Ladell Betts says Iowa City has changed a lot in the 20 years since he wrapped up his college career, what with all the new housing areas, hotels, coffee shops and restaurants. As for the Iowa football program, he says, it was like stepping back in time when he arrived this spring as the new […...

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Last season wasnt just the strangest in the 100 years of pro football, it was also the highest-scoring by almost any measure average score, total points and especially passing touchdowns. And because the NFL is a copycat league, you didnt have to be a general manager, scout or even Mel Kiper Jr. to ...

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U.S. consumer spending rose at the fastest pace in nine months while incomes soared by a record amount in March, reflecting billions of dollars in government support payments aimed at putting the country firmly on the road to recovery. Consumer spending rose 4.2% last month, the Commerce Department ...

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LONDON Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European drug regulator for the approval of their coronavirus vaccine to be extended to include children 12 to 15 years old, in a move that could offer younger and less at-risk populations in Europe access to the shot for the first time...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. Former Vice President Mike Pence, positioning himself for a possible return to elected office, told an audience in early-voting South Carolina that he will spend the coming months pushing back on the liberal agenda he says is wrong for the country. Weve got to guard our values...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. Former Vice President Mike Pence, positioning himself for a possible return to elected office, told an audience in early-voting South Carolina that he will spend the coming months pushing back on the liberal agenda he says is wrong for the country. Weve got to guard our values...

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A strike at a Volvo plant in Virginia has ended following a tentative deal between the workers union and automaker. The UAW Volvo Truck Council said Friday that Volvo Truck workers will be scheduled to return to their regular shifts on Monday. Ray Curry, UAW secretary-treasurer and director ...

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KABALE, Uganda Remote islands in Uganda have tested the efforts of health officials delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses as global efforts to access hard-to-reach areas continue. On a recent day Edward Arineitwe, assistant district health officer for Kabale district, sat in a motor boat with his hands ...

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BERLIN Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from West Africa by a British colonial expedition and subsequently sold to collections around the world, including German museums, authorities said Friday. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas welcomed a deal...

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ST. PETERS, Mo. Sheriffs deputies in eastern Missouri fatally shot a man suspected of earlier shooting and wounding a police officer, law enforcement officials said. A St. Peters officer made a traffic stop just outside a St. Peters shopping center about 5:30 p.m. Thursday and the driver shot...

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WILMINGTON, Del. The U.S. top trade negotiator will begin talks with the World Trade Organization on ways to overcome intellectual property issues that are keeping critically needed COVID-19 vaccines from being more widely distributed worldwide, two White House officials said Sunday. The White House...

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NEW YORK Corey Kluber handcuffed Detroit batters to gain his 100th career win with his most dominant performance since 2018, and the New York Yankees beat the Tigers 2-0 Sunday to complete their first series sweep this season and get back to .500. Kluber (2-2) looked like the pitcher who won AL Cy...

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NEW YORK Philadelphia Phillies reliever Jos Alvarado was suspended three games Sunday by Major League Baseball for inciting a bench-clearing dustup with the New York Mets. Alvarado also was fined an undisclosed amount, as were Mets outfielder Dominic Smith and pitcher Miguel Castro for their roles ...

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MANCHESTER, England Anti-ownership protests by Manchester United fans forced the postponement of a Premier League game on Sunday against Liverpool after the stadium was stormed and thousands more supporters blocked access into Old Trafford as they demanded the Glazer family sell the club. The ...

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SAN RAMON, Calif. On Monday, Apple faces one of its most serious legal threats in recent years: A trial that threatens to upend its iron control over its app store, which brings in billions of dollars each year while feeding more than 1.6 billion iPhones, iPads, and other devices. The federal court ...

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DETROIT Blake Coleman scored 16 seconds into the game, Mikhail Sergachev added another goal early in the second period, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Sunday. Tampa Bays Christopher Gibson had 22 saves, filling in for star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy. ...

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. Eight times this season, Sam Burns has been atop the leaderboard after every round except the one that mattered. That changed, finally, at the Valspar Championship. Burns got some help from Keegan Bradley hitting into the water on the 13th hole, and then the 24-year-old from ...

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PHOENIX Stephen Vogt hit a go-ahead, two-run triple, Josh Rojas and Daulton Varsho added RBI doubles and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for an 8-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. The game was tied at 4 when Josh VanMeter led off the D-backs eighth with a walk. David Peralta singled...

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TOKYO Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say theyre already near the breaking point dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. Olympic officials have said they will need 10,000 medical workers to ...

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OKLAHOMA CITY Devin Booker scored 32 points, and the Phoenix Suns held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 123-120 on Sunday night. Former Thunder guard Chris Paul had 18 points and 11 assists, and Torrey Craig added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Suns, who shot 54%. Phoenix entered the night one-half ...

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BOSTON CJ McCollum scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and Portland held on for a 129-119 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday night, extending the Trail Blazers winning streak to four. Damian Lillard had 26 points and 13 assists for Portland. Carmelo Anthony finished with 13 ...

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DALLAS Buddy Hield scored 27 points, Marvin Bagley III had 23 points and nine rebounds and Sacramento beat Dallas 111-99 on Sunday night, giving the also-ran Kings a season sweep of the playoff-contending Mavericks. All three games were in a span of 15 days, which the Mavericks finished with a 6-0 ...

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PHILADELPHIA Pete Alonso capped New Yorks six-run eighth inning with a three-run double, and the Mets used a defensive meltdown by Philadelphia and a replay reversal to beat the Phillies 8-7 on Sunday night. Michael Conforto snapped a tie with a bases-loaded walk against Jos Alvarado, driving in ...

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Shares were mostly lower in Asia in thin trading Monday, with many markets including those in Tokyo and Shanghai closed for holidays. The declines follow a retreat Friday on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 gave up 0.7% but still closed out its best month so far this year. Markets have mostly climbed ...

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SAN DIEGO The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trumps presidency will be reunited in the United States this week in what Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls just the beginning of a broader effort. Two ...

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates Top Biden administration officials and U.S. senators crisscrossed the Middle East on Monday, seeking to assuage growing unease among Gulf Arab partners over Americas re-engagement with Iran and other policy shifts in the region. The trips come as the U.S. and Iran, ...

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ISLAMABAD The media is facing growing censorship, attacks and harassment in Pakistan that are threatening freedom of the press, a committee of journalists said Monday. The government said there are no curbs on journalists in the country. But Pakistan has long been a dangerous place for journalists. ...

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican boxer Flix Verdejo turned himself in to federal agents to face charges hours after authorities identified the body of a dead woman as his 27-year-old pregnant lover, officials said. The U.S. Attorneys Office said late Sunday that Verdejo was being charged ...

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YAZOO CITY, Miss. Multiple tornadoes were reported across Mississippi on Sunday, destroying homes and uprooting trees. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Just south of Yazoo City, Vickie Savell looked at the remains of her brand new mobile home, where she and her husband had just moved in ...

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AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Wireless company Verizon will sell Verizon Media, which consists of the once-pioneering tech platforms, to Apollo Global Management in a $5 billion deal. Verizon said Monday that it will keep a 10% stake in the new company, ...

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