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Autopsy: Severe brain trauma in ex-NFL player who shot 6

By Michelle Liu Associated Press ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) β€” An autopsy revealed unusually severe brain disease in the frontal lobe of the former NFL player accused of fatally shooting six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina before killing…

Data indicate omicron is milder, better at evading vaccines

By Andrew Meldrum Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) β€” The omicron variant appears to cause less severe disease than previous versions of the coronavirus, and the Pfizer vaccine seems to offer less defense against infection from it but…

Dole honored at National Cathedral, World War II memorial

By Will Weissert Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Bob Dole was honored Friday at Washington National Cathedral as top leaders from both parties gathered to display the kind of bipartisanship now rare in modern government, a tribute…

All 3 men charged in Arbery’s death convicted of murder

By Russ Bynum Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) β€” Jurors on Wednesday convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and fatally shot while running through their neighborhood in an…

Where are 9/11’s biggest names now?

By Jerry Schwartz Associated Press Rudolph Giuliani was a hero before he was a punchline. Lisa Beamer was a wife and mother before she became a symbol of Sept. 11 β€” and though her celebrity passed, her widowhood cannot. In the…

Despite deadly chaos, Biden praises Afghanistan withdrawal

By Aamer Madhani and Kevin Freking WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Addressing the nation, a defensive President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the U.S. military airlift to extract more than 120,000 Afghans, Americans and other allies to end a 20 year war…

Biden faces decision on Afghanistan airlift, Taliban edict

WASHINGTON (AP) β€” The U.S. ramped up its round-the-clock airlift of evacuees from Afghanistan to its highest level yet on Tuesday, but President Joe Biden faced a pressing decision on whether to shut down the massive military airlifts in a…
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