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Coroner: Gabby Petito strangled, died 3-4 weeks before found
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) -Cross-country traveler Gabby Petito was strangled to death, a Wyoming coroner announced Tuesday.Petito, 22, died three to four weeks before her body was found Sept. 19 near an unde...
Oct 12, 2021
Florida fines county $3.5 million for mandating vaccines
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The county government that is home to Florida's capital was fined $3.5 million Tuesday by state health officials for requiring its employees to get COVID-19 vaccines and for f...
Oct 12, 2021
Nets won’t play Irving until he meets vaccine requirement
NEW YORK (AP) - Kyrie Irving can continue to choose not to be vaccinated for COVID-19.He just won't play for the Brooklyn Nets until he is.The Nets announced Tuesday that Irving would not play or prac...
Oct 12, 2021
Maryland couple in submarine spy case to remain held; hearing set
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Maryland couple charged in a plot to sell sensitive U.S. submarine secrets to a foreign government will remain behind bars for now, a judge said Tuesday in granting a detention r...
Oct 12, 2021
Americans quit their jobs at a record pace in August
WASHINGTON (AP) - One reason America's employers are having trouble filling jobs was starkly illustrated in a report Tuesday: Americans are quitting in droves.The Labor Department said that ...
Oct 12, 2021
New York public schools to end gifted and talented program
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City will phase out its program for gifted and talented students that critics say favors whites and Asian American students, while enrolling disproportionately few Black and L...
Oct 08, 2021
NHL tracking pucks this season, opening up gambling options
DETROIT (AP) - The latest generation of NHL pucks have six circles on both sides covering tubes that allow infrared cameras to constantly connect the vulcanized rubber with a puck and player tracking ...
Oct 08, 2021
2 parents convicted in 1st trial of college bribery scandal
BOSTON (AP) - Two wealthy parents were convicted Friday of buying their kids' way into school as athletic recruits in the first case to go to trial in the college admissions cheating scandal that embr...
Oct 08, 2021
Biden won’t invoke executive privilege on Trump Jan. 6 docs
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will not block a tranche of documents sought by a House committee's investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, setting up a showdown with for...
Oct 08, 2021
Bannon won’t comply with subpoena from House Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - A lawyer for Steve Bannon says the former White House aide won't comply with a House committee's investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol because former President Do...
Oct 08, 2021
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