The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will end 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in May, following a 146-year run. The AP learned declining attendance combined with high operating costs are among the reasons for closing.
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US stocks open mostly lower ahead of testimony from Powell
Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street as traders wait for more clues on the Federal Reserve's thinking on inflation. Fed Chair Jerome Powell will testify before Congress later Tuesday on the central bank's response to the coronavirus pandemic. In prepared remarks, Powell reaffirmed the Fed's position that while inflation has accelerated recently, the Fed expect the effects to be transitory. The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1% in the early going, while gains for a handful of tech giants helped push the Nasdaq up less than 0.1%. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.51%.
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Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic
Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet at the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims.
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White House: 70% of Americans 30 or older get COVID-19 shot
More than 70% of Americans age 30 or older have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the White House said, even as President Joe Biden is set to fall short of reaching his goal of giving a shot to the same percentage of all American adults by Independence Day.
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MLK estate reaches publishing agreement with HarperCollins
The estate of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has reached an international agreement with HarperCollins Publishers, which released his first book more than 60 years ago, for rights to his archive.
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DISPATCH: In tornado's wake, navigating a reluctant town
It was 7:54 a.m. when I awoke to the news that a tornado had struck North Carolina's coast overnight, killing three people and injuring 10 others.
