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National parks are back – and drawing huge crowds: Live COVID updates
Americans locked down for a year or more are finally getting out, and a lot of them are headed to…
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CDC says Delta COVID variant is a concern; national parks are crowded
Americans locked down for a year or more are finally getting out, and a lot of them are headed to…
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Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin meet in first summit in Geneva
President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin are expected to talk for four to five hours. Biden has tried to…
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Use of force policies written by Lexipol at play in police shootings
Jim Bueermann, a retired Redlands, California, police chief and former National Police Foundation presidentIt's not a perfect system. ... You buy the core concepts,…
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Alexei Navalny, opposition await moment that will oust Russia’s Putin
WASHINGTON – Russian President Vladimir Putin has imprisoned the charismatic leader of an opposition movement, shuttered the group's 40-plus offices and branded the entire…
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5 takeaways from Biden, Putin’s in-person meeting
The summit gave the leaders a chance to size each other up, but there was no 'kumbaya' moment Putin deflected…
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Biden gives Putin pair of aviators sunglasses, bison sculpture
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's longtime affection for gold-rimmed aviator Ray-Bans was on display this week when he gave Russian President Vladimir Putin…
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Jacob deGrom leaves Mets game vs. Cubs early due to shoulder injury
NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom had just completed three perfect innings in which he struck out eight of the nine…
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Hornets’ LaMelo Ball named 2020-21 NBA Rookie of the Year
Just 10 games into his rookie season, Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball had 22 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists against Atlanta,…
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Southern Baptists grapple over key issues in pivotal annual meeting
There's a political fight brewing inside the nation's largest Protestant denomination as the Southern Baptist Convention gathered in Nashville for…
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Biden’s budget includes billions for schools, environmental programs, CDC
WASHINGTON — In his first budget request to Congress, President Joe Biden is proposing spending billions more on Head Start programs,…
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DMX, hip-hop legend, dies at 50 after heart attack
Rap legend DMX, known for being a pinnacle in the '90s and 2000s hip-hop scene, died on Friday at age 50, according…
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George Floyd’s family is in court every day, but not Derek Chauvin’s
National columnist Suzette Hackney is in Minneapolis for the trial of Derek Chauvin, reporting on the people, the scene and…
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