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Evictions looming, Biden fails to get Congress to extend ban
WASHINGTON — A nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday after President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress worked furiously but ultimately failed to align on a long-shot strategy to prevent millions of Americans from being forced from their homes during a covid-19 surge. More than 3.6 million Americans...
$1 trillion infrastructure plan clears another Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON — The Senate further advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan Friday with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle and bracing to see if support can hold during the next few days of debate and efforts to amend it. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,...
Browns, QB Mayfield not yet talking contract extensionVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Baker Mayfield’s path to a massive pay day looks pretty straightforward. “Honestly, all he needs to do is work, perform, and he’s going to be fine,” Browns general manager Andrew Berry said when asked what the next step is for Cleveland’s quarterback. It might be a little...
Olympics roundup: Biles pulls out of 2 individual events; Dressel, Ledecky add more goldVideo
TOKYO —Simone Biles, who was scratched from the women’s team competition and withdrew from the all-around event final after losing her ability to sense where she is in the air, withdrew from the event finals in the vault and uneven bars, which will be contested on Sunday. USA Gymnastics, the...
Oklahoma GOP criticized for anti-Semitic Facebook post
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Republican Party faced fierce criticism on Friday for a Facebook post likening covid-19 vaccine mandates to the persecution of Jewish people in Nazi Germany. The post on the party’s official Facebook page urged people to call the lieutenant governor and ask him to call a...
Louisville woman wins $1M vaccine lottery prize in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Louisville woman has won the $1 million prize in Kentucky’s first ‘Shot at a Million Vaccine’ incentive drawing, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday. “I have never experienced anything like this. It’s shocking because you don’t really think you’re going to win,” said the winner, Ginger Schultz....
Justice Dept. says IRS must give Trump tax returns to Congress
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, in a reversal, says the Treasury Department must provide the House Ways and Means Committee former President Donald Trump’s tax returns, apparently ending a long legal showdown over the records. In a memo dated Friday, Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel said the committee chairman “has...
NCAA sets table for dramatic overhaul of how it operatesVideo
The NCAA Board of Governors on Friday called for a constitutional convention in November, the first step toward launching dramatic reform in the governance of college sports. Stung for years by criticism that it is too heavy handed and out of touch, the NCAA said it wants to “reimagine” how...
St. Louis County reaches settlement in 1996 murder case
ST. LOUIS — A man who was released from prison last year after the Missouri Supreme Court vacated his life sentence for murder has reached a $6.6. million settlement with St. Louis County. St. Louis County officials began the process of issuing the money on Friday to Lawrence Callanan, The...
NFL’s top stat is covid-19 vaccine percentages
The NFL’s most discussed stat has been covid-19 vaccination percentages. As the first week of training camp kicked off, numbers continue to increase while debate persists. So far, 88.5% of players have had at least one shot of the vaccine and 20 teams have more than 90% of players vaccinated,...
David Krejci leaving Bruins to play in native Czech Republic
BOSTON — David Krejci is leaving the Boston Bruins after 14 NHL seasons to continue his hockey career in his native Czech Republic. The 35-year-old Krejci, whose contract had expired, announced his decision in a social media post sent out by the Bruins on Friday. “At this point in my...
Russia blames space station lab incident on software failure
A Russian space official on Friday blamed a software problem on a newly docked science lab for briefly knocking the International Space Station out of position. The space station lost control of its orientation for 47 minutes on Thursday, when Russia’s Nauka science lab accidentally fired its thrusters a few...
Out, then in: U.S. gets a reprieve after mixed relay disqualification
TOKYO — The U.S. men have a long history of dicey baton exchanges in the Olympic relays. So do the U.S. women. Their latest was a first-of-its-kind chance to flub one together, which they might have, but they caught a break that gives them a chance to still win a...
SEC welcomes Texas, Oklahoma after boards accept invitations
After the boards of regents for the universities of Texas and Oklahoma voted Friday to accept invitations to the Southeastern Conference, the league announced the Big 12 rivals would start competing in the SEC in the fall of 2025. “This is a move for stability and preservation and propagation,” OU...
‘Wow! Wow!’ Women get Olympic track off to a sizzling start
TOKYO — The look on sprinter Marie-Josée Ta Lou’s face said everything. “Wow! Wow!” she screamed, her eyes wide open and her mouth agape as she crossed the finish line first and looked over at the clock. A gold medal? No. But the opening day of track and field at...
Explainer: Will Pa. evictions spike despite rental help?
HARRISBURG — A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday, after President Joe Biden’s administration extended the original date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions...
Trump urged Justice officials to declare election ‘corrupt’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results “corrupt” in a December phone call, according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation. The notes of the Dec. 27 call, released Friday by the House Oversight Committee, underscore the...
Stocks slip but are still on track for 6th monthly gain
Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Friday with internet retail giant Amazon weighing down major indexes following a weak sales report and forecast. The S&P 500 index fell 0.4% as of 10:20 a.m. Eastern and is on pace for a weekly loss, though still poised to finish out...
Broadway to require vaccinations, masks for audience members
NEW YORK — Covid-19 vaccinations and masks will be required for all Broadway audience members when theaters reopen in the coming weeks, theater operators announced Friday. Audience members will have to wear face coverings and show proof they are fully vaccinated when they enter the theaters, the Broadway League said...
CDC team: ‘War has changed’ as delta variant dangers emerge
New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox and may be more dangerous than other versions has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus, internal documents show. Recommending masks for everyone and requiring vaccines for doctors and other health...
‘Welcome home’: Evacuation flight brings 200 Afghans to U.S.
WASHINGTON — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan brought more than 200 people, scores of them children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States on Friday, and President Joe Biden said he was proud to welcome them home. The launch of...
Megan Rapinoe converts and U.S. women’s soccer gets past Netherlands on penalties
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Megan Rapinoe converted the deciding penalty in a shootout and the United States advanced to the semifinals of the women’s Olympic soccer tournament 4-2 following a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands on Friday. United States goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher stopped Vivianne Miedema’s opening attempt in the shootout and...
U.S. women’s basketball team uses dominant inside presence to beat Japan
SAITAMA, Japan — The U.S. women’s basketball team has not looked sharp in its first two wins at the Tokyo Games. Five-time Olympian Sue Bird attributes the pedestrian performances to the lack of practice time with so many new faces on the squad, and just that the rest of the...
U.S. swimmer Ryan Murphy brings doping talk to fore after Russian swimmers’ Olympic win
TOKYO — After losing to Russian swimmers in two races at the Olympics, American backstroke star Ryan Murphy said Friday that doping remains a huge problem in the sport and he wonders if all his competitors are clean. Seeming to take aim at a country that has repeatedly run afoul...
States race to use covid-19 vaccines before they expire
Hundreds of thousands of covid-19 vaccine doses have been saved from the trash after U.S. regulators extended their expiration date for a second time, part of a nationwide effort to salvage expiring shots to battle the nation’s summer surge in infections. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday sent a...
