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Aug 4, 2021 - Health

World surpasses 200 million COVID cases

A woman in India get a COVID-19 vaccine dose

Ohio special election win cements Jim Clyburn’s kingmaker status

Manhattan, Westchester prosecutors request evidence from Cuomo investigation

Gov. Cuomo during a press conference in New York City on Aug. 2.
Aug 4, 2021 - Economy

Scoop: Buzzy media startup Puck launches in beta

NOAA's updated hurricane outlook calls for even more storms in 2021

Satellite view of Hurricane Dorian in 2019 over the Bahamas.

Rep. Letlow on losing husband to COVID: "I would've given anything" for the vaccine

Aug 4, 2021 - World

WHO calls for moratorium on COVID booster shots through September

Picture of WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Aug 4, 2021 - Economy

Scoop: Politico staffers mount unionization effort

Politico magazines
Aug 4, 2021 - World

One-year anniversary of Beirut blast marked by grief, anger

White roses are seen on portraits of victims of last year's Beirut port blast in the Lebanese capital, as Lebanon marks on August 4, 2021
Aug 4, 2021 - Sports

The NCAA's summer of change

Illustration showing the NCAA logo with tools on it.

Ohio upset's '22 clues

Shontel Brown with James Clyburn
Aug 4, 2021 - Health

New York City revives vaccine passports

Illustration of the Statue of Liberty with syringes as part of the crown.
Aug 4, 2021 - Technology

Your future sushi dinner could be cultivated, not caught

Wild Type cultivated salmon sashimi

China's homegrown techlash

Illustration of a star piercing and cracking a cursor arrow
Aug 4, 2021 - Health

Simone Biles' exit brings global attention to mental health

Aug 4, 2021 - Economy

Debt investors retreat from funding dirty energy

Illustration of stone bank columns as smoke stacks

In photos: Tokyo Olympics day 12 highlights

USAs Sydney McLaughlin poses in front of the timer after winning the 400m hurdles in record time at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Biden to GOP governors who resist COVID rules: "Get out of the way"

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 3
Aug 4, 2021 - Sports

2 teens and girl, 12, sweep board at women's Olympic park skateboarding

The Olympic skateboarding contest winners pose with their national flags
Aug 4, 2021 - World

Belarus sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya departs Tokyo for Vienna

Belarus athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya (C) walks through Terminal 1 before boarding her Vienna-bound flight at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, outside Tokyo on August 4

Shontel Brown wins Democratic primary in Ohio's 11th district

Picture of Shontel Brown

Sydney McLaughlin sets world record to win Olympic gold in 400m hurdles

USA's Sydney Mclaughlin (C) wins the women's 400m hurdles final setting a new world record during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 4

Trump-backed Mike Carey wins GOP primary in Ohio's 15th district

Picture of Mike Carey
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