Hostages strapped to getaway cars as robbers target banks in Brazil
CNN By Rodrigo Pedroso and Lianne Kolirin, CNN A gang of armed robbers in Brazil carried out a series of deadly bank heists using human shields…
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Diggins-Smith, Mercury top Sky 103-83, win 7th straight game
PHOENIX (AP) — Skylar Diggins-Smith had 20 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists to help the Phoenix Mercury beat the Chicago Sky 103-83 to win…
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Vaccinations in rural India increase amid supply concerns
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and RISHABH R. JAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has dramatically increased COVID-19 vaccination rates in its vast…
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Vaccinations in rural India increase amid supply concerns
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and RISHABH R. JAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has dramatically increased COVID-19 vaccination rates in its vast…
Continue Reading Black women seeing guns as protection from rising crime
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — Experts in the firearms industry as well as gun-rights advocates say more and more Black…
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Redmond man to hold backpack, school supply drive Saturday at Sam Johnson Park
Redmond’s Brandon Graves is holding a backpack drive, along with free pencils, colored pencils, glue sticks and more on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon…
Continue Reading Questioning a catchphrase: ‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — This summer’s coronavirus surge has been labeled a “pandemic of the…
Continue Reading The latest on Afghanistan
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Continue Reading September 1 Afghanistan-Taliban news
By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue Reading Braves star Albies carried away after fouling ball off knee
LOS ANGELES (AP) — All-Star second baseman Ozzie Albies of the Atlanta Braves has been carried off the field after fouling a ball off his left knee…
Continue Reading Schwindel, Happ homer; Cubs hold on to beat Twins 3-1
By BRIAN HALL Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Frank Schwindel homered for the second straight game, Ian Happ added a towering homer into the…
Continue Reading Snell pulled, San Diego’s no-hit bid ends in 8th vs D-backs
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The San Diego Padres had their no-hit bid broken up in the eighth inning on Tuesday night when…
Continue Reading Lowe, Taveras homer as Rangers beat Rockies for 3rd straight
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe had a home run and an RBI single among his three hits and Leody Taveras homered for the second game in a row…
Continue Reading Vaccinated players to have fewer restrictions at Oz Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The sports minister for Victoria state says tennis players at January’s Australian Open can expect fewer restrictions…
Continue Reading Vaccinated players to have fewer restrictions at Oz Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The sports minister for Victoria state says tennis players at January’s Australian Open can expect fewer restrictions…
Continue Reading Rosario 5 hits, HRs inside and out of park, Indians beat KC
By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Amed Rosario became the first player on record to go 5 for 5 with five RBIs, an…
Continue Reading Grandal, Abreu power White Sox to 4-2 win over Pirates
By MARK GONZALES Associated Press Yasmani Grandal and Jose Abreu homered, and five relievers combined for 4 2/3 innings of two-hit ball as the…
Continue Reading 5 missing and 6 hurt after Navy helicopter crash in Pacific
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A day after a U.S. Navy helicopter crashed in the ocean off Southern California near an aircraft…
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Fact check: Prominent Republicans spread false claim about Taliban executing a man from a helicopter
By Daniel Dale, CNN Numerous Republicans, including Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, promoted a false claim on Monday and Tuesday that…
Continue Reading Fact check: Prominent Republicans spread false claim about Taliban executing a man from a helicopter
CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Numerous Republicans, including Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, promoted a false claim on Monday and Tuesday…
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