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- Without health insurance, many Indians drown in debt as COVID-19 treatment costs pile up.
- Anthony Fauci says the U.S. is heading in the “wrong direction” as a COVID-19 surge is fueled by unvaccinated people and the delta variant.
- The U.S. wins gold in the men’s 4X100-meter freestyle swimming relay at the Tokyo Olympics,
- While a Canadian women’s soccer team player becomes the first openly transgender athlete to compete in Tokyo.
- Some French health care workers resist mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.
- Homeschooling surges in the U.S. amid the pandemic.
- AP offers an inside look into a sophisticated ransomware attack in Texas.
- China blames the U.S. of trying to “contain and suppress” its development.
- Drug cartel violence pushes a Mexican state’s murder rate to the country’s top spot
- And a trial opens into the Vatican’s financial scandal that’s rocking the Papacy itself.
Menelaos Hadjicostis
The Associated Press
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The Rundown
NEW DELHI (AP) — As coronavirus cases ravaged India this spring, Anil Sharma visited his 24-year-old son Saurav at a private hospital in northwest New Delhi every day for more than two months. In May, as India’s new COVID-19 cases broke global…Read More
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday. …Read More
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TOKYO (AP) — Caeleb Dressel got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming, while Katie Ledecky found herself in a very unusual position. Second place. Dressel led off a U.S. …Read More
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PARIS (AP) — While most French health care workers are vaccinated against the virus, a small but vocal minority is holding out. With infections exploding, a new law requiring them to get the shots is exposing the divide. …Read More
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*****@DALLAS (AP) — It was the start of a steamy Friday two Augusts ago when Jason Whisler settled in for a working breakfast at the Coffee Ranch restaurant in the Texas Panhandle city of Borger. The most pressing agenda item for city officials that…Read More
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OTHER TOP STORIES
Although the pandemic disrupted family life across the U.S. since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for one consequence: They’re now opting to homeschool t…Read More
TIANJIN, China (AP) — America’s No. 2 diplomat has arrived in China to discuss the fraught relationship between the countries on Monday with two top Foreign Ministry officials…Read More
VALPARAÍSO, Mexico (AP) — When they heard gunfire in the valley, residents locked their doors and cowered inside their homes. Some 200 armed men had just looted a gas station,…Read More
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A cardinal who allegedly induced an underling to lie to prosecutors. Brokers and lawyers who pulled a fast one over the Vatican No. 2 to get him to approve…Read More
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