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Portugal great Ronaldo fails to score in a surprising 1-1 draw against Congo at the World Cup
HOUSTON (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo delivered a pretty forgettable performance in the first match of his sixth World …
US virus deaths hit record levels with the holidays ahead
Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to more than 2,200 a day on average, matching the frightening peak reached last April, and cases per day have eclipsed 200,000 on average for the first time on record, w…
Los Angeles deputies break up underground party, arrest 158
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County deputies arrested nearly 160 people — many of whom were not wearing masks — who attended an illegal “super-spreader” party over the weekend despite surging coronavirus cases, a…
Appeals court to rehear Texas abortion case in January
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has set a January hearing to reconsider its
Mississippi official questions 1 name on lynching memorial
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — An elected official in Mississippi says he doesn't want to approve a memorial for seven Black people known to have been lynched in Lafayette County between 1885 and 1935 because one man on the …
50 people won a Massachusetts lottery game, most on record
BOSTON (AP) — Fifty people won the Massachusetts lottery game Mass Cash on Sunday, a record according to the state lottery agency.
Biden's Pentagon pick raises questions on military influence
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's pick of Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense is stirring unease in Congress, reflecting fears that putting a recently retired general in charge could further unde…
Trump takes vaccine victory lap, boosting shots confidence
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated the expected approval of the first U.S. vaccine for the coronavirus as the White House worked on Tuesday to instill confidence in the massive distribution effort …
Minnesota school drops name of 1st governor amid complaints
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — A Twin Cities-area high school will no longer be named after Minnesota’s first governor, following complaints by community members and alumni about his treatment of the state’s Dakota …
Election security official fired by Trump sues over threats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. election and cybersecurity official who was fired last month by President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday over threatening remarks by a lawyer for the president that prompted a wave …
California's hospitals filling up as virus cases skyrocket
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some California hospitals are close to reaching their breaking point, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to bring in hundreds of hospital staff from outside the state and to prepare to re-start e…
Family: Black man shot by deputy held a sandwich, not a gun
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Civil rights and FBI investigators will help look into the fatal shooting by an Ohio sheriff's deputy of a Black man whose family says that he was holding not a gun, but a sandwich, and that h…
Judge dismisses Flynn case following pardon from Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn but pointedly noted that a
'We messed up': Ex-state senator warns of virus before death
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Before his death from COVID-19 former Alabama state senator Larry Dixon spoke to his wife of 53 years from his hospital bed and asked her to relay a warning.
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92-year-old man finds college jacket with social media help
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — More than 60 years after Mal Osborn earned a varsity letter jacket from the University of Maine as a track runner, he still wore it. That is, until the 92-year-old lost it in October.