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Portugal dismantles Switzerland to reach the World Cup quarterfinals
Gonçalo Ramos scored three goals - the first hat trick of this World Cup - to power Portugal past Switzerland 6-1. Ramos was playing in place of star Cristiano Ronaldo who did not start the match.
'Trinity,' the T-rex skeleton made from the bones of 3 dinosaurs, has a new owner
A private, European collector bought the rare skeleton for more than $6 million at an auction in Switzerland. "Trinity" is estimated to be between 65 and 67 million years old.
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Poverty Levels Stabilize; a First in 5 Years
For the first time in five years, the poverty rate in the United States did not increase, according to new numbers released by the Census Bureau. The national poverty level remained steady at 12.6 percent. That's about 37 million people living in poverty, the U.S. Census Bureau says.
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Sluggish GDP Growth May Bring a Rate Cut
The government's latest estimate on the GDP — gross domestic product is 0.6 percent, the second in a row of slight growth. That allows the economy to skirt the classic definition of recession. But it still points to an overall slowdown, which may prompt the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again today.
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Statewide: Extremism on the police force
The Oath Keepers have ties to the Jan. 6 insurrection. But a leaked membership list included names of both current and former police officers.
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British prosecutors filed charges against 4 men over the theft of a toilet
The 18-carat gold toilet, valued at nearly $6 million, went missing four years ago from Blenheim Palace — birthplace of Winston Churchill. Police suspect the golden evidence has been melted down.
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Peoria city council unanimously approves pay raise for city manager
Council members unanimously voted to increase City Manager Patrick Urich’s base salary by $6,412, or three percent of his current salary. That pay raise also included a lump sum longevity bonus of $5,000.
A 'college for all' push thrived in New Orleans after Katrina. It wasn't for everyone
After Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans charter schools united in a mission to send more students to college. Today, some of those students, now adults, wish they'd been given more options.
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How To Make Sense of All The COVID-19 Projections? A New Model Combines Them
Projections of deaths from COVID-19 vary wildly. How are we to make sense of the differences? One researcher has developed one model that compares and merges them all.
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Oath Keepers planned an armed rebellion, prosecutor tells jury in sedition case
Using text messages, video and recorded calls, the DOJ is arguing that the defendants set out to overturn the 2020 election results by storming the Capitol and interrupting the electoral vote count.
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