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Christian Coleman to miss Olympics despite reduced ban

17 Apr 2021, 2:24 PM PDT

In this Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019 file photo, Christian Coleman of the United States, gold winner, bites on his medal during the medal ceremony for the men's 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. The fastest man in the world will miss the Tokyo Olympics after failing in …

Gomes HR, gets Locastro, Nats top D’backs for 1st win streak

17 Apr 2021, 2:23 PM PDT

Washington Nationals' Yan Gomes watches his solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Nationals Park, Saturday, April 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

17 Apr 2021, 2:23 PM PDT

This April 8, 2021 file photo shows a COVID-19 vaccination being administered in Kent, Ohio. On Friday, April. 16, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming COVID-19 vaccines are called Luciferase, have the patent number 060606 and come from a digital program called Inferno. (AP Photo/Phil Long, …

Divers back in Gulf; search resumes for capsized boat’s crew

17 Apr 2021, 2:23 PM PDT

A man who did not want to be identified surveys his company's barge that ran aground during a storm on Tuesday, that also capsized a lift boat, killing one with 12 others still missing in the Gulf of Mexico, in Grand Isle, La., Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In Minneapolis, armed patrol group tries to keep the peace

17 Apr 2021, 2:23 PM PDT

Protestors gather in front of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, Friday, April 16, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Former Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter was charged with second-degree manslaughter in Sunday's shooting of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop. (Elizabeth Flores /Star Tribune via AP)

Google Earth adds time lapse video to depict climate change

17 Apr 2021, 2:23 PM PDT

This image provided by Google shows a still image of the Columbia Glacier in Alaska as part of a new time-lapse video feature coming out as part of the biggest update to the Google Earth app in five years. The app is adding a new video feature that draws upon …

Disabled nominees hope their Oscar moment becomes a movement

17 Apr 2021, 2:14 PM PDT

This image released by Doug Roland Films shows Steven Prescod as Tereek, left, and Robert Tarango as Artie, in a scene from "Feeling Through." The disabled have a moment in the Oscar spotlight that they hope becomes a movement. Tarango, the deaf-blind star of the nominated short, says his film …

US setting up $1.7B national network to track virus variants

17 Apr 2021, 2:14 PM PDT

President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Georgia governor gets GOP primary challenge from renegade

17 Apr 2021, 2:14 PM PDT

In this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, president Donald Trump supporters cheer as Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones and Republican Congresswoman-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene embrace during a rally, at the capital in Atlanta. Jones is scheduled to announce a challenge for the 2022 Georgia Republican gubernatorial nomination, arguing incumbent …

Federal officials reverse limits on fetal tissue research

17 Apr 2021, 2:14 PM PDT

In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Federal officials have reversed Trump administration restrictions on using human fetal tissue for medical research. The move clears the way for using government money on work that in the past has led to …

‘Hillbilly’ to Capitol Hill? Author eyes Senate bid in Ohio

17 Apr 2021, 2:13 PM PDT

FILE – In this Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, J.D. Vance, author of the best-selling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," poses for a photograph at Miami University's student center in Oxford, Ohio. Vance, whose book helped explain to the nation Donald Trump's popularity among the Appalachian working class, is "thinking seriously" about …

Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, its highest level ever

17 Apr 2021, 2:13 PM PDT

A satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows Iran's Natanz nuclear facility on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Iran’s supreme leader says the offers being made at the Vienna talks over his country’s tattered nuclear deal “are not worth looking at.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comment Wednesday in a speech …

S&P 500 hits another record, marks 4th weekly gain in a row

17 Apr 2021, 2:13 PM PDT

In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, people walk by the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as traders welcome some strong reports on the economy including a drop in jobless claims and a big increase in retail spending, as well as more robust earnings …

The Latest: WHO: Europe surpasses 1 million COVID-19 deaths

17 Apr 2021, 2:04 PM PDT

In this March 11, 2021 file photo, a healthcare worker strokes the forehead of a COVID-19 patient at a field hospital built inside the Citibanamex convention center in Mexico City. According to a report released the third week of April, by the University of California, San Francisco, Mexico would have …

Russia to expel 10 US diplomats in response to Biden actions

17 Apr 2021, 2:04 PM PDT

In this Thursday, March 4, 2021 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting with participants of the We Are Together nationwide volunteer campaign in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Hit by a barrage of new sanctions from the Biden administration, the Kremlin is carefully weighing its response …

Amid hesitancy, Louisiana gets creative in vaccine outreach

17 Apr 2021, 2:04 PM PDT

Allison Richter receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from volunteer RN Maggie Baker, during a vaccine event hosted by Nola Ready, where people received a free drink at the bar if they received a COVID-19 vaccine, at The Howling Wolf, a music venue and bar, in New Orleans, Tuesday, April 13, …

Families await news of missing workers on capsized ship

17 Apr 2021, 2:04 PM PDT

In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat-medium boat crew members attempt to throw a hammer at the hull of the SeaCor Power. The crew was attempting to make contact with potential survivors inside the vessel. . The Seacor Power, an …

From Russia to Britain, Philip’s royal ties spanned Europe

17 Apr 2021, 2:03 PM PDT

In this Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004, file photo, from left: Danish Prince Henrik, Queen Sonja and King Harald from Norway, Britain's Prince Philip, Queen Sofia, and King Juan Carlos from Spain and Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf from Sweden during the funeral service of Dutch Prince Bernhard in …

Navalny’s doctor: Putin critic ‘could die at any moment’

17 Apr 2021, 2:03 PM PDT

In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has been on hunger strike since March 31, described threats to force-feed him, using "straitjacket and other pleasures," …

NYC Murder Suspect Accidentally Released over a Month Ago Caught Again

17 Apr 2021, 1:54 PM PDT

Mugshot of Christopher Buggs, a NY man accused of killing Ernest Brownlee. Screenshot via WLNY CBS New York.

Czechs expel 18 Russians over huge depot explosion in 2014

17 Apr 2021, 1:53 PM PDT

A policeman walks by a poster attached by protesters to a gate of the Russian embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, April 16, 2021. Czech Republic is expelling 18 diplomats identified as spies over a 2014 ammunition depot explosion. On Saturday, April 17, 2021, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said the …

Russia arrests two alleged Belarus coup plotters

17 Apr 2021, 1:53 PM PDT

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko listens to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during their talks in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Alexander Astafyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Pakistan briefly blocks social media amid anti-France rally

17 Apr 2021, 1:53 PM PDT

Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labiak Pakistan, a radical Islamist political party, chant slogans during a protest against the arrest of their party leader, Saad Rizvi, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The French embassy in Pakistan on Thursday advised all of its nationals and companies to temporarily leave the country, days …

How the Kremlin provides a safe harbor for ransomware

17 Apr 2021, 1:44 PM PDT

A Russian man identified as Alexander Vinnik, center, is escorted by police officers from the courthouse at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, in this Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, file photo. Vinnick, convicted of laundering $160 million in criminal proceeds through a cryptocurrency exchange, is currently imprisoned in France and …

New blast at St. Vincent volcano; cruise ship helps evacuees

17 Apr 2021, 1:44 PM PDT

British, Canadian and U.S. nationals line up alongside the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Reflection to be evacuated free of charge, in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Friday, April 16, 2021. La Soufriere volcano has shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash Friday morning as …

SpaceX picked for moonwalkers, on verge of 3rd crew launch

17 Apr 2021, 1:44 PM PDT

SpaceX Crew 2 members, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide gather at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, April 16, 2021 to prepare for a mission to the International Space …

Gov. Kemp faces next test from Trump loyalists in Georgia

17 Apr 2021, 1:43 PM PDT

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question during a news conference at the State Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Atlanta, about Major League Baseball's decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over the league's objection to a new Georgia voting law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Ovechkin scores 2, Capitals beat Flyers 6-3

17 Apr 2021, 1:43 PM PDT

Washington Capitals' Ilya Samsonov, left, celebrates his goal with Alex Ovechkin, right, following the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Saturday, April 17, 2021, in Philadelphia. The Capitals won 6-3. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Ohio State quarterback derby to remain unsettled until fall

17 Apr 2021, 1:43 PM PDT

Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord passes during the Buckeyes' spring NCAA college football game in Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, April 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

New York Elementary School Principal Accused of Sexually Abusing Nine Male Students

17 Apr 2021, 1:42 PM PDT

Arrested Accused Child Sex Abusing School Principal

Riot declared after windows smashed in Portland protests

17 Apr 2021, 1:34 PM PDT

A Portland Police officer stand by following a police involved shooting of a man at Lents Park, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Portland, Ore. Police fatally shot a man in the city park Friday morning after responding to reports of a person with a gun, authorities said. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian/The …

After child dies, US regulator warns about Peloton treadmill

17 Apr 2021, 1:34 PM PDT

Four Sikhs among victims of Indianapolis mass shooting

17 Apr 2021, 1:34 PM PDT

A body is taken from the scene where multiple people were shot at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Friday, April 16, 2021. A gunman killed several people and wounded others before taking his own life in a late-night attack at a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis airport, police said. …

US deports woman who lied about role in Rwandan genocide

17 Apr 2021, 1:33 PM PDT

In this April 12, 2012 file photo Beatrice Munyenyezi leaves the Federal Court in Concord, N.H. Munyenyezi, who served a 10-year sentence in federal prison for lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to obtain U.S. citizenship and lost her bid for a new trial has been deported …

Pennsylvania Woman Leaves Her Full-Time Job to Launch Veteran’s Charity

17 Apr 2021, 1:31 PM PDT

Christy Lucas left her job as a teacher to start Roots for Boots, a charity to help veterans in need. Screenshot via CBS News.

Philip’s legacy lives in chef who traded prison for kitchen

17 Apr 2021, 1:24 PM PDT

A wreath laid by Andre and Stan Walker for Prince Philip outside Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Friday, April 16, 2021. Prince Philip husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II died April 9, aged 99, his funeral will take place Saturday at Windsor Castle in St George's Chapel. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

State’s own expert told grand jury police didn’t kill Prude

17 Apr 2021, 1:23 PM PDT

FILE — In this Sept. 3, 2020 file photo, Joe Prude, brother of Daniel Prude, right, and his son Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. Newly released transcripts show that a grand jury investigating the police suffocation death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, …

Pinkerton: If Red States Don’t Hang Together Against Woke Corporatism, They Will All Hang Separately

17 Apr 2021, 1:16 PM PDT

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New York Slashes Tax Breaks for Opportunity Zones Program that Provided Housing for 31M Americans

17 Apr 2021, 1:14 PM PDT

New York State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris speaks at a rally for workplace safety protections outside Bellevue Hospital to demand legally enforceable standards as the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues on August 19, 2020 in New York. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty …

The Latest: Vaccines to be made available at Alaska airports

17 Apr 2021, 1:04 PM PDT

Commuters wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk to workplaces at Saen Saep pier in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)