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May 7, 2021

Biden administration allocates $21.6 billion in rental assistance

Administration officials say the emergency support was urgently needed because nearly 7 million Americans reported being behind in their rent payments in late April.
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May 7, 2021

NASA’s new chief hedges on 2024 moon landing

Former Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida says tackling climate change is a top issue, and he also wants to diversify the space agency's workforce so it reflects America.
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May 7, 2021

Idaho school shooting is one of very few in which a girl is the suspect

Police are trying to determine why the 6th-grader pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot 2 other students and an adult custodian before she was disarmed by a teacher.
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May 7, 2021

Bosnian Serbs honor controversial Nobel Literature winner

The Austrian novelist and screenwriter Peter Handke is known for his apologist views over Serb war crimes during the 1990s wars in the Balkans.
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May 7, 2021

New Hampshire security firm says it’s not at fault for woman’s killing

A former Maine man who worked for a security company is accused of killing the marketing director of Timberland.
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May 7, 2021

China says debris from falling rocket unlikely to cause harm

The largest section of the rocket that launched the main module of China’s first permanent space station into orbit is expected to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday at an unknown location.
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May 7, 2021

Republicans are pulling out the steaks as they turn culture war into a food fight

Already, in farm states, meat eating has joined abortion, gun control and transgender rights as an issue that quickly sends partisans to their corners.
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May 7, 2021

Younger patients making Florida’s COVID hospital rates among highest in U.S.

The intensive care unit leader and pulmonologist at one public hospital said COVID patients are averaging between 30 and 50 years old, many of them healthy and without conditions such as obesity or diabetes.
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May 7, 2021

DeJoy charges ahead with USPS cost-cutting despite beating financial projections

A full confirmation vote on President Biden's 3 nominees could still be a number of weeks away.
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May 7, 2021

Jury convicts Alabama officer of murder in 2018 shooting of suicidal man

While prosecutors contend the officer killed William Parker without cause, the defense argued the shooting was justified because Parker posed a threat to the officers at the scene.