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Earth simmered to the sixth hottest year on record in 2021, according to several newly released temperature measurements.
And scientists say the exceptionally hot year is part of a long-term …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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1/13/22
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lionel Richie will be honored all night long for his musical achievements.
The Library of Congress said Thursday that Richie will receive the national library's Gershwin …
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
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1/13/22
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday after the latest report of surging prices in the U.S. appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates in coming …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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1/13/22
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MIAMI (AP) — The Pan American Health Organization said Wednesday it expects omicron to become the predominant coronavirus variant in the Americas in the coming weeks, where confirmed cases have …
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By GISELA SOLOMON
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1/12/22
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are engaged.
The actor and rapper have decided to legalize their dramatically eccentric coupling, according to Instagram videos that each …
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1/12/22
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of driving an SUV through a Wisconsin Christmas parade crashed into people head-on, ran them over as they lay on the ground and at one point leaned out his window …
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By TODD RICHMOND
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1/12/22
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WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) — Maine's famous rotating ice disk is back.
The disk has begun to form in the Presumpscot River, where it partially formed in 2020 but failed to draw a worldwide audience …
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1/12/22
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BATH, Maine (AP) — The last of a new class of warships departed a Maine shipyard Wednesday.
The USS Lyndon B. Johnson was constructed at Bath Iron Works and is the last in a class of three …
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1/12/22
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BOSTON (AP) — Workers started removing the last tents Wednesday morning from a once-sprawling homeless encampment at a Boston intersection known as Mass and Cass.
City public works employees …
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1/12/22
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Officials across the U.S. are again weighing how and whether to impose mask mandates as COVID-19 infections soar and the American public grows ever wearier of pandemic-related restrictions.
Much …
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By MEG KINNARD
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1/12/22
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When am I contagious if infected with omicron?
It’s not yet clear, but some early data suggests people might become contagious sooner than with earlier variants — possibly within a day after …
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By MATTHEW PERRONE
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1/12/22
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The gunman who killed nine people in 2019 outside a crowded strip of nightclubs in Dayton apparently shot all his victims — including his younger sister — at random, police said in a report that …
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By JOHN SEEWER
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1/12/22
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago students returned to classrooms Wednesday after the nation's third-largest school district canceled five days of classes amid a standoff with the teachers union over COVID-19 …
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1/12/22
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NEW YORK (AP) — A 2-year-old boy was among the 17 people killed in a Bronx high-rise apartment building fire, police confirmed Wednesday.
New York City police released the names and ages of …
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1/12/22
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MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A segment of a 110-year-old Florida Keys bridge is reopening to pedestrians and bicyclists on Wednesday following a $44 million restoration project.
Rehabilitation …
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1/12/22
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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said monetary policy would return to normal and interest rates might be …
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By JOE McDONALD
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1/12/22
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NEW YORK (AP) — For two years, coronavirus case counts and hospitalizations have been widely used barometers of the pandemic's march across the world.
But the omicron wave is making a mess of …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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1/12/22
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NEW YORK (AP) — Judge Steve Harvey? At least for its first week, having the comic serve as a reality show arbiter seems like an inspired idea.
His show's premiere was the most-watched …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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1/11/22
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The man who received the first pig heart transplant continued to recover Tuesday, four days after the experimental surgery.
Since the transplant, David Bennett had been …
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1/11/22
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans will reinstitute an indoor mask mandate to fight the spread of COVID-19 while readying for an influx of visitors for the Mardi Gras season, the city health director …
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By KEVIN McGILL
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1/11/22
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