15 minutes ago | Bleacher Report

With roughly a month left until the playoffs begin, we've officially entered the crunch-time portion of the 2020-21 NBA season. The tension is rising, nerves are fraying and...
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Mick Jagger, Dave Grohl release pandemic song 'Eazy Sleazy'

27 minutes ago | WGN TV

It was only a matter of time until we'd have a song about the pandemic. But who knew it would come from two rock superstars. The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Foo Fighters'...
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Is Biden Ditching His Promise to Protect Workers From Covid-19?

31 minutes ago | The New Republic

Among the various ways President Donald Trump caused more Americans to die needlessly from Covid-19 was by failing to issue a legally enforceable “emergency temporary standard”...
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U.K. Expands Its Mix-And-Match Covid-19 Vaccine Trial To Include Moderna And Novavax Shots

43 minutes ago | Forbes

The first leg of this trial experimented with replacing the second shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine with a dose of Pfizer's mRNA jab to see it provided a stronger defense...
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A.M. Roundup: Cuomo hasn't answered an in-person reporter question since December

49 minutes ago | Times Union

Just as he has dozens of times over the past few months, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo streamed a carefully produced speech on his website Tuesday, this one broadcast from a parking lot...
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‘Baton getting handed over': Global investors turn their back on China, start pouring more cash into US

49 minutes ago | RT

While China's economy weathered the coronavirus storm much better than the rest of the world, investors are now betting
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CPS and CTU make progress, but still no deal over Chicago high school return to classroom: 'We want to be back in school'

57 minutes ago | ABC

Chicago Public Schools high schoolers are supposed to return to the classroom next week.
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South Africa Accuses Vaccine Manufacturers of Unreasonable Terms

1 hour ago | Bloomberg | 2 articles

South Africa is facing delays to coronavirus-vaccine supplies because of “unreasonable terms” being demanded by manufacturers, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said.
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EU Lays Out $1 Trillion Debt Plan to Challenge Treasuries

1 hour ago | Bloomberg

The European Union set out its blueprint to raise nearly $1 trillion of debt over five years as it seeks to fund its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Grondahl: 98-year-old's takeaway from nursing home pandemic year: gratitude

1 hour ago | Times Union

It had been more than a year since I had visited my friend, Don Black, a 98-year-old World War II veteran, who resides in an assisted-living facility. He'd been in lockdown for...
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2 men fatally shot in Englewood: police

CHICAGO - Two men were shot and killed in the South Side's Englewood neighborhood. Chicago police said the men were sitting in a car on the 7300 block of South Stewart Avenue... Read more ...

NATO is likely to join the US in withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in...

Summary List Placement Germany's defense minister has said that NATO would likely follow the US in withdrawing all troops from Afghanistan in September. US officials said on... Read more ...

First North American bitcoin ETF soars past $1 billion under management as...

Summary List Placement North America's first bitcoin ETF has soared past the $1 billion assets under management mark. The Purpose bitcoin ETF, ticker BTCC, is reaping rewards... Read more ...

Prosecutors expect decision today for cop who shot Black motorist Daunte Wright

Prosecutors expect a decision to be reached Wednesday on whether to charge the former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb... Read more ...

Wilmer Flores leads Giants to crazy win over Reds

SAN FRANCISCO - Down by four runs after a half-inning a day after being shut out, San Francisco just started swinging away. Wilmer Flores' tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the... Read more ...

2022 iPhone could get huge 48MP camera upgrade and 8K video, says Kuo

Kuo says the camera will be capable of 8K video recording. What you need to know Apple may be planning a massive camera upgrade for the iPhone next year. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo... Read more ...

Shane Bieber-Lucas Giolito pitchers' duel doesn't disappoint

CHICAGO - Shane Bieber wasn't sure where this ranked among his best performances. The AL Cy Young Award winner knew it was high on the list. Bieber pitched three-hit ball over... Read more ...

Tatum scores 32, Celtics edge Trail Blazers for 4th straight

PORTLAND, Ore. - Jayson Tatum scored 32 points, including a key 3-pointer in the final moments, and the Boston Celtics held off the Portland Trail Blazers 116-115 on Tuesday... Read more ...

Cardinals hammer Strasburg, rout Nats 14-3, end 3-game skid

ST. LOUIS - Nolan Arenado, Paul Goldschmidt and Matt Carpenter all homered off Stephen Strasburg and the St. Louis Cardinals hammered the Washington Nationals 14-3 on Tuesday... Read more ...

Royals C Perez ends game with pickoff, KC beats Angels 3-2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Royals catcher Salvador Perez picked David Fletcher off third with the bases loaded for the final out in the ninth inning, helping the Kansas City Royals... Read more ...

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