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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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The remains of an Alabama soldier who has been missing since 1950, when his unit was attacked during the Korean War, have been identified and will be buried in Georgia, the Pentagon said Friday. DNA analysis helped determine that remains of Army Cpl. Henry L. Helms of the northeast ...

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LANSING, Mich. Republican legislative leaders on Friday welcomed Gov. Gretchen Whitmers metric-based approach to further relaxing coronavirus restrictions, but they questioned what will happen if Michigans COVID-19 vaccination rate falls below targets. Their comments came a day after ...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. A campaign by Gov. Ron DeSantis to help Floridians regain ownership of the troves of data that companies collect came to a halt Friday, when state lawmakers could not agree on how tightly to limit how Big Data harvests and uses peoples information. It was a rare defeat for ...

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KABUL, Afghanistan A powerful suicide truck bombing struck a guest house in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 14 people and wounding as many as 90, the Interior Ministry said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province, and ...

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DENVER Terrence Hewing was working for a package delivery company in 2007 when police approached his cargo van in suburban Denver. He was early for a pickup, and someone out for a walk called authorities after seeing him napping in the drivers seat. Officers found about a pound of marijuana inside ...

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MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin Republicans plan to vote next week to kill key parts of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers state budget proposal, including legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, expanding Medicaid to capture $1.6 billion in federal funding and granting collective bargaining rights to...

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WARSAW, Poland Relatives of former Auschwitz prisoners from Poland are protesting the appointment of a top member of the countrys right-wing ruling party to an advisory council at the state-run Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Poland. They argue that the former prime minster, Beata Szydlo, has tolerated...

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BILLINGS, Mont. Former congressman and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Friday that hes running for Montanas newly-awarded U.S. House seat. Zinke told The Associated Press that he was running, a day after filing paperwork to organize a campaign committee. Zinke, who said he maintains a friendship ...

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Republicans launched an all-out assault Tuesday on sweeping voting rights legislation, forcing Democrats to take dozens of politically awkward votes during a committee hearing that will spotlight the increasingly charged national debate over access to the ballot. The bill would bring about the ...

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CHICAGO The leader of Chicago Public Schools announced Monday that shes leaving the post later this year because its time to pass the torch to new leadership of the nations third-largest school district. The move follows a tumultuous tenure for longtime educator Janice Jackson, ...

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NEW YORK The Los Angeles Times on Monday said that ESPN executive Kevin Merida, an editor with extensive newspaper experience, will be its new executive editor. Merida has been editor in chief of ESPNs The Undefeated, a site that examines race and culture as well as sports. He spent 22 years ...

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NEW YORK New York Citys subway will begin rolling all night again and existing capacity restrictions for houses of worship and most types of businesses will lift statewide in mid-May as COVID-19 infection rates continues to decline, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. City subway service will...

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico A federal judge on Monday ordered Puerto Rican boxer Flix Verdejo held without bail after he was charged in the death of his 27-year-old pregnant lover whose body was found in a lagoon. Verdejo is charged with kidnapping and carjacking resulting in the death of Keishla Rodrguez...

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CLEVELAND Center Anderson Varej'o is expected to sign with the Cavaliers for the remainder of the season after the NBA granted the team a roster hardship exception, a person familiar with the decisions told the Associated Press on Monday. Varej'o, who spent 12 seasons with Cleveland before he was ...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday that Republicans are willing to spend up to $600 billion on infrastructure, far less than President Joe Biden is seeking, even as he ruled out supporting a higher corporate tax rate to pay for it. Instead McConnell is ...

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MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota made guard Luke Loewe the latest piece of a major offseason roster revamp, picking up the graduate transfer from William & Mary. The Gophers announced the addition of Loewe on Monday. The 6-foot-4, 186-pound Loewe was a two-time All-Defensive Team pick in the Colonial Athletic ...

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EAGAN, Minn. The Minnesota Vikings declined the fifth-year contract option for cornerback Mike Hughes on Monday, with the injury-hampered 2018 first-round picks future with the team in doubt. Hughes has 13 passes defensed, three fumble recoveries and two interceptions in 24 career games. He ...

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Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame and potentially remove members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last years election was stolen from him. On Capitol Hill, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the No. 3 Republican...

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BOISE, Idaho The moment a 19-year-old intern reported that she was raped by an Idaho lawmaker became public, the harassment began. One state representative sought a copy of her police report, and made inquiries into how the young woman could be herself referred from criminal charges for reporting ...

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BATON ROUGE, La. Patients in Louisianas medical marijuana program would be able to smoke raw cannabis, rather than rely on the more processed forms of marijuana currently available, if the Senate agrees to a bill that easily won House passage Monday. The House voted 73-26 with little debate ...

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