The Biden administration has issued a waiver for banks to transfer $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds without fear of U.S. sanctions, a key step in the deal.
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U.S. approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots to most Americans even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination.
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Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge in D.C. presiding over federal election subversion case
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has stood out as one of the toughest punishers of Jan. 6 defendants.
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Ukraine claims to recapture Black Sea oil platforms seized during Crimea’s annexation
The Russian Defense Ministry didn’t make any immediate comment on the Ukrainian claim, but it has previously reported that Russian warplanes destroyed several Ukrainian speedboats in the area.
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Disney, Charter settle cable dispute hours before ‘Monday Night Football’ season opener
The deal will put ESPN back on the air for Spectrum customers in time for Aaron Rodgers’ debut with the Jets.
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Marine Capitol rioter gets 1 hour of community service for each of 279 Marine Civil War casualties
The judge says it ‘carried a great deal of weight’ to learn that Dodge Hellonen maintained a positive attitude and stellar work ethic when he was effectively demoted after the Jan. 6 attack.
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Earthquake robbed Moroccan villagers of almost everything – loved ones, homes and possessions
Moroccan officials have so far accepted government-offered aid from just 4 countries – Spain, Qatar, Britain and the United Arab Emirates.
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Escaped murderer still at large in Pennsylvania slips out of search area, steals van, tries to contact ex-co-workers
Doorbell video images showed escaped prisoner Danelo Souza Cavalcante to be now clean-shaven and wearing a yellow or green hooded sweatshirt, a black baseball cap, green prison pants and white shoes, police said.
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Aftershock rattles Morocco as rescuers seek survivors from the earthquake that killed over 2,000
Emergency crews in Morocco are working to rescue survivors from the country’s strongest earthquake in more than a century.
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Dangerous Hurricane Lee may strengthen again. Here’s what else is next.
Lee may strengthen again, however, and the National Hurricane Center warns the storm ‘is expected to remain a powerful hurricane through early next week.’