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ATLANTA (AP) — With long waits making headlines during early voting across the country, professional sports venues have emerged as bright spots, repurposing huge spaces mostly devoid of fans into …
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By KATE BRUMBACK and LARRY LAGE
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10/22/20
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James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country’s foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation …
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By MATT SEDENSKY
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10/21/20
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The judge was incredulous as a federal prosecutor pushed to keep a 25-year-old man behind bars until his trial on a charge of having a Molotov cocktail at a protest in May.
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO
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10/20/20
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What are the treatment options for COVID-19? There are several, and which one is best depends on how sick someone is.
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By The Associated Press
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10/20/20
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Two guitars owned, played and partly designed by the late Eddie Van Halen will be going up for auction.
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By The Associated Press
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10/19/20
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NEW YORK (AP) — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on :
Days to general election: 15
Days to next scheduled presidential debate: 3
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THE …
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By STEVE PEOPLES
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10/19/20
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Seven months after screens went dark, cinemas reopened Thursday in much of India with mostly old titles on the marquee.
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ
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10/15/20
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The flu vaccine protects you from seasonal influenza, not the coronavirus — but avoiding the flu is especially important this year.
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By The Associated Press
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10/15/20
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NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News agreed to put President Donald Trump before voters in a town hall event on Thursday after the president submitted to an independent coronavirus test with the results …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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10/14/20
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany has agreed to provide more than a half billion euros to aid Holocaust survivors struggling under the burdens of the coronavirus pandemic, the organization that negotiates …
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By DAVID RISING
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10/14/20
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The World Bank has approved $12 billion in financing to help developing countries buy and distribute coronavirus vaccines, tests, and treatments, aiming to support the vaccination of up to 1 billion …
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By The Associated Press
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10/14/20
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moonshot rules: No fighting and littering. And no trespassing at historic lunar landmarks like Apollo 11′s Tranquility Base.
The space agency released …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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10/13/20
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BRUSSELS (AP) — New coronavirus restrictions put a spotlight on two Belgian classics this week: Beer and surrealism.
Since bars in Brussels were forced to close as of Thursday for at least a …
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By RAF CASERT and MARK CARLSON
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10/9/20
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JUNIPER HILLS, Calif. (AP) — An enormous wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert was still threatening homes on Monday, but officials said calmer …
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9/21/20
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NEW DELHI (AP) — On a quiet road in India's capital, tucked away on a wide, red-bricked sidewalk, kids set adrift by the country's COVID-19 lockdown are being tutored.
The children, ages 4 to …
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By RISHABH R. JAIN
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9/21/20
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It's been a throwaway line in presidential campaigns for years: Roe v. Wade is on the ballot.
This time it is very real.
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg so close to a presidential …
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By DAVID CRARY
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9/21/20
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — With the nation racing to come to grips with centuries of racial sins, officials plan to remove the Capitol lawn statue of Stephen A. Douglas, whose forceful 19th century …
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By JOHN O'CONNOR
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9/20/20
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WASHINGTON, DC — On Sept. 11, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) posted revisions to regulations that implemented the paid sick leave and expanded family and medical …
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Special to the Lake Okeechobee News
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9/14/20
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Disney is under fire for filming part of its live-action reboot “Mulan” in Xinjiang, the region in China where the government has been accused of human rights abuses …
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By JUWON PARK
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9/9/20
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — With California firefighters strapped for resources, residents have organized to put out flames themselves in a large swath of land burning south of San Francisco, …
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By CAMILLE FASSETT
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8/27/20
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