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Month: September 2021

Twenty years after 9/11 attacks, just half call US more secure: POLL

Twenty years after 9/11 attacks, just half call US more secure: POLL

Charles Sagad/iStock (NEW YORK) — Just 49% of Americans see the United States as safer from terrorism than it was before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, down from 64% a decade ago, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll. Forty-one percent instead say the United States has […]

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Virginia removes 12-ton Robert E. Lee statue from Richmond’s Monument Avenue

Virginia removes 12-ton Robert E. Lee statue from Richmond’s Monument Avenue

Getty Images/Bill Tompkins (RICHMOND, Va.) — A giant statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed in Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, more than a year after the order from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. The 12-ton, six-story monument on Monument Avenue, erected in the state capital in 1890, was deconstructed nearly […]

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COVID-19 live updates: Over 95% of US counties reporting high community transmission

COVID-19 live updates: Over 95% of US counties reporting high community transmission

da-kuk/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 650,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems […]

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COVID-19 live updates: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade participants must be vaccinated

COVID-19 live updates: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade participants must be vaccinated

da-kuk/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 650,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems […]

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COVID-19 live updates: About one in 500 Americans has died from virus

COVID-19 live updates: About one in 500 Americans has died from virus

da-kuk/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 650,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems […]

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COVID-19 live updates: Judge allows Florida school districts to keep mandating masks while state appeals

COVID-19 live updates: Judge allows Florida school districts to keep mandating masks while state appeals

da-kuk/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads. More than 650,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems […]

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Worsening California blazes prompt new calls for innovations to fight fires smarter

Worsening California blazes prompt new calls for innovations to fight fires smarter

milehightraveler/iStock (NEW YORK) — As wildfires in California and beyond have grown larger and deadlier in recent years, some in the firefighting sector say the tools and technologies used to combat new blazes have not kept up with the impact of climate change’s fury. “In many cases, we’re still fighting […]

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Three Vermont state troopers under federal investigation for creating fake COVID-19 vaccination cards

Three Vermont state troopers under federal investigation for creating fake COVID-19 vaccination cards

DNY59/iStock (WATERBURY, Vt.) — Three Vermont state troopers are under federal investigation for their alleged involvement in a fake COVID-19 vaccination card scheme, the Vermont State Police said in a statement Tuesday. The men, who have been identified as Shawn Sommers, Raymond Witkowski and David Pfindel, are suspected of having […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 9/7/21

Scoreboard roundup — 9/7/21

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Pittsburgh 3, Detroit 2 Texas 3, Arizona 1 LA Angels 2, San Diego 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 3, Cleveland 0 Baltimore 7, Kansas City 3 Toronto 5, NY Yankees 1 Tampa Bay 12, Boston […]

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Juab Cross Country Invitational; Carbon, Salem Hills, Win Team Titles

Juab Cross Country Invitational; Carbon, Salem Hills, Win Team Titles

NEPHI, Utah-Tuesday, Juab High School hosted the Juab Cross Country Invitational at Canyon Hills Golf Course. For the boys, Carbon took the team title with a score of 31. Dinos senior Kobe Cruz (16:12.60) won the individual title in the boys’ 3-mile race. For the girls, Salem Hills earned the […]

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