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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Lee Elder was 40 years old when he made history as the first Black player to tee it up at the Masters, after so many prime years had already been stolen from him by the scourge of racism.

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‘Scumbag scam artists’ using Uber drivers to collect stolen money from seniors, sheriff says

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said scam artists are using Uber drivers and other couriers to collect thousands of dollars in cash from unsuspecting victims, generally senior citizens, who are told they need to pay a large sum of money to help a loved one get out of trouble.

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Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech

A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made “false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said the giant social network removes hate speech and other material that violates its rules.

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Netflix scores streaming rights to new top Sony films

NEW YORK – Netflix further beefed up its film catalog on Thursday in a multi-year deal that will make it the new streaming home to Sony Pictures' top releases in the U.S.

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Vote counting to start in Amazon union election

Vote counting in the union push at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, is expected to start as early as Thursday, but hundreds of contested ballots could muddy the outcome if it's a close race.

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Chip shortage forces more production cuts by General Motors

DETROIT – The global shortage of semiconductors has forced General Motors to further cut production at six North American factories as chip supplies seem to be growing tighter.

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7th man arrested in sex abuse case at youth detention center

CONCORD, N.H. – New Hampshire police arrested a seventh former youth detention center worker Thursday, a supervisor who is accused of responding to a bruised and crying teenager’s rape allegations by saying, “Look little fella, that just doesn’t happen.”

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Lawyers raise a stink over Ghislaine Maxwell's jail care

NEW YORK – The rancorous fight over jail conditions for Ghislaine Maxwell is reaching new lows, with prosecutors blaming the British socialite and Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend for creating a stink by failing to flush her toilet and her lawyer saying her health is declining in a facility so mucky that even her salad has mold in it.

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Reigning Mrs. World arrested over onstage melee in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO – Police in Sri Lanka on Thursday arrested the reigning Mrs. World for pulling the crown off the head of the winner of a Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant and allegedly causing injuries. She was later released on bail.

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EXPLAINER: Courtroom technology on display in Chauvin trial

CHICAGO – The foundation of the case against the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd is a mountain of video evidence, but presenting that to jurors isn't as easy as pushing play.

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Ex-Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg likely to take plea deal, attorney says

ORLANDO, Fla. – The case against Joel Greenberg went before a federal judge on Thursday for a status hearing on the 33 charges he faces. Greenberg was not present in court.

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Florida sues federal government to allow cruises to sail

MIAMI – The state of Florida has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to demand cruise ships be allowed to start sailing immediately, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday.

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Court delays execution of inmate who slipped through cracks

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday delayed the execution of a convicted killer whose case federal public defenders said slipped through the cracks of the legal system.

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US hits state-owned Myanmar gem firm with coup sanctions

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Thursday hit Myanmar’s junta with new sanctions in response to February’s coup in the Southeast Asian nation.

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State opens pop-up vaccine site in Pine Hills for residents

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The parking lot of Bravo Supermarket on North Hiawassee Road turned into a vaccine clinic. Organizers with the state handed out 400 shots of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Thursday.

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Ex-Florida State football player accused of killing man

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – A former Florida State football player was involved in a scuffle with his girlfriend hours before he fatally shot one man and injured another, according to an arrest affidavit released Thursday.

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Florida sues CDC demanding cruise ships be allowed to sail immediately

PORT OF MIAMI, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Florida has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. federal government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, demanding cruises be allowed to begin sailing again from Florida’s ports.

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AP Sources: El Salvador president snubs visiting Biden envoy

MIAMI – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele refused to meet with a visiting senior U.S. diplomat this week over what he sees as a pattern of slights from Democrats and the Biden administration, according to two aides of the Central American leader.

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Dems blast Oklahoma lawmaker who compared slavery, abortion

OKLAHOMA CITY – A white Republican lawmaker from southeast Oklahoma is facing criticism for comparing lawmakers' efforts to end abortion to the fight against slavery.

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UAE sends Syria aid to help it fight spread of coronavirus

BEIRUT – Syria received a planeload from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday with food items and medical aid to help the war-torn country in its fight against the spread of the coronavirus, Syria's state media reported.

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Steep decline in giant sea turtles seen off US West Coast

MONTEREY, Calif. – Scientists were documenting stranded sea turtles on California's beaches nearly 40 years ago when they noticed that leatherbacks — massive sea turtles that date to the time of the dinosaurs — were among those washing up on shore. It was strange because the nearest known population of the giants was several thousand miles away in the waters of Central and South America.

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Lavrov says US policy towards Russia is 'dumb,' ineffective

MOSCOW – Russia's top diplomat on Thursday described U.S. policy toward Moscow as “dumb” and warned that his country will retaliate if Washington imposes new sanctions.

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FEMA’s COVID-19 funeral assistance program begins Monday

FEMA is launching a massive funeral assistance program to help families of the half million Americans who have died from COVID-19 Monday.

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Trump-loving Alabama county faces uphill vaccination effort

HALEYVILLE, Ala. – Tending a thrift store that displays a faded Trump flag in a nearly all-white Alabama county with a long history of going against the grain, Dwight Owensby is among the area's many skeptics of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Kemi Alabi wins First Book Award from poets academy

NEW YORK – A Chicago-based writer and activist has received the First Book Award from the Academy of American Poets. Kemi Alabi's “Against Heaven” is scheduled for publication in Spring 2022.

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Doctors in Hungary question reopening amid spike in deaths

BUDAPEST – Doctors in Hungary are questioning the government's decision to lift some lockdown restrictions amid peaking COVID-19 infections and deaths, saying that could lead to an even more dire situation in the Central European nation.

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis holds news conference in Miami

MIAMI, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis will be holding a news conference in Miami Thursday morning just one day after receiving his COVID-19 vaccine.

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Pandemic impact may weigh on commercial real estate recovery

LOS ANGELES – The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is fueling optimism that Americans will increasingly return to the ways they used to shop, travel and work before the pandemic.

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Governments give varying advice on AstraZeneca vaccine

THE HAGUE – In Spain, residents now have to be over 60 to get an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. In Belgium, over 55. In the United Kingdom, authorities say the shot not be given to adults under 30 where possible, and Australia's government announced similar limits Thursday to AstraZeneca shots for those under 50.

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Mortgage rates dip for first time since January

MCLEAN, Va. – Mortgage rates fell for the first time in more than two months as buyers continue to be stifled by high prices and limited supply.

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With a wave and smile, Lee Elder helps open the Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The applause started when Lee Elder’s golf cart began moving toward the first tee. It only got louder when he arrived and slowly made his way to his seat.

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Palm Bay woman killed in crash with dump truck

A 32-year-old Palm Bay woman was killed Thursday morning in a crash with a dump truck in Brevard County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

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Melbourne woman’s killer caught in Virginia, police say

MELBOURNE, Fla. – The man who killed a 71-year-old woman in Brevard County and left her body at a blighted, former thrift store is now behind bars in Virginia, according to Melbourne police.

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Paul Andrew steps down as Ferragamo creative director

MILAN – Designer Paul Andrew is stepping down as creative director of Salvatore Ferragamo, effective in May, the fashion house said Thursday.

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The Latest: Elder raises driver in honorary start at Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Latest on the Masters (all times local):

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Top US envoy Blinken urges Kosovo resume talks with Serbia

PRISTINA – Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, has told Kosovo that the normalization of talks with Serbia is essential in its path toward the European Union.

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Condiment crisis: Ketchup shortage hits U.S. restaurants

There’s a shortage of one of America’s favorite condiments: ketchup.

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Myanmar junta limits internet, seizes satellite TV dishes

YANGON – An information blackout under Myanmar's military junta worsened Thursday as fiber broadband service, the last legal way for ordinary people to access the internet, became intermittently inaccessible on several networks.

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Pandemic-weary chefs, cooks enjoy serving from home

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – When COVID-19 shutdowns hit in March 2020, Mike Winneker, a hotel executive sous chef, found himself without work for the first time in years. Between caring for a 6-year-old son and waiting for unemployment benefits, days now spent at home in Scottsdale were stressful.

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Southern African leaders meet in Mozambique on rebel threat

JOHANNESBURG – Southern African leaders are meeting in Mozambique’s capital Maputo on Thursday to discuss ways to respond to the violence by Islamic extremist rebels in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province where thousands of people have been killed and displaced.

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Sam Adams will send you beer money for getting vaccinated

Sam Adams is giving out beer money to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations.

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US jobless claims up to 744K as virus still forces layoffs

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to 744,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more people are vaccinated against COVID-19, consumers gain confidence and the government distributes aid throughout the economy.

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UK infections drop about 60% amid vaccinations, lockdown

LONDON – The U.K.'s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or death, according to the latest results from an ongoing study of the pandemic in England.

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Crosley Green to be released after nearly 32 years in prison

Citing the public’s strong interest in releasing a prisoner who remained incarcerated in violation of the Constitution, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered Crosley Green to be released from prison, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.

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Students lead US push for fuller Black history education

TRENTON, N.J. – Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came and it was time to learn about Black history again. She was, by then, familiar with the curriculum: Rosa Parks, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a discussion on slavery. Just like the year before, she said, and the year before that.

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Germany mulls possible order of Russian vaccine

BERLIN – Germany’s health minister said Thursday that the European Union doesn't plan to order Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine but his country will hold talks with Russia on whether an individual order makes sense.

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Dutch police detain man in plot to attack vaccination center

THE HAGUE – Police in the Netherlands have arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of plotting a crime with “terrorist intent” for allegedly planning to set off what they described as a “firework bomb” at a coronavirus vaccination center, prosecutors said Thursday.

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Are three-wheeled vehicles legal, safe? Trooper Steve chimes in

ORLANDO, Fla. – News 6 traffic safety expert Trooper Steve Montiero answers viewer questions and shares tips about the rules of the road, helping Central Florida residents become better drivers by being better educated.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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