Dog illness prompts former Iditarod champion to scratch
<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — One of four former champions in this year’s Iditarod quit the race Saturday, saying it was in the best interest of...
Dustin Johnson decides again not to go to Japan for Olympics
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla — One year later didn't make Dustin Johnson change his mind. He's not going to the Olympics.
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Biden played ‘sheriff’ on ’09 aid, now salesman on COVID law
WASHINGTON — In 2009, then-Vice President Joe Biden was "Sheriff Joe,” the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were...
After long pandemic year, a changed New York shows renewal
<p>NEW YORK — Pamela Puchalski still remembers how frightening it felt when the coronavirus upended life in her New York City neighborhood last March.</p>
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‘Nothing but problems’: Shipwreck tear-down enters 5th month
SAVANNAH, Ga. — When salvage crews began cutting apart the capsized Golden Ray, a shipwreck the size of a 70-story office building with 4,200...
FA Cup final could see virus-tested crowd bigger than 10,000
<p>The FA Cup final could see the biggest English football crowd since the start of the coronavirus pandemic with the government hoping for more...
More than 800K Hoosiers now fully vaccinated for COVID-19
INDIANAPOLIS — More than 800,000 Indiana residents have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday.
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Democrats find support for Biden in small-city America
MANKATO, Minnesota — Mary McGaw grew up in a Republican home on the rural prairie of south central Minnesota. But as she moved from...
Anti-abortion bills abound; their fate in court is unknown
<p>At an intense pace, lawmakers in Republican-governed states are considering an array of tough anti-abortion restrictions they hope might reach the Supreme Court and...
Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus
Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle with the coronavirus and...