Zach Thomas discovers if the third time is a charm as he awaits tonight’s announcement whether or not he’ll become a 2022 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee. After nine years of eligibility, this is Thomas’ third season as a finalist, and based on the field it seems as if he possesses one of his…
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By MATT OTT WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped last week to their highest level in more than two years, potentially bumping some homebuyers out of the market with Americans getting squeezed by higher costs for just about everything. The average rate on the 30-year loan jumped nearly a quarter point to…
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When Marlon James began the research that would go on to inform his Dark Star trilogy, he wasn’t planning to write one book – let alone three. “For a while, I didn’t know what I was envisioning,” James says from Brooklyn on a recent video call, “because a lot of the research I did was…
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By SAMY MAGDY CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese activists have taken to social media to appeal for help for a neglected, government-run orphanage in the capital, Khartoum, where local authorities said 54 children have died over the past three months. The high death toll, reported earlier this week, has caused outrage in this African country wracked…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America’s consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin raising borrowing rates across the economy. The Labor Department said Thursday that consumer prices jumped 7.5% last month compared with a…
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With nearly 50,000 people on campus and an infinite number of stories to tell, Matt Gush, Cal State Fullerton’s assistant director of digital media & university photographer, couldn’t ask for a more fascinating job. Tasked with illustrating all of the university’s happenings, the Titan alumnus can be seen with his camera documenting everything from a…
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By ROB GILLIES and TOM KRISHER TORONTO (AP) — The truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country’s COVID-19 restrictions is tightening the screws on the auto industry, forcing Ford, Toyota and General Motors to shut down plants or otherwise curtail production on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border. The bumper-to-bumper demonstration entered its fourth day…
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By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — With inflation going only higher, stocks are swinging on Wall Street Thursday as expectations build that the Federal Reserve will have to get more aggressive about removing the tremendous support it’s given the economy. The hottest inflation reading since 1982 sent the S&P 500 down 0.2% in morning…
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In the middle of a Broadway production, Clint Barton, otherwise known as Marvel’s arrow-slinging Avenger, Hawkeye, stares blankly at the stage. The singing ensemble is reduced to a quiet drone in the background. His daughter waves her hand in front of his face. “Dad. Did you turn your hearing aid off?” Hearing loss plays a…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING — The on-the-slopes portion of what Mikaela Shiffrin hopes will be a “reset” at the Beijing Olympics – moving on from early mistakes that eliminated her from two races – began under a cloudless sky with a pair of trips about a half-hour apart down the competition hill…
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