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New Orleans Jazz Fest canceled again due to COVID-19

New Orleans Jazz Fest canceled again due to COVID-19

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won't be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday.
Official: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the busiest in years

Official: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the busiest in years

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say the first few days of this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have been among the busiest they've seen.
With coronavirus rising, 'The Suicide Squad' opens softly

With coronavirus rising, 'The Suicide Squad' opens softly

NEW YORK (AP) — Moviegoing, once expected to be closer to semi-normal levels by now, continues to be battered by the pandemic, the delta variant of the coronavirus and in-home streaming.
Pandemic set off deadly rise in speeding that hasn't stopped

Pandemic set off deadly rise in speeding that hasn't stopped

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Motorists put the pedal to the metal during the pandemic and police are worried as roads get busy with the final stretch of summer travel.
More Cubans try dangerous trip to US across Florida Straits

More Cubans try dangerous trip to US across Florida Straits

ORLANDO NODARSE, Cuba (AP) — Zuleydis Elledias has gotten up each morning for the past two months hoping for a phone call, a message — any news on the fate of her husband and nephew, who disappeared at sea after the boat they were in capsized as they
What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city's fight

What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city's fight

GREENWOOD, Miss.
What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city's fight

What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city's fight

GREENWOOD, Miss.
Russia evacuates 2 villages in Siberia because of wildfires

Russia evacuates 2 villages in Siberia because of wildfires

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities started to evacuate two villages in a vast region of Siberia where 155 active forest fires burned Sunday.
Post-vaccination getaway plans scrambled by ongoing pandemic uncertainty

Post-vaccination getaway plans scrambled by ongoing pandemic uncertainty

TORONTO — For more than four decades, Christine Mak travelled every year to Disney parks and various conventions to commune with fellow fans of fantasy and science fiction.
Zimbabwe floods Victoria Falls with vaccines to help tourism

Zimbabwe floods Victoria Falls with vaccines to help tourism

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls usually teems with tourists who come to marvel at the roaring Zambezi River as it tumbles down more than 350 feet (108 meters) to the gorge below, sending up a mist that is visible from miles away.
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