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Native Americans: Move Boston Marathon from Oct. 11 holiday

Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling on the organizers of the Boston Marathon to move the date for the storied race because it conflicts with a day meant to celebrate the contributions of Indigenous peoples

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Court delays execution of inmate who slipped through cracks

The Ohio Supreme Court has delayed the execution of a convicted killer whose case federal public defenders said slipped through the cracks of the legal system

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Monkey business: 2 dozen Barbary macaques escape German zoo

About two dozen monkeys have broken out of a southwestern German zoo and are roaming the area despite efforts to recapture them

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Stocks rise as steady bond yields help lift tech companies

Stocks were moderately higher in late morning trading Thursday, helped again by large technology stocks that have benefitted from steady bond yields

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Ex-Florida State football player accused of killing man

Investigators say a former Florida State football player had been involved in a scuffle with his girlfriend hours before he fatally shot one man and injured another

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

AP Sources: El Salvador president snubs visiting Biden envoy

Aides to El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele say he's refused to meet with a visiting senior U.S. diplomat over what he sees as a pattern of slights from Democrats and the Biden administration

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

COVID-19 hospitalizations, infections rise in Colorado

Health officials in Colorado have reported an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations across the state while infections also suggest wider spread of the virus

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Dems blast Oklahoma lawmaker who compared slavery, abortion

A white Republican lawmaker from southeast Oklahoma is coming under fire for comparing efforts to end abortion to the fight against slavery

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Steep decline in giant sea turtles seen off US West Coast

Leatherback sea turtles have been plying the world's oceans for tens of millions of years, but scientists say a rapid decline in their numbers means they could disappear from U.S. West Coast waters within decades

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Lavrov says US policy towards Russia is 'dumb,' ineffective

Russia’s top diplomat has described U.S. policy toward Moscow as “dumb” and warned that his country will retaliate if Washington imposes new sanctions

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Doctors in Hungary question reopening amid spike in deaths

Doctors in Hungary are questioning a government decision to lift some of the country’s lockdown restrictions amid peaking COVID-19 infections and deaths

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

UAE sends Syria aid to help it fight spread of coronavirus

Syrian state media say the country has received a planeload from the United Arab Emirates with food items and medical aid yo help the war-torn country fight against the spread of the coronavirus

DATE: April 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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