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Former Jets, Robert Morris coach Joe Walton dead at 85
Former Jets, Robert Morris coach Joe Walton dead at 85

Joe Walton, the former New York Jets coach who built Robert Morris University’s football program from the ground up, has died Read More

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Aug 16, 2021
Justus Sheffield as rough rehab start as Rainiers see win streak end
Justus Sheffield as rough rehab start as Rainiers see win streak end

The Tacoma Rainiers saw their five-game winning streak come to an abrupt end as the Las Vegas Aviators won 14-0 Sunday afternoon at Cheney Stadium. Aviator outfielder Skye Bolt was 5 for 5 with six RBI and he got a walk. Mariners right-hander Justus...

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Aug 16, 2021
Lava streams from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi in new eruption
Lava streams from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi in new eruption

Indonesia’s most active volcano has erupted with its biggest lava flow in months on the densely populated island of Java Read More

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Aug 16, 2021
What’s wrong with the pedestrian signal at this intersection? Roadshow
What’s wrong with the pedestrian signal at this intersection? Roadshow

Q: The signals at the corner of Blossom Hill and Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos do not have a pedestrian sign. I waited through five cycles and finally had to cross when the signal turned red. This has been going on for over three weeks. Who do I not...

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Aug 16, 2021
‘Free Guy’ tops $28 million at the domestic box office and Ryan Reynolds says Disney is eyeing a sequel – CNBC
‘Free Guy’ tops $28 million at the domestic box office and Ryan Reynolds says Disney is eyeing a sequel – CNBC

‘Free Guy' tops $28 million at the domestic box office and Ryan Reynolds says Disney is eyeing a sequel  CNBC Read More

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Aug 16, 2021
Correa nets twice as Atlético begins title defense with win
Correa nets twice as Atlético begins title defense with win

Ángel Correa has scored a goal in each half as Atlético Madrid opened its Spanish league title defense with a 2-1 win at Celta Vigo Read More

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Aug 16, 2021
US mulls over COVID vaccine boosters for elderly as early as fall
US mulls over COVID vaccine boosters for elderly as early as fall

By Hope Yen | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Warning of tough days ahead with surging COVID-19 infections, the director of the National Institutes of Health said Sunday the U.S. could decide in the next couple of weeks whether to offer coronavirus boo...

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Aug 16, 2021
LPGA veteran O’Toole gets 1st win at Women’s Scottish Open
LPGA veteran O’Toole gets 1st win at Women’s Scottish Open

Ryann O’Toole won her first LPGA Tour event in 228 starts, closing with a bogey-free 8-under 64 at Dunbarnie Links for a three-shot victory in the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open Read More

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Aug 16, 2021
Minnesota principals sign ‘de-centering Whiteness’ pledge, suggest unions, PTAs help White supremacy
Minnesota principals sign ‘de-centering Whiteness’ pledge, suggest unions, PTAs help White supremacy

A group of 162 principals and assistant principals at Minnesota schools has invoked the late civil rights icon and former congressman, John Lewis, to push their goal of “de-centering Whiteness” in education. Read More

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Aug 16, 2021
2 dozen Rohingya refugees feared drowned in Bangladesh
2 dozen Rohingya refugees feared drowned in Bangladesh

More than two dozen Rohingya refugees are feared drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Bangladesh Read More

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Aug 15, 2021
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