Crabb out (COVID), Bourne in for US beach volleyball team
TOKYO — American beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb is out of the Olympics after four positive COVID-19 tests, and Tri Bourne will take his...
Japan opens Olympic men’s soccer with 1-0 win over SAfrica
TOKYO — An empty stadium is not how Japanese athletes imagined competing for the first time in Tokyo at their home Olympics.
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AP FACT CHECK: Biden inflates jobs impact from his policies
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday inflated the impact of his policies on U.S. jobs created in his first half-year in office, misleadingly...
US average mortgage rates dip for 4th week; 30-year at 2.78%
WASHINGTON — Mortgage rates fell for the fourth straight week, undercut by worries that the surging delta coronavirus variant and the worsening pandemic in...
Ping pong: Spat over tracing app as shelves empty in England
LONDON — In scenes reminiscent of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, supermarket shelves across England were looking a tad empty on Thursday....
St. Jude hits donation milestone to fight childhood cancer
NEW YORK — For St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, even the sky is no longer the limit.
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Back in the stands in Brazil: stadium hosts 7,000 fans
RIO DE JANEIRO — About 7,000 Flamengo fans attended their team’s 4-1 win against Argentina’s Defensa y Justicia in the second leg of their...
PM urges Israelis to get vaccinated as delta variant spreads
JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister on Thursday called upon hundreds of thousands of citizens who have not yet been vaccinated against the coronavirus to...
Dirty Games? Testing slowdown during COVID raises questions
TOKYO — The low numbers came in from across the globe and covered most every distance, from 100 meters through the marathon. The reasons...
Indiana issues air quality alert due to smoke from wildfires
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's environmental agency issued a statewide air quality alert this week urging Hoosiers to slow down and take other steps as smoke...