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Americans set another pandemic-era record for air travel

The Transportation Security Administration said that slightly more than 1.7 million people were screened at airport checkpoints on Sunday, the highest number since March 2020.

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Pipeline hit by cyberattack could be online by week’s end

Colonial Pipeline offered an update Monday after revealing that it had halted operations because of a ransomware attack.

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Police seek motive in shooting at Colorado birthday party

Officers arrived at a home trailer to find the six people dead and a man with serious injuries who died later at a hospital.

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Indiana woman charged after daughter nearly died from lice

Twenty-six-year-old Shyanne Singh of Scottsburg was arrested last week on three felony counts of neglect of a dependent.

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US opens probe of steering problems in Honda Accord sedans

In documents posted Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it received 31 complaints about the problem. Honda has 77 more.

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AP-NORC poll: Biden approval buoyed by his pandemic response

The AP-NORC poll also shows an uptick in Americans’ overall optimism about the state of the country.

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Minke whale is lost far from home in London’s Thames River

Crews had worked for hours before being able to free the whale early Monday from a perilous stranding on a lock near Richmond in southwest London.

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New White House panel aims to separate science, politics

The panel will look for areas where partisanship interfered with what were supposed to be decisions based on evidence and research and to come up with ways to keep politics out of government science in the future.

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6-year-old girl fatally shot at San Antonio car club meetup

Police say the shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Sunday when some sort of dispute occurred.

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Amazon blocked 10 billion listings in counterfeit crackdown

The company said the number of counterfeiters trying to sell on the site rose last year as scammers tried to take advantage of shoppers who were staying home and buying more online.

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Influential SC lawmakers seek Santee Cooper compromise

Six of South Carolina’s most influential lawmakers will get together soon to see if they can agree on a proposal to overhaul state-owned utility Santee Cooper.

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Cyberattack on US pipeline is linked to criminal gang

The shutdown of a vital U.S. pipeline because of a ransomware attack stretched into a third day Sunday, with the Biden administration saying an “all-hands-on-deck” effort is underway to restore operations and avoid disruptions in gasoline supply.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 10:40 PM

Martin Truex Jr. dominates at Darlington for 3rd win of year

Truex Jr holds off Larson for victory.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 9:47 PM

Man kills 6, then self, at Colorado birthday party shooting

A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 6:59 PM

Medina Spirit could lose Ky. Derby win; track bans Baffert

Baffert denied all wrongdoing and promised to be fully transparent with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission during its investigation.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 6:06 PM

SC House and Senate OK suicide hotline info on school IDs

A bill that would require South Carolina middle and high schools and colleges to print the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on student identification cards is on its way to the governor’s desk.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 4:00 PM

House GOP leader says he backs ousting Cheney from No. 3 job

Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy on Sunday publicly endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik for the post of No. 3 leader, cementing the party conference’s support of the Donald Trump loyalist over Rep. Liz Cheney.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 3:42 PM

Denver officer shot in the leg; police search for shooter

A Denver officer has been shot in the leg and police are looking for the shooter.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 1:13 PM

Police: 1 dead, 7 injured in shooting at downtown Phoenix hotel

Authorities say one person is dead and seven others injured after a shooting inside a downtown Phoenix hotel.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 12:56 PM

Former Delaware governor, GOP presidential candidate Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV dies

Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV, a former Delaware governor and congressman who sought the 1988 Republican presidential nomination, has died. He was 86.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 12:01 PM

Good Samaritan recalls jumping from bridge to save 2-year-old after car crash

The fire chief says the good Samaritan put his own life on the line because of the height of the bridge and the shallow water below.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 10:34 AM

China says most rocket debris burned up during reentry over Maldives

The roughly 30-meter (100-foot) -long stage is among the biggest space debris to fall to Earth.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 7:39 AM

Vax Live concert raises $302 million, exceeds vaccine goal

Vax Live was one of the largest concert gatherings in Southern California since the coronavirus pandemic roiled the world more than a year ago.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 2:34 AM

Death toll soars to 50 in school bombing in Afghan capital

Three explosions outside the school entrance struck as students were leaving for the day. The blasts occurred in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in the west of the capital.

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Published May 9, 2021 at 2:15 AM

String of satellites baffles residents, bugs astronomers

A string of lights that lobbed across the night sky in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday had some people wondering if a fleet of UFOs was coming, but it had others— mostly amateur stargazers and professional astronomers— lamenting the industrialization of space.

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Published May 8, 2021 at 9:17 PM

Police: 3 hurt in Florida mall shooting as shoppers scatter

A shooting at an upscale South Florida shopping mall that began as a fight between two groups of people left three people injured Saturday afternoon and sent mall patrons fleeing and ducking for cover, police and local news reports said.

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Published May 8, 2021 at 6:17 PM

Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88

Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ‘n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and the semi-forbidden “Stagger Lee,” has died. He was 88.