Sports
Olympic gold: Clemson men's track tries to save its program
Middle-distance runner Kameron Jones' lasting mark on the Clemson track and field program may not have anything to do with the times he turns in or the medals he brings home.
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CDC director: Young people fueling virus uptick
The increasing rate of vaccination in older Americans is preventing the most serious cases among seniors.
Politics
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, like many colleagues, has shifted on filibuster
Senators Klobuchar and Smith see need for change in the Senate.
Local
Virus variants threaten to draw out the pandemic, scientists say
So-called variants are spreading, carrying mutations that make the coronavirus more contagious and in some cases more deadly.
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Re-entry fear: Some feel dread at thought of post-pandemic life
Dinner reservations are gleefully being made again. Long-canceled vacations are being booked. People are coming together again, in some of the ways they used to.
Nation
Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed
A Capitol Police officer has died after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife.
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Up, up and away: Travelers like new CDC guidelines
Add travel to the activities vaccinated Americans can safely enjoy again, according to new U.S. guidance issued Friday.
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Calif. police: Gunman chained gates, knew victims
Police withheld the identities of the dead but said one was a 9-year-old boy and the others were a man and two women.
Variety
Jessica McClintock, designer who outfitted prom-goers and brides, dies at 90
For more than half a century, she was one of the most popular designers of affordable formal wear for young women.
Local
Virus surge in Michigan is a 'gut punch' to hopes of pandemic's end
Even as the pandemic appears to be waning in some parts of the United States, Michigan has more recent cases per capita than any other state.
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Biden introduces 'big, bold' infrastructure plan
Biden on Wednesday outlined a $2.3 trillion plan to reengineer the nation's infrastructure over the next eight years.
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Smugglers drop children over U.S. border barrier
U.S. Border Patrol agents found the toddler and her 5-year-old sister and they were transported to a nearby Border Patrol station for medical evaluation.
Nation
Judge: US agency illegally paid for Colorado predator hunt
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service illegally helped pay for a Colorado program to kill dozens of mountain lions and black bears in an experiment to determine if the predators were partly responsible for declining mule deer populations, a federal judge has ruled.
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Over 4,000 migrants crowded into Texas facility
The Biden administration allowed journalists to see conditions for the first time since the facility opened Feb. 9.
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Another failure for Space X Starship test
A camera on the rocket froze Tuesday and dense fog in South Texas obscured views of the rocket coming apart right before touchdown.
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Virgin Galactic to start testing latest spaceship
Company officials said it will likely be summer before the ship — designed and manufactured in California — undergoes glide flight testing in southern New Mexico.
Local
Chauvin trial marks defining moment in U.S. racial history
What began 10 months ago at the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue has transformed into nothing less than an American reckoning on justice, racial equity, the role of law enforcement and the historical wrongs perpetrated on Black people.
Nation
Rep. Ilhan Omar urges humanity in immigration debate
The Somali refugee said like the unaccompanied minors, she too fled violence.
Books
Larry McMurtry, novelist of the American West, dies at 84
In "Lonesome Dove," "The Last Picture Show" and dozens more novels and screenplays, he offered unromantic depictions of a long mythologized region.
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Biden pledges 200M shots in first 100 days
Biden announced the new goal in his first formal news conference since his term began.
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