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States extend last call hours for alcohol sales during World Cup; bar owners have mixed emotions
Bars and restaurants to sell alcohol further into early-morning hours during World Cup
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San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the NBA Finals
The fourth game of the Finals will take place Wednesday night in Manhattan.
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Croatia soccer team practices at famed Virginia prep school, Episcopal, John McCain's alma mater
FIFA World Cup begins Thursday
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Traditional New Year's Day Rose Parade, Bowl game kickoff, though under tight COVID safety measures
Organizers, however, are requiring masks, ticket holders for bleacher seats show proof of full vaccination or negative COVID test within 72 hours
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Actress Betty White dies ahead of 100th birthday
She had the longest running career for any woman in TV prior to her death, according to TMZ.
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USA Swimming official resigns to protest UPenn transgender swimmer competing against women
Lia Thomas is being allowed to compete on UPenn's women's team after three years of swimming for the men's program.
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Bette Midler made to apologize after calling West Virginians 'poor, illiterate and strung out'
Midler says she was taking out her anger at West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin's decision to quash Build Back Better.
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Emory University bars fraternity from hanging Christmas wreath
A confusing policy change places an Atlanta fraternity in violation of housing rules.
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NFL postpones three weekend games amid COVID-19 outbreaks
The Browns on Saturday could have been without as many as 16 players from the active roster
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NFL labels Taiwan a part of China in marketing map for international expansion
The NFL joins the ranks of other top American sports leagues that appear poised to ignore the CCP's aggression toward Taiwan
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ESPN facing backlash after claiming 'noose' was found in Bubba Wallace's garage last year
What was thought to be a noose was determined by federal officers to be a garage pull that was placed in the unit months before Wallace's team ever arrived
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'Nonbinary' James Bond is a future possibility, says producer
Barbara Broccoli, current producer of the iconic movie franchise centered around the sleek, womanizing spy, ruled out a female 007 in a podcast interview.
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Norway's national postal service bids to make the Yuletide gay with nontraditional Santa
Posten's ad, "When Harry Met Santa," depicts two adult men kissing, with one dressed like Santa. One of the men writes a letter to Santa stating, "Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is you."