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Budget office: Infrastructure bill adds $256 billion to deficits
WASHINGTON — Nearing decision time, senators are wrapping up work on the bipartisan infrastructure plan and talks were underway Thursday to expedite consideration of the nearly $1 trillion proposal, with votes expected in the days ahead. A much anticipated analysis of the bill from the Congressional Budget Office concluded that...
South Carolina House lawmaker suing Pelosi over mask rule says he has covid
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Rep. Ralph Norman, one of the three congressional Republicans suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi over fines for not wearing masks during a vote on the U.S. House floor, has contracted a breakthrough case of covid-19, the second member of South Carolina’s delegation to do so. Norman, who has...
FAA head seeks more prosecution of unruly airline passengers
The nation’s top aviation regulator is suggesting that local police around the country should file charges more often against unruly airline passengers and that airports should clamp down on alcohol sales. Federal Aviation Administration chief Stephen Dickson said that every week, police are asked to be there when a flight...
Stocks climb on Wall Street, notching more record highs
A broad rally on Wall Street pushed stocks higher Thursday, nudging the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes to record highs. The gains reversed the market’s modest losses from a day earlier. Despite a choppy week of trading, the major indexes are on pace for weekly gains. The S&P 500 rose...
Off-duty Kentucky deputy working security for car lot fatally shotVideo
LOUISVILLE — An off-duty sheriff’s deputy working security at a car lot in Kentucky was fatally shot early Thursday while sitting in his unmarked vehicle, police said. Someone came up to the vehicle’s window and shot the Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy around 2:30 a.m., according to Louisville Metro Police Department...
U.S. to investigate Phoenix police over excessive force allegationsVideo
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Thursday said it was launching a widespread probe into the police force in Phoenix to examine whether officers have been using excessive force and abusing people experiencing homelessness. The investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department is the third sweeping...
Apple to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child abuse
Apple unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused by governments looking to surveil their citizens. Apple said its messaging app will use on-device machine learning to warn...
End of an era: Barcelona says Lionel Messi won’t stay with the club
MADRID — Lionel Messi’s time at Barcelona appears to be over. Barcelona announced Thursday that Messi will not stay with the club, saying that the Spanish league’s financial regulations made it impossible to sign the Argentina star to a new contract. He is leaving after 17 successful seasons in which...
Analysis: NFL kicks off amid nation’s rising covid-19 rates
CANTON, Ohio — As covid-19 and Delta variant positives increase across America, the NFL kicks off its first preseason since 2019 expecting the usual crowds. The numbers in the nation are of concern to some, staggeringly disappointing to others, and ignored by many. Within the NFL, though, it must be...
Officiating head Al Riveron, NFL’s 1st Hispanic ref, retires
CANTON, Ohio — NFL officiating chief Al Riveron, a Cuban who became the league’s first Hispanic referee, retired Friday. Riveron worked as an on-field official for nine years and became a member of the NFL’s officiating staff in 2013 as a senior director. He will be replaced by two of...
Longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, a Nemacolin native, has died
WASHINGTON — Richard Trumka, the powerful president of the AFL-CIO who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to preside over one of the largest labor organizations in the world, died Thursday. He was 72. The federation confirmed Trumka’s death in a statement. He had been AFL-CIO president since 2009,...
1966 death of heiress’ employee under renewed scrutiny
When Doris Duke, a fabulously wealthy tobacco and power company heiress, ran over and killed a longtime employee and confidant at her Newport, Rhode Island, mansion in 1966, police took her at her word that it was an accident. But the story of the killing at Duke’s Rough Point estate,...
Shipping snags prompt U.S. firms to mull retreat from China
WASHINGTON — Game maker Eric Poses last year created The Worst-Case Scenario Card Game, making a wry reference to the way the coronavirus had upended normal life. He had no idea. In a twist that Poses never could have predicted, his game itself would become caught up in the latest...
Fire rages anew near Athens, evacuations in southern Greece
ATHENS, Greece — Wildfires rekindled outside Athens and forced more evacuations around southern Greece on Thursday as weather conditions worsened and firefighters in a round-the-clock battle stopped the flames just outside the birthplace of the ancient Olympics. As additional support arrived from Greece’s military and European Union countries, water-dropping planes...
Indians get 15-year lease agreement, ending relocation talk
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians have agreed to a 15-year lease extension at Progressive Field, keeping them at their downtown ballpark through 2036 and ending speculation the franchise would relocate. The agreement, which was announced Thursday and still needs legislative approval, includes two additional five-year options that could make it...
Former Penn State wrestler David Taylor captures Olympic gold
CHIBA, Japan — David Taylor seized the most important moment of his wrestling life. The American scored a double-leg takedown with 17 seconds remaining to beat Iran’s Hassan Yazdani, 4-3, on Thursday night and win the gold medal in the freestyle 86-kilogram class. “There was no way I wasn’t going...
Pakistan sends troops after Muslim mob attacked Hindu temple
MULTAN, Pakistan — Pakistan on Thursday deployed paramilitary troops in a conservative town in the country’s eastern Punjab province, a day after a Muslim mob attacked and badly damaged a Hindu temple there. In New Delhi, India’s foreign ministry summoned a Pakistani diplomat to protest the attack and demand protection...
Moderna plans booster doses to help fight virus
WASHINGTON — Moderna officials say while its covid-19 vaccine’s protection is holding up, it’s planning for booster doses to help fight the highly contagious delta variant. With “the rising force of infection” from that variant and eventual waning immunity, a “booster will likely be necessary to keep us as safe...
Eddy Alvarez a summer-winter medalist, U.S. reaches baseball final
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Eddy Alvarez became only the third American to earn medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics when the United States beat defending-champion South Korea, 7-2, Thursday night to gain a berth into this weekend’s gold medal baseball game against host Japan. The former U.S. speedskater-turned-infielder wept...
U.S. women’s soccer team earns bronze medal
KASHIMA, Japan — Although the color of their medal wasn’t what they wanted, the mettle of the team came through in the end. The United States salvaged a rocky tournament by winning bronze in women’s soccer at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd scored two goals...
U.S. men’s basketball rallies to rout Australia, roll into finals
SAITAMA, Japan — Kevin Durant and the Americans still have their grip on gold and it’s going to take more than a few bad minutes for anyone to take it away from them. They were awful early, then awesome afterward against Australia. Durant scored 23 points, Devin Booker had 20...
U.S. relay team eliminated in qualifying after another dismal showing
TOKYO — The first time U.S. sprinter Ronnie Baker tried to grab the baton, he found himself holding a handful of Fred Kerley’s jersey. The second time, Baker whiffed. By the third try, Kerley was side-by-side with Baker, practically using both hands to shovel the stick into his teammate’s palm....
Penn State grad Ryan Crouser dedicates Olympic shot put gold to late grandfather
TOKYO — Ryan Crouser broke his own Olympic record on his way to defending his shot put title Thursday on a hot day in Tokyo. On his last attempt, Crouser went 23.30 meters (76 feet, 5½ inches) to earn the first track and field gold medal for the American men...
This date in sports history: Aug. 5Video
1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major-league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies, 8-5, at Pittsburgh. 1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his third of four gold medals, winning the 200-meter race in an Olympic-record 20.7 seconds....
Penn State University requires masking at all campuses
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State University will require students, staff and visitors at all its campuses to wear masks while indoors, the school announced Wednesday, responding to a statewide surge in coronavirus cases. The masking rule will apply to everyone, regardless of vaccination status, Penn State officials said. “As we...
