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The White House has downplayed the plans, which would build on former President Barack Obama’s efforts to stimulate the economy through big-scale infrastructure projects, and instead redirected to the immediate needs of the stimulus, which was hashed out in negotiations between the Democrat-controlled U.S. House, Senate and White House this week. The House is expected to grant final approval on Wednesday, before lawmakers begin work on infrastructure projects, but it could be the next high-dollar plan from the new Biden administration....

“Any American who wants to come home, we will get you home,” Biden told reporters Friday in his second public address since Kabul fell to insurgents over the weekend. Biden’s vow comes even as he and other U.S. officials have acknowledged that they don’t know how many American citizens remain in Afghanistan, as there is no mandatory federal registry and some are presumed to have fled through private channels instead of by military airlift....

Biden made his comments during a CNN Town Hall on Wednesday night. During the event, a Republican attendee asked him what he would do to address recent increases in gasoline, automotive and food prices. Biden said that the price increases were due to increased demand due to lifted COVID-19 restrictions. “There will be near-term inflation because everything is now trying to be picked back up,” Biden said. “It’s rational when you think about it—the cost of an automobile is kind of back to what it was before the pandemic… They are up there up because, in fact, there was not much call for, for example, for automobiles…....

Isosorbide dinitrate belongs to a class of drugs called nitrates and is specifically categorized as a nitrate vasodilator. Nitrates work to dilate blood vessels and improve blood flow. BiDil is used to treat heart failure in certain people as an adjunct therapy (a drug used in combination with the primary treatment). BiDil is available in an oral tablet form. What Is BiDil Used For? BiDil is prescribed for the treatment of heart failure as an addition to primary therapy in self-identified Black people....

England are on the hunt for a new manager after Roy Hodgson resigned following the country’s embarrassing last-16 exit to Iceland at Euro 2016. Former Germany coach Klinsmann - who has led United States since 2011 - was immediately linked to the post alongside the likes of Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and Sunderland’s Sam Allardyce. Ex-England international Jamie Carragher has recently talked up Klinsmann, who guided USA to the semi-finals of the Copa America Centenario on home soil....

Gent is creating a company so large–its market capitalization is $550 billion–that it’s likely to make the world a smaller place. Vodafone-AirTouch-Mannesmann is widely expected to hasten the arrival of mobile phones that can roam the globe and tap the Internet. It will be able to spread the cost of developing the next generation of mobile services over its 42 million customers in Europe, the United States and other markets....

Former Republican Congressman Denver Riggleman said that while the bombshell claims made by Hutchinson during the fifth hearing were significant, her testimony may actually act as a “bridge” towards more damning claims against former President Donald Trump and his inner circle. Hutchinson, a former aide to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testified that Trump was aware that some of his supporters were armed on January 6, 2021, and still diverted them towards the Capitol....

The Athletic, citing sources close to the situation, reports the Big 12 is most seriously considering independent BYU and American Athletic Conference members Houston, Cincinnati and UCF. The conference’s 10 schools would need a supermajority vote — 80 percent — to add the programs. If the current Big 12 schools, sans Texas and Oklahoma, vote to approve the additions, then they would not need the Longhorns’ or Sooners’ support....

A year after missing out on the regular-season championship for the first time since 2004, the Jayhawks reclaimed the regular-season title and No.1 overall seed in the Big 12 men’s basketball tournament thanks to a stellar 17-1 conference record. Their only loss was to 2-seed Baylor, against whom they split two meetings. MORE: Get the latest March Madness odds from Sports Insider Now it’s on Devon Dotson (18.2 points, 4....

The shark, nicknamed “Dave” after the owner of the farm where the specimen was initially discovered almost 50 years ago, has now been put on display at the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (CFDC) in Morden, Manitoba. Dave was first uncovered in 1975 during mining operations in the area around Morden. After being discovered, the specimen was taken to the CFDC, where it lay in storage for more than 40 years, wrapped in a plaster field jacket for protection....

Challenged by a Brooklyn Center (Minn.) atheist, who claims its “lewd, indecent and violent contents…are hardly suitable for young students.” by Arnold Adoff. Challenged at the Deer Ridge (Ind.) Elementary School because it could breed intolerance for hunters in children’s minds. by Alice Walker. Challenged at the New Bern (N.C.) high school because the main character is raped by her stepfather. by Monte Killingsworth. Challenged in the Rural Dell School District in Molalla (Ore....

This combination of physics and fear is behind the monster deals rocking banking and entertainment: the $10 billion merger of Chemical Bank and Chase Manhattan to form the biggest bank in the United States, and Time Warner’s $8 billion bid for Turner Broadcasting to create the world’s biggest media company. The difference between the deals is that combining Chemical and Chase makes financial sense. Distasteful. but sensible. The new big bank will save $1....

On the track, the multi-time Grammy-winning singer sings about survival and resilience to a high-energy beat that will have you on the dance floor. She has also reunited with American rapper Big Freedia on “Break My Soul,” sampling their song “Explode”. Big Freedia is the stage name of Freddie Ross Jr, an American rapper, and hip-hop artist. Aside from releasing her own music, Big Freedia has collaborated with some huge names in the past including New Kids on the Block, Jordin Sparks, Naughty by Nature, Boys II Men, Drake, and Kesha....

This Tuesday the label releases ““The Don Killuminati–The 7-Day Theory,’’ the belligerent last recordings of Tupac Shakur, who was fatally shot in Las Vegas on Sept. 7 while riding in Knight’s BMW. The album arrives under the pseudonym Makaveli. Next week comes ““Tha Doggfather,’’ the second album by Snoop Doggy Dogg and the first since his acquittal on murder charges. Both albums are expected to be multimillion sellers. But at Death Row these days, the tense speculation is about the fate of the company and its honcho....

More than anything, though, he wouldn’t have to worry about much beyond rebounding. His coaches would have instructed Carey to rebound, defend and score on the occasional put-back. That could have been his mission, he would have been great at it, and it would have led to an NBA gig that lasted as long as his knees held out. MORE: U17 team shows AAU isn’t hurting players’ growth Now, such talented prospects as Carey, James Wiseman of Memphis and Isaiah Stewart of Rochester, N....

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez described a “hollow feeling.” Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz used the word “disappointing.” Ohio State coach Ryan Day put out the most common description that could be felt across the 14-member conference. “It’s devastating,” Day said on a Zoom conference Wednesday. “There is this time of mourning, but we’re focused on getting the season in the spring or winter — whatever you call it — going so we have something to work toward....