuba's southern coast early Monday, and forecasters said it could make landfall on the island's central shore by midafternoon.By Sunday, Cuban officials h...
Syndicated Author Jul 05, 2021

Johnson says restrictions to ease, UK must live with virus
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Monday that his government plans to scrap laws requiring face masks and social distancing later this month, though he acknowledged that lif...
Syndicated Author Jul 05, 2021
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