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Green Isn’t Environmentally Friendly Enough, Says Maker of Sprite

For 61 years, the soda Sprite has come in an instantly recognizable green bottle. No longer.

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Former Red Sox Closer Jonathan Papelbon Has Betting Advice For Major League Baseball All Star Game

Former Boston Red Sox closer and 2007 World Series champion Jonathan Papelbon has some betting advice for the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Ariel Epstein, sports betting host for YahooSports, put a 53-second video on Twitter with the caption:

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U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Federal Vaccine Mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay on the Biden Administration's order to businesses with 100 or more employees to require workers to get vaccinated for coronavirus or submit to weekly testing. The mandate, issued last year by executive order from President Joe Biden to the

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Former Minneapolis Police Officer Convicted On All Charges in George Floyd Death

Then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all charges in the death of George Floyd last year. Chauvin was convicted of second degree murder, third degree murder, and manslaughter by a jury. The judge read the verdict shortly before 4:10 p.m. Central Daylight Time on Tuesday,

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Republican Congressman Calls On Democratic Party To Change Its Name Or Be Kicked Out of U.S. House of Representatives

A Republican congressman has introduced a resolution calling for the Democratic Party to change its name "or be barred from participation in the House of Representatives" because of its past support for slavery, the Confederacy, the Ku Klux Klan, and Jim Crow laws denying blacks civil rights. U.

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Washington Redskins Getting Ready To Cave On Name

The owner of the Washington Redskins has announced the team is planning "to undergo a thorough review of the team's name" — which is setting expectations of a change. Dan Snyder, owner of the National Football League team, has long said he would never change the team&

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Aunt Jemima Resigns

Aunt Jemima, a staple brand name of syrup and pancake mix since 1889, is going to disappear later this year in an attempt to foster racial equality. The Quaker Oats Company, which has owned the brand since 1926, announced Wednesday it is discontinuing the packaging and the name.

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Joe Biden Confuses Memorial Day With Labor Day – But Remembers That August Is Before Labor Day

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden mistook Memorial Day for Labor Day while answering a question from a reporter about when he would announce a vice presidential running mate. Biden did a 10-minute remote interview with KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, April 21.